num_pages: 350
description: Gabriel Blackstones world is divided quite clearly into castes: everyone knows their place and abides by it. As an inventor in the merchant caste his life is predictable in its routine until the night his best friends and assistants Caleb and Andrew purchase the timeand bodyof a companion for his birthday. As an activist in the Caste Equality movement everything Gabriel believes in tells him to refuse the gift but then he meets Lucio. The beautiful and alluring companion is far more than the vapid courtesan he'd expected and he cant get the man out of his mind.After that night Gabriel tells himself to forget about Lucio but a chance meeting at a ball makes it clear neither of them is willing to ignore the compelling chemistry between them. It will take all their combined trust and cunning plus the help of a wily aristocrat and a plucky political activist to overcome the challenges of infidelity abuse and social stigma that lay along their road; however Gabriel knows it will all be worth it if at the end of the day he can call Lucio his own.
language: English
title: The Inventor's Companion
publisher: Dreamspinner Press