To everyone else, Trace is an enigmatic and carefully controlled Dominant. He runs Diadem, a private BDSM club and is a Master and mentor to his fellow Doms and their lovers-Gabriel, Darrek, Ben, and Kyle-while trying to be Master and lover for Micah. Trace is the one they all depend on to step in when anything or anyone threatens his closest friends. But even Trace is in over his head when haunting events of the past endanger all their lives. Trace is forced to call on old connections for help from the world he tried to leave behind-the Master's Circle in England. Tensions rise to a fever pitch as Trace's hidden truths shake up the lives of everyone in his tangled, tight-knit family. (M/M+)