Publisher's Synopsis
Juvenile probation officer Henry Hayes lives an existence anchored to a deep sense of obligation and guilt. A one-time college experience his only taste of freedom, he submitted to what he thought his life should be. Years later however, a chance encounter with the one person who had given him that small taste of what his life could be throws his narrowly defined existence into questioning everything. Can he free himself from his self-imposed sense of obligation and self-denial to embrace real happiness? Even if it comes with a mountain of troubles and wrapped in silk? Ryan Mallory is living his dreams as an aerial contortionist, living in NYC and traveling the country. Sidelined by an injury, he has to face hard truths about his life. When someone from his past reappears at the height of his problems, Ryan questions what he thought he knew and wanted. Can a small piece of his past become a large part of his future and help him heal what is broken?
