Jason and Ahmed are nurses and coworkers at a clinic. Jason has been secretly in love with Ahmed for some time...but Ahmed has a long-term boyfriend, Mark. I didn't like Mark so was anxiously waiting for him to "hit the road". Mark seems to hate all of Ahmed’s friends and co-workers, but they don't say much to Ahmed about Mark because they all like him so much. Anyone that has been around one or has read much that features one in the storyline, will quickly recognize Mark as an abuser and Ahmed as his victim. He hardly lets Ahmed out of his sight and wants to go everywhere that Ahmed goes with his friends, so that means that Ahmed either has to bring him along or stay home. Ahmed's friends are going to a carnival as a group and Ahmed wants to go so along also comes Mark. There are some interesting things at the carnival including a caricaturist who seems to know what every person is hiding. There are also games that are giving the winners some interesting prizes. Ahmed wins a very interesting picture. On the way home Mark and Ahmed have a slight accident and while waiting for help to arrive, they get into a big fight. I thought "At last, this is going to end this toxic relationship". They finally decide that the picture is what is causing the problems...so they try to give it back. Easier said than done and they tried some interesting ways to do this. What happens after that is what makes this such a good story with a special magical element with a hidden twist. I absolutely love the way L.A. Witt tells a story. Her works were some of the first M/M Romance books I ever read and helped give me a genuine love for the genera. A word of thanks also has to go out to John Solo and Michael Ferraiuolo whose performance did so much to give this story a magical life of its' own. ( )