Can Adelphos forgive himself and open his heart to love once again?

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The city of Phaistos in ancient Crete is a bustling, prosperous place, where Adelphos son of Ida has the honor of being the Cattle Master, overseeing the herds that provide bulls for the temple’s sacred leaping festivals.

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Despite that honor, despite his skill and popularity and success, Adelphos is not a happy man. He bears a grief that hides a shameful secret, one he could never admit to the man he loved. Now that man lies dead beneath the sea thanks to Adelphos’s anger.

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When an unusually talented bull leaper arrives at Phaistos, Adelphos is torn between his desire for the new man, his guilt-plagued commitment to his dead lover – and his fear of the powerful goddess he has offended.

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When even his closest friends and family can’t get through to him, will this new love be powerful enough to break the hold of the anguish in his heart?

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A gentle tale of grief and redemption, this story is very lightly spicy, heavily angsty, and full of longed-for happy endings.