Deep Water

By Jace Wilder

Three weeks at sea. One rigid captain. His billionaire boss's infuriatingly gorgeous son.

Vance Kessler has spent twenty-two years building an ironclad wall around his desires. As a private superyacht captain, he thrives on discipline, rank, and routine. His latest assignment should be easy: babysit his employer's twenty-two-year-old son for a Mediterranean cruise. But Kian Atwell is a walking navigation hazard-sharp-tongued, shamelessly provocative, and determined to push every single one of Vance's buttons.

Kian has been treated like a management problem his entire life. Exiled to the Leviathan, he expects another boring trip with a paid babysitter. Instead, he gets a broad-shouldered, silver-haired captain who looks at him with eyes like a storm front. Kian knows exactly how to rattle authority figures, but beneath Vance's starched whites and grumpy exterior lies a depth Kian wasn't prepared for-and a heat that threatens to consume them both.

Trapped in the forced proximity of the open ocean, the tension between them snaps. Out in international waters, the rules don't apply. But when the charter ends, they'll have to decide if what they found in the dark can survive the daylight.

Deep Water is a high-heat, standalone MM romance featuring:

Grumpy / SunshineAge Gap (48 & 22)Forced ProximityBoss's Son / EmployeeRepressed Hero / AwakeningHeavy Angst & Hurt/Comfort

Content Note: This novel contains explicit sexual content between consenting adult men, themes of parental neglect, grief, and repressed sexuality. Intended for mature audiences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GY3ZVNNT
• ISBN13: 9798235809055
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Fractal Enigma
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"