His writing appears in USA TODAY, WIRED, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, NYT's Room for Debate, Boston Globe, and Philadelphia Inquirer, among other publications. He is profiled in The Wrap, Mediaite, The Washington Post, The Des Moines Register, Christian Science Monitor, Variety, Medium, and on MSNBC, C-SPAN, NPR, CNN, ABC and the BBC.

He is recipient of Johns Hopkins University’s Agora Institute Fellowship, University of Denver’s Anvil of Freedom Award, Franklin Pierce University’s Fitzwater Medallion for Leadership in Public Communication, and Yale University’s Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. He has covered American culture, politics, and civic life since the 2008 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, hidden just out of their reach, an increasingly deranged stalker watches.and waits.Alexander is host of The Open Mind on PBS and coauthor of bestselling A Documentary History of the United States (Penguin, 2022). Braden knows if he's going to survive the chaos surrounding him, he's going to have to give Cade everything he has-mind, body, and soul.More determined than ever to hunt down the man that nearly killed the love of his life, Cade will do everything in his power to ensure that he and Braden will be able to live the life of their dreams with nothing and no one standing in their way. As Cade and the most trusted members of Custos Securities track Braden's assailant, Braden struggles to rebuild his life and re-establish the fragile trust he and Cade had worked so hard to build. Time passes, but Braden's attacker hasn't given up and Cade's afraid he never will. But nothing could prepare him for Braden's decision to put himself in danger.After a vicious attack from his stalker leaves Braden fighting for his life, Cade will stop at nothing to see the man responsible punished.

He thrives in dangerous and stressful situations. Cade has lived his life as a protector: of his country, his family and friends, his clients, and now, the man he's in love with.

Zavier 'Cade' McCade, former Army Special Forces and creator of Custos Securities, finds himself in a situation he never thought he'd be in-he's fallen in love with Braden Cross, the gorgeous pastry chef he's guarding.

Open Mind by Luna David