And he plans to keep right on pretending to be straight after his beloved wife has passed away. He married a woman and denied that side of him existed. The path to happiness starts with acceptance, and sometimes the chance for a bright, loving future means letting go of the past.Īll his life, Neil Baxter has buried a large part of himself-the part that’s attracted to other men. Could it be love? A love that can forever end two men's deep loneliness and bring them the support and sense of belonging they've searched for all their lives? A crisis brings them together, but it is something else that keeps them there. He’s never been so alone.Ī chance encounter sets John on a new path, a path that becomes clearer when loneliness sends him to a local animal shelter to get a dog-and he finds an angel instead. Now he’s by himself in a big house, trying to figure out what direction his life should take. “Even your *name* is boring” were her last words to him before she walked out. Six months ago, John Williams’s wife left him because she was bored. Everything except that special someone to love him.

He has everything he really needs: the clothes on his back, a house to squat in, a sweet dog.

Peut-être que ce jeune homme venu du froid saura faire fondre la glace autour du cœur de Gabe.īlue McCoy has lived on the streets for a long time, surviving by his wits and doing what he must, and he’s not above using his youthful appearance and air of innocence to his advantage. Ce qui ne devait être qu’une seule nuit se change en semaine, et les sentiments fleurissent. À leur grande surprise, Todd et Gabe se découvrent une attirance mutuelle. Mais lorsqu’il aperçoit le jeune Todd, grelottant de froid à la porte de son immeuble, il prend pitié de lui et le laisse entrer. Gabe Richards est un brillant homme d’affaires avec un lourd passé sentimental qui l’a rendu méfiant. Ses petites économies s’envolent, et il se retrouve à la rue un soir d’hiver, en pleine tempête de neige. Mais lorsque Todd arrive à la ville, très vite c’est la désillusion. Mais Todd refuse de donner raison à son horrible beau-père, et il décide de fuir sa ville natale pour poursuivre son rêve de devenir Chef cuisinier. Battu par son beau-père qui ne cesse de le traiter de pédé, il découvre un soir avec son meilleur ami Austin qu’il pourrait bien être gay. Todd Burton est fatigué de sa vie étriquée dans la petite ville de Buckman.

It Had to Be You by B.G. Thomas