Wyatt Abbot is 19. On the outside, he lives the perfect life. He has a loving family, he’s wealthy, and he has just been given the opportunity to travel to Paris and train under one of the world’s best pastry chefs. But underneath all that, Wyatt is struggling. He’s battling anxiety, he’s scared of the future, and he’s struggling to come to terms with the fact that he’s genderfluid.<br><br>Izzy Kostas is 28, and on parole. When he gets a job at Abbot Organic Produce, it’s a chance for a new start. Izzy has his own demons he’s trying to overcome, but meeting Wyatt throws even more complications his way. Izzy has always thought of himself as straight, and certainly didn’t expect to fall for his boss’s little brother.<br><br>When Izzy is blamed for putting the Abbots at risk, it jeopardizes everything he and Wyatt have begun to build together. Izzy knows how important family is to Wyatt, and he doesn’t want him to have to take sides. But when it comes to found families, nobody is perfect, and there’s always room for another seat at the table.

Recipe for Two

Izzy found that he liked Sam. The guy was around his age, really the strong and silent type, quick to smile, but not overly chatty. Sam had a small radio in the end of the greenhouse where they were packing the vegetables and they listened to a random station that seemed to play, well, everything possible.


“Do you live on the property?” Izzy asked when they were loading some of the plastic crates in the back of the van so they had room to fill more.


“Yeah, I’ve worked here for about a year and lived in the trailers for maybe ten months. I think the guy I’m living with, Ignacio, he’s almost saved enough to move to New Mexico where his girlfriend lives. So there might be an opening soon if you’re looking for a place,” Sam said, huffing as he lifted another heavy crate on the pile.


“Might have to, the hour each way drive is a killer,” Izzy admitted. “So why the plastic bins? Isn’t it extra work?”


Sam jumped out of the van and they started back into the greenhouse.


Chapter 14