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

He curled his hands into loose fists so that Justin couldn’t see his hands were shaking.


“It’ll be great,” he lied. “It’ll be amazing.”


Justin smiled and ruffled his hair, and left him to it.


“I like a boy,” Lettie announced the next day, her eyes narrow as though this was an unhappy event.


Wyatt looked up from the dog he was petting. “Oh.”


“He’s seventeen,” Lettie said. “He likes dogs and anime and he skates.” She sat down on the front step beside him and sighed heavily.


“Does he like you too?” Wyatt asked.


“Yes,” Lettie said, and wrinkled her nose. “The weirdo.”


Wyatt laughed. “So what’s the problem?”


“He wants me to go to the movies with him,” Lettie said and gestured at herself.


Lettie was wearing her usual Converse, denim overalls with a plain T-shirt underneath, and a cap jammed over her hair. Her sun-bleached hair, with hints of strawberry blonde in it, was pulled back into its usual two utilitarian braids.


Chapter 23