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

“But then you met Del?” he prompted, because it was obvious the family thing was a hard thing to talk about to Justin.


“Yeah. He’d moved next door and started to help with the kids so I could work part time. And when we moved to California to get away from it all, we decided it was easiest for the kids to call him Dad.” Justin rubbed the fingers of his one hand with the other and frowned, as if experiencing some sort of ghost pain.


Maybe Izzy wasn’t as careful as he thought with the staring, because Justin smiled tightly and said, “I got bashed by my uncle. Still have some pain in my fingers after fifteen years, and I’m still on insulin because they had to cut out my pancreas.”


“Right,” Izzy managed to get out. “I’ve seen you have the less sugary stuff here.”


“Yeah, it’s not as bad anymore, I guess my body adjusted over time a little. I can have some sugar but nothing like most people can.”


“I’m glad. That you all got out of that old life. You have it so well here.”


Chapter 34