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, I’m trusting you with my son’s heart. His well-being. My kids are my everything. If I’m trusting them to your care, don’t you think you’ve earned that trust already?” Del closed the gap between the counter and the island and put his hand on Izzy’s shoulder. “Look, I know Justin is…He can be a tough nut to crack when it comes to family. I don’t know how much Wyatt’s told you, but the situation they grew up in, it was…” Del turned his head and sighed. When he looked back at Izzy, there were tears in his eyes. “Justin grew up in a drug den. Then he managed to get away. Their mom dying meant going back to that place to try and save his siblings. Nobody knows better what it was like to not have any safety growing up. Nobody knows more of that than Justin, because he lived it. He’s so damn determined that the kids don’t have to face any part of that life ever again, that he’s become almost too strict about some aspects of it all.”


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