Jason Townsend has issues with the older men in his life. His current boyfriend Jared is also his boss and, while the two get along wonderfully in the bedroom, their relationship at the office is tense and uncomfortable. Jason’s relationship with his father is also strained -- they grew apart when Jason came out shortly after his parents divorced. The only person Jason has ever been able to rely on is his mother. So when she announces she’s met Mr. Right, Jason is skeptical. When he meets her new boyfriend, handsome professor Paul Everett, he quickly realizes he and Paul have more in common than their connection to his mother. The two men had slept together the previous summer. Paul refuses to break things off with Jill, claiming he enjoys being with women and telling Jason their hook-up was a one-time thing that didn’t mean much to him. Unwilling to tell his mother about his past with Paul, Jason stews in silence as he watches his mother and Paul grow closer. At the same time, he finds himself becoming more and more attracted to Paul. When he can’t stand it any longer, Jason makes a pass at his mother’s boyfriend and is surprised his affections aren’t spurned. Even though Jason finds himself falling in love with Paul, he knows he’s betraying his mother and he hates himself for it. She’s always been his staunchest ally, and sleeping with her boyfriend abuses the trust between them. Can Jason love a man who’s also deceiving his mother? When he’s forced to choose between Paul and his mother, the decision isn’t as easy as it seems.

Daddy Issues

He frowned. “What’s going on, Jason? You take a few days off to go to the shore and you come back looking and acting like someone killed your dog. What’s up?”


“Jared, I know you mean well, but I don’t want to burden you with my problems. I can’t.”


“Because my life is such a fucking mess right now.”


“You can’t. Look, I appreciate you being here. I do. I’ve just really messed something up and, unfortunately, I’m the only one who can fix it.”


“There must be something I can do.”


I looked at him sitting on my sofa with his long legs stretched out before him. He was still wearing the black pants and white button-down shirt he’d worn to work. Seeing him in my apartment again made me realize just how much I’d missed him.


“There is something you can do,” I said.


I walked over and crouched before him, resting my hands on his thighs. “Spend the night with me.”


Chapter 48