Attorney Charles Barnett thought it was all over for him and his heart. In the three years since his partner died, he hasn't felt so much as a spark of attraction to another man. That suddenly changes when Charles is assigned a new case and meets his new client.<br><br>Recent widower Philip d'Autremont has been traveling in all the same circles as Charles, but somehow they've never managed to meet. Now that they have, both men find themselves falling hard and fast.<br><br>But there's more than one hurdle to Charles and Philip beginning a love affair, much less maintaining it: Philip is on trial for murder, a politically ambitious and homophobic district attorney is determined to convict him, and Charles is responsible for Philip's defense.

Trial

“Great, now I can leave the driving to Homer,” Charles said to me.


I looked over at him just in time to see him fiddling with some controls.


He looked at me, grinned, and said, “Ain’t technology wonderful? Homer can fly this plane on a straighter course than I ever could.”


Then he unstrapped himself from the pilot’s seat, got up, and went back to the passenger area. This made me more than a little nervous, but I sat quietly and watched as he opened a compartment at the rear and produced a large quilted comforter. This he proceeded to fold over and spread out on the floor. For the first time, I noticed that the floor was carpeted, but there were gaps where the missing seats had obviously been bolted in place. Without saying anything, he sat down on the blanket and started taking his clothes off.


“What are you doing?” I said. This was getting bizarre.


Chapter 20