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

After I released him, he stifled a yawn and said, “Sorry, but I’m bushed.”


“ME TOO. WHAT SAY we lock up and climb the well-worn stairs?”


I locked up and turned out the lights, leaving only a small night-light in the kitchen. We went upstairs, and I said, “Do you think we need the A/C turned on?”


“Not unless you want it on. The sea breeze is great.”


We made love again and eventually fell asleep fitted together like two spoons.


Chapter 22