Twin brothers Brian and Matt Walker went to live with their mother’s brother after the death of their parents at an early age. Brian is still wracked with the guilt he carries around from a young age and sees the world through a distorted lens of self-loathing. When he meets a sexy and interested college-aged guy at the beginning of his senior year of high school, he may have finally found someone who can help him escape his mundane existence.<br><br>Matt has his life all planned out -- he longs for a solid career in journalism after graduating college. But his tenuous hold on family life threatens his dreams of independence, as does the attentions of a closeted new transfer to their school.<br><br>Can Matt pull away enough from his family to come into his own? And will Brian finally get to grips with his past and allow his twin to chase his own happiness?

Twice the Hands to Hold

“It didn’t end. It was like the car was shaking like a stone in a tin. It felt like forever but probably wasn’t more than a few seconds before we came to a standstill. My head was sore ‘cause it’d bumped against the window. And my ears were ringing. But Mom was quiet. Her head wasn’t right.” Brian paused and took a breath before continuing. “It was all twisted somehow, at a really weird angle. But it was resting on Dad’s shoulder.”


Jake forced himself to listen to his nephew. Finally listen. The front of the car had been a wreck. They’d had to use the Jaws of Life to cut his sister out of it.


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