Terry O'Reilly

It’s the hottest July in Michigan in living memory and Cameron Mitchel’s A/C isn’t working. A co-worker offers the use of his parents’ cabin on a lake in Traverse City for the upcoming holiday weekend. Arriving with his faithful basset hound, Mr. Magee, Cameron is greeted by the good-looking next door neighbor, Emory.<br><br>Emory Cauldwell is Cameron’s ideal man -- handsome, mature, and well-built. Best of all, he’s unavailable for a serious relationship. Cameron has had two failed relationships which have left him gun-shy, and he falls in love very easily. So to protect himself from another disappointment, he seeks the company of married men to safely satisfy his needs.<br><br>What happens when Cameron discovers Emory is not off limits after all? Will the heat that has built between them during the weekend weld them together, or will Cameron be burned yet again?

Heat Wave: Traverse City

“Yeah, you do. I’m not going to put us through that again. Emory looks to be a wonderful guy, but you never know,” Cam said, recalling how Danny had seemed to be the perfect partner until he started verbally abusing both Cam and Mr. Magee when things didn’t go his way. “Yeah, it’s a good thing Emory’s married. Come on, get done with your business before we both have a heat stroke.”


Later that afternoon Emory took Cam on a tour of the lake in his pontoon boat. A protesting Mr. Magee was left behind. Cam didn’t want to take a chance on the hound falling overboard. Besides, Emory had suggested he and Cam might need to take a dip every now and then to cool off. Cam couldn’t trust Mr. Magee to not want to follow his man into the lake.


Chapter 15