Fox McHardy leads a charmed life. Puget Sound penthouse, gorgeous boyfriend, jet-setting job -- everything he’s ever wanted, he’s gotten, including the heck out of the small Iowa town he grew up in. Even the trip he takes to Miami to surprise his boyfriend Jeremy is something of a long-shot wish fulfilled. Until he arrives in South Florida. Once things start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed, and he finds himself riding shotgun in a rented convertible with his new sworn enemy faster than he can say, “I want my old life back.” During an unscheduled stop on the cross-country road trip From Hell, Fox passes up a perfectly good opportunity to keep his mouth shut and finds himself planning the town’s first legal gay wedding -- his own, to a man he’s pretty sure he should hate. But someone needs to set a positive example for the queer and questioning youth in this corner of Middle America and, after creatively arranging certain of the facts of his life more attractively, he is proud to offer himself up as a role model. Small Town, USA, steps up; the grooms are widely celebrated, and generous offers of food, flowers, and picture-perfect venues pour in. The only real challenge will be keeping the lies straight and the truth under wraps until they can get out of town.

Crazy Like Fox

“What do we do? How are we supposed to get home?” Thumper asked again.


“Look, I don’t give a shit what you do. I don’t have any idea how you’re going to get home. But there is no ‘we.’ That was the other one. You must be getting us confused.”


“But I don’t care. Look, you wanted someone to help you get home, you should have thought of that before you let Jeremy skip out this morning. What, he ditched you here? Cry me a fuckin river.”


“Don’t you dare,” I growled. “I don’t care what happened between you and him, I don’t care why he ran off without you. Without you?! Get over it. I’ve got my own problems with Jeremy today, and how he’s taking care of his chubby little chippy is not one of them.”


Chapter 14