No sooner does flight service specialist Sam Hare take up his post in Elk Pond than he’s warned to watch out for handsome pilot brothers Brett and Randy Edmond. As he settles into his new job and gets to know Brett better, his meddlesome landlady is taking bets on which brother he’ll fall for. When Sam finds out about the wager, he’s furious and humiliated and decides to resign. But a serious accident sends him and the brothers on a rescue mission, drawing them closer together.<br><br>Then Sam’s best friend Mike comes to visit and falls in love with Randy. In the meantime, Brett’s relationship with Sam deepens. Suddenly it isn’t so easy for Sam to leave town. With clear skies ahead, will Sam stay grounded in Elk Pond or will he take flight?

Destination Elk Pond

Brett chimed in. “I don’t know how long you and Mike have been friends, you said since childhood, but that could have been weeks…not that I’m saying you’re a child. But yeah, what Randy said. Mike will probably throw himself into a pit of vipers, or scorpions, or some such shit, if you leave.”


Randy piped up. “He’ll probably join the gay rodeo as a steer roper, or worse, he might volunteer to referee a drag queen mixed martial arts match. Hell, he might even decide to go straight and all because his best friend left him behind.”


“Holy crap, I never believed Edna when she said one on one you were sweet but together you were worse than rabid skunks. Keep talking men. Prove Edna right.”


There were a few minutes of silence. Then Randy spoke up. “Fine, I like Mike and when he moves back here, I’m going to work my ass off to make him mine. I also know he thinks the world of you. So, it is my duty to work my ass off to keep you here, for the man I love.”


Chapter 18