Patrick Holt is lonely. A bad breakup with his boyfriend has left the forty-year-old ophthalmologist reluctant to get involved with another man. When his neighbor sets him up with her brother-in-law Eric, Patrick prepares himself for disappointment. But Patrick quickly finds himself surprised and charmed by Eric, and Eric, who’s had relationship problems of his own in the past, falls hard and fast for Patrick.<br><br>On the outside, Eric seems like a great guy: young and attractive with a promising job as an assistant manager at a Chicago hotel. But Eric has a dark side he and his family are hiding from Patrick. When the truth is finally revealed and Eric’s secrets are exposed, will Patrick be willing to go the distance with Eric? Or will he run as fast as he can from the new man in his life?

Baggage

My back ached as I rose to my feet, and I silently cursed myself for rushing to Eric’s apartment in the wee hours of the morning rather than staying home and getting a good night’s sleep in my own bed. I probably wouldn’t have gotten much sleep at home anyway because worrying about Eric would have kept me awake. We’d only been seeing each other for a few weeks, and he was already causing me to lose sleep. Gary warned me that Eric fell very fast and very hard for people. Clearly, he wasn’t the only one.


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