Daniel Greene is an artist with an exhibition coming up which he should be excited about, except he isn’t. He can’t sleep, he has no enthusiasm for social activities, and his constant tears and dark thoughts alarm him. When he’s finally diagnosed with depression, he starts the slow process of resisting the dark lure.<br><br>One day Oliver Campbell arrives at Daniel’s gate to deliver art supplies. He’s tall and muscular, and for the first time in a long while, Daniel feels there might be light at the end of the tunnel.<br><br>Yet Oliver has a secret. He has a son, five-year-old Cameron. When he reveals this to Daniel the morning after their first date, Daniel has the courage to reveal his own secret battle with depression. Will these two men be able to accept each other’s secrets and go forward together?

The Darkest Hour

Oliver hugged me to him. His arms enfolded me. He didn’t say anything. He didn’t need to. I felt better already. And now I didn’t have to look him in the eye, I felt better able to explain.


“I don’t know what got into me yesterday,” I began. “I told you I was dealing with depression. I’ve been feeling so great over the past couple of months. All due to you. Then yesterday I woke up and all those dark feelings and thoughts had returned. For no reason.”


“I hate feeling like this. I hate it! And I really am so sorry. I shouldn’t have taken it out on you…it’s just sometimes I can’t control…”


“I thought it might have been something like that,” he said. “But I wasn’t sure. I guess we all have insecurities. So next time it happens…”


I jumped in to cut him off. “Oh, there won’t be a next time,” I said. “I can’t forgive myself for speaking to you like that. I love you so much.”


Chapter 21