Easy-going Sebastien divides his time between working as a cleaning technician, caring for his widowed father, and running off to the park for soccer practice. Coasting through his existence, he's convinced he doesn't have much going for him.<br><br>That isn’t what his best friend Jack thinks. Quick-witted and passionate, Jack is fascinated by art and history, but the greatest book or painting could never compare to how he feels when he's alone with Sebastien.<br><br>In the last five years, Seb and Jack have shared everything, sometimes even a bed. Yet though their chemistry is smoking hot, Sebastien keeps Jack at a safe distance. But when the two move in together to lower their living expenses, that distance gets smaller and smaller, until Sebastien and Jack are standing so close, they can't see what's right in front of their eyes ... the love of their life.

Auguries of Summer

He must have sensed it, because he pressed his hand against my heart. “Spend the night here with me, Sebastien, and we’ll make a tent out of my sheets and then you’ll tell me who you are.” He put his mouth to my ear. “And I’ll tell you all my secrets,” he said. “I’ll whisper all of them to you, right in here.”


I shivered from his voice so soft in my ear. Yes, I wanted to hide out with Jack and let him lead me down into the rabbit hole, into his wonderland.


But part of me knew that this was only a temporary escape, and that soon, I’d have to crawl back out and face reality.


I could never date a man like Jack. No one I knew would ever accept him. 11


Chapter 48