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

But then again, Sam and Rocco worked harder than any of us ever did, and lately I could see how the stress of running their own business was affecting their relationship. I worried for them. Sam and Rocco had been together for twelve years and were my rock. Whenever I was in need of solace and comfort, their home was where I ran to. They were my family.


“Here,” Sam said, offering me a glass of red wine. “All jokes aside, I’m happy for you, Jacqueline.” He chuckled and sipped his wine, his dark eyes peering into mine. “You’ve been after that chunky hunk of love for half a decade, so congratulations, my little pixie. You and your fairy dust have done the impossible.”


Ever since I’d told Sam about Sebastien and I being in love, Sam had been throwing these little poisonous arrows at me. And I knew why.


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