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

“Jack, I know I’m not the one you love, but I’m making you a proposition you owe it to yourself to consider seriously. Sebastien is a warm and caring man and I’m sure he could make you very happy, but Jack, for how long? You are such a brilliant and unique man, why should you settle for living a mediocre life surrounded by ordinary things and people, when you could have all of Europe as your new backyard?” Amadeo took a shaky breath. “I wouldn’t expect anything of you. I’m offering you a chance to leave your average existence for a year or two, because I believe we’re kindred spirits.”


I rubbed my eyes, everything clearing up in my mind. Never. I’d never leave Sebastien. For anything or anyone. “Oh, Amadeo, I wouldn’t last a day without him. It wouldn’t matter how beautiful you could paint my world, because I’d be blind to it. Do you understand? He, Sebastien, gives me something more precious than beauty and art.”


“What is that?” Amadeo asked softly.


Chapter 65