Serge Zumpano is obsessed with René Glass, owner of Crumbs Together, the local bakery and patisserie. Not only is the man gorgeous, but his pastries are so good, they make Serge weak in the knees. Put both together, and he's a gonner. Serge knows he has it bad when just tasting a cinnamon roll has him sporting, er ... well. But, as addicted as he is to the man's decadent creations, Serge doesn't see himself as good enough for someone like René, famous the world over and completely out of his league.<br><br>René won't let that stop him, however, because he has his eye on Serge, too. Step one: get Serge to build him a second shop. Step two: get the man to come over to his house. Step three: seduce him with pastry. Naturally, it's not that simple. But Serge is René's obsession, and he won’t let him get away.

Crumbs Together

“It just does, okay?” I finally decided on a wine-red turtleneck and newer-looking jeans. “Where’s Rafe, anyway?”


“Had an AA meeting. He’ll be home later.” Last year, Rafe had finally owned up to being an alcoholic, and gay—the main reason he’d hidden behind the bottle for so long while screwing every woman he could find—after making a spectacular ass of himself in front of me and Woody. It had taken a while to get us back to where we were today. I’d like to think we were all the better for it.


Five minutes later, I was dressed but I still had stuff strewn all over the bed. “I’ll put everything away,” Woody said as he grabbed a hanger. “You go deal with your obsession, but try to chill, okay?”


“Yeah, yeah,” I replied and left the room.


Chapter 3