For years, Nolan Young has tried to deny he’s gay. With an abusive, homophobic father, who is also the mayor of Sutter’s Bay, Nolan has no choice but to ignore that part of himself. Until he meets Leo Winthrop on the beach one day. Leo is exactly the kind of guy Nolan would want ... if he could allow himself to act on his desires. Leo has been dealing with demons of his own. His older brother brought him to Sutter’s Bay hoping it’d help Leo put his past behind him. The quaint town hasn’t been much help ... until now. Meeting cute and innocent Nolan changes Leo’s outlook and brings hope to his life for the first time in years. But can he convince Nolan to stand up to his father and take a chance on forever with him?

Finding Forever

“Maybe I’ll see you around,” he said.


Nolan nodded. “Maybe. We may as well walk back up to the street together.”


And so they walked side by side through the sand and back to the path that would lead to the street Adam’s restaurant was on, but neither said anything. Leo, mostly because he just didn’t know what to say to Nolan without sounding lame, and as for Nolan, he couldn’t really say why Nolan didn’t say anything. But the silence was okay.


When he reached his shoes and stopped to put them on, Nolan said he would see him around and continued up the path. By the time Leo got to the street with his skateboard there was no sign of Nolan and he couldn’t help wondering how the guy had disappeared so fast.


Shaking his head, Leo rode his board toward work.


Chapter 4