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

“I wanted to—” And then his voice gave out mid-sentence. Leo just continued to look at him expectantly. Not completely hostile but not altogether friendly either. “Can we go somewhere and talk about the other night?”


“It’s after eight. Most places in Sutter’s Bay are closed by now,” Leo said.


“I know, but I wanted to explain and tell you I’m sorry.”


Leo didn’t say anything for a moment and Nolan was afraid he was going to send him away without hearing his apology. But then Leo shook his head. “I’d been thinking of going to the club tonight.”


“No, I…I don’t want to go there. Or any place public, actually.” Nolan chewed his lip. “Can we go somewhere more private?”


Leo nodded. “Okay. My house is up the street that way.” He pointed in the opposite direction of Nolan’s house. “We can go there. My brother’s on the houseboat tonight with Adam.”


He bit back a sigh of relief. Leo didn’t need to see what a dork he really was.


Chapter 13