The moment Drew Richards spots gorgeous workaholic lawyer, Mark Stevens, at a party, he is intrigued. Though rebuffed at first by Mark, a persistent Drew convinces the man they can be friends. Drew left his job as an art teacher to help his parents with their gift shop when his stepfather fell ill. It’s at a coffee shop by the store where their friendship begins.<br><br>After the death of his partner, Mark buried himself in work, a habit he can’t seem to break himself of ... until he meets Drew. The short, dark haired Drew is cute in a pixie sort of way, not Mark’s usual sort, but he finds the man too appealing and before he knows it they become more than friends.<br><br>Mark’s been out of the dating scene for a while and can’t help but make a few missteps. Drew is looking for serious commitment. Can he become Mark’s one and only?

His One and Only

Since Collin’s death, Mark had had sex three times, all one-night stands with men he’d picked up at a gay bar in West Hollywood. He didn’t go there often and hadn’t been there in over a year, but those three times he had felt particularly lonely and wanted a hookup.


Before he’d looked up at Nathan’s barbecue to see a short brunet pixie impishly staring at him and asking him out, Mark had begun to wonder if he had banished himself to a lifetime of self-applied hand jobs and loneliness.


His cell phone chirped to life and for a moment crushing disappointment settled over him. It was Drew canceling on him. Mark just knew it. He picked it up and saw the caller ID and instantly let out the heavy breath he’d been holding.


“Hello, Nathan. I was expecting your call.”


He grinned and reached into his kitchen cabinet for a wooden bowl for the salad he’d be serving. “Yeah, as soon as Barnaby saw us I knew he’d be blabbing to you. How could he help himself?”


Chapter 12