Tristan used to be top salesman at his firm, but when his friends suffered a tragedy, he stepped in to support them. Their ordeal over, Tristan turned to partying to ease his new solitude. Now his job is at risk and he stands to lose his home. Rain spent years putting up with his husband Milo's bad behavior before moving out. Single again and insecure, Rain dreams of creating a marionette show to celebrate kids on the autism spectrum in honor of his son. When Rain meets his neighbor Tristan, he's drawn to Tristan's sex-appeal and protective nature. But Milo keeps pulling on Rain's strings and messing with his head. Tristan loves everything about Rain, including the strange sandwiches, mismatched socks, crazy marionettes, glitter makeup, and messy apartment. And Rain wants to give Tristan everything, but can he cut lose from Milo's hold?

A Touch of Rain

Tristan sat up against the bed’s massive headboard. He’d paid three-thousand dollars for this superb bed he was lying in, but what was the point? He hadn’t shared his bed with anyone in months. He never imagined that cutting free from the party circuit would leave him so alone. His so-called friends had abandoned him. Only Markus kept calling, but his messages were all one and the same. Markus didn’t need his friendship, he only needed an accomplice—someone to take the fall with him.


As Tristan dialed Bernie and Rachel’s home number, Rain’s beautiful green eyes flashed through Tristan’s mind. The conversation they’d had out on the porch had been so quiet and easy—he couldn’t remember ever feeling that comfortable with another man he hadn’t slept with first. That was a change.


Bernie answered on the first ring. “Hope my text didn’t wake you,” she said, right off.


Chapter 10