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

There was a letter there, from Milo. A short paragraph. With a trembling hand, Rain held up the letter and through the blur of his tears, read Milo’s words.


Losing you was like watching the last fire rise in my life. I’m living off ashes and smoke since you left. But if there’s one thing you taught me in the last years, is that dreams are the only real way to stoke the flames in our hearts, and so, here I go on my own, daring to chase not a dream, but the mere idea of it.


The idea will have to be enough for now.


I’ll always remember what it was like to walk into our bedroom at night and see you asleep in our bed and how much of those nights I took for granted.


My precious and sweet husband, these papers mean nothing to me, but because they mean the world to you, here they are, signed and delivered.


Chapter 85