Bradley Kim is just trying to make the time without his boyfriend Lance go by faster when he takes on an additional article for his small town newspaper. But the moment he meets Shay Wilton, amateur beekeeper, it's definitely not the honey that catches his eye.<br><br>Bradley is lonely, and Shay is everything Lance is not -- passionate, fun, and kind -- and soon Bradley's interview becomes something more intimate as Shay gives him a hands-on experience with the honey extraction.<br><br>Turning down Shay's advances shouldn't be so difficult, but Bradley won't let temptation lead him to cheating. Too bad Lance doesn't have similar scruples, and after a fiery revelation, Bradley finds himself suddenly single, with nothing standing between him and a certain beekeeper who might just be sweeter than honey.

Sweeter Than Honey

From the blur of the spinning frames, honey shot out, dripped down the sides of the extractor, pooled at the bottom. He couldn’t see what was happening to the bottoms of the frames, but the tops were enough. Strands of honey rose up like they wanted to sail the skies, and Bradley felt some touch his face. A thin line of honey found its way onto his glasses, and he pulled back only to find Shay taking his arm.


“Your turn,” he said. “You’ll love it. Just try it.”


Shay stood close—too close—as Bradley reached for the crank, but he was beginning to feel the excitement now. Shay’s eagerness and the energy that seemed to well up in him as he turned the crank tumbled over and over inside Bradley until he was grinning largely. He was spinning honey. It was a timeless experience, everything that existed in these moments the only things that existed at all. There was just him, and Shay, and the sound of whirring drifting out across the fields.


Chapter 4