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

As Shay got up to find it, Bradley carefully turned the pages of his notepad until he’d found some that weren’t sticky. He had a spare pencil, too, which was coming in handy right now. He thought he was prepared for anything until Shay plopped a five-pound bag of granulated sugar on the table, opened it, and stuck in a spoon.


“Yeah, thanks,” said Bradley. He added the sugar and stirred, feeling very awkward with Shay’s gaze on him. “As fun as spinning honey was, I should get something more substantive for the article. Where did you come up with Hexabee Honey?”


“Where do you think?” asked Shay. “Hexagon like the shape of the combs. Bee for bees. I stuck them together—I’m not that imaginative.”


Shay snorted. “It’s a yellow hexagon.”


“More amber, I think,” said Bradley, then looked up and grinned at him. Shay didn’t seem to mind.


Chapter 5