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

By the time he’d taken several pictures of Shay, he’d relaxed some. Just because Lance had betrayed him didn’t mean everyone was out to get him—and Shay had been good to him. Bradley would have to learn to trust again at some point.


“Yeah, it’s Lance,” he admitted at last, then before Shay could speak, “You have any more of those frames you could pose with?”


“No, but I’ve got chunks of comb we could assemble on a board.” Shay didn’t pressure him to continue. “If you’re comfortable going into my house again.”


Bradley shrugged. He had nothing against going into Shay’s house again, so he followed him back and leaned against the kitchen counter as Shay pulled out a wooden board and honey in various states, then brought it to the table to assemble it all.


Chapter 13