Bill Hawkins owns a bed-and-breakfast in the small mountain town of Middleton. He loves his life, his family, and his friends. The only thing missing is someone to call his own. A man he can love who will love him in return.<br><br>Erik King takes off when he catches his boyfriend in bed with another man. He's looking for somewhere away from that city. Perhaps a small town where life is less hectic and the people are friendly. What he is not looking for is a new man in his life.<br><br>When a winter snowstorm lands Erik at Bill's B&B, he finds the younger man too interesting, and goes on the run, again. The question becomes, will he realize he can't run from his feelings and return in time to celebrate Thanksgiving—and admit to Bill that he cares for him -- giving them both a reason to be thankful?

Bill and Erik

The snow hadn’t become any heavier, but it hadn’t stopped, either, when he saw the lights from what he figured were houses ahead of him, on the far side of the river which ran beside the highway. He came to a bridge, turned left to cross it, and drove into a picturesque town. The few houses he could see were neat and trim, some of them with picket fences around the yards. A sign at the first intersection he came to let him know that there was a bed-and-breakfast to his right.


That should work, if they have an available room.


Chapter 6