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

“Yeah, I believe so, and I’m rarely wrong when it comes to the holidays, unless you count three years ago, or that Christmas, in, hell, way back when.”


“Please, please, let you be right this time.”


As it turned out, Frank wasright. It continued snowing the following day, but only lightly. By mid-afternoon, everyone who had made reservations had arrived at the B&B, including the Greenes.


The minute Mrs. Greene saw Bill, she hurried over to give him a hug, whispering, “Are you and Erik…?”


He grinned. “Still a couple? Yep. Actually, we’ve been living together for the last few months.”


“I knew it. I could tell at Thanksgiving dinner last year. Not that it was too hard, since the two of you were sitting real close.”


She snorted indelicately. “It could have been as big as that one—” she pointed to the largest of the dining room tables, “—and you’d still have been practically in each other’s laps.”


Chapter 26