Tall, intelligent and handsome, Hatch Lye is works for Ravenous, a company that tests cookbook recipes for publishing houses. At thirty-five, he’s pretty much settled in his ways.<br><br>Then unexpectedly, things change for him when he makes an afternoon coffee run. On the street corner, he meets a homeless man named Kevin Balk. They exchange smiles, a simple hello, and Hatch gives the man money. Without thinking through the consequences of his actions, Hatch invites Kevin back to his home for a meal, shower, and much-needed sleep.<br><br>What transpires between the two men over shared meals and the next few weeks of autumn? Can their different lives come together as a romance begins, and secrets of Kevin’s mysterious life are revealed?

Ravenous

“Breakfast at Suzanne’s House of Pancakes. And, if you’re up to it, a workout at Pumpers.”


I ignored his comments for the time being. “You’re naked.”


On full alert, I thought he would climb into bed and begin seducing me. Our relationship didn’t come with those accommodations, though. My life was quite boring compared to his wild one of man-humping. I couldn’t entertain him in bed the way other men had.


“I’m using your shower. I’ll get a fresh towel out of the bathroom closet. Get up and get dressed, then we can enjoy our morning together.”


Sometimes, I regretted giving him a key to my two-bedroom Cape Code since he used the place as if it were his own to shower, eat, and take naps. Shame on me. Jay thought that whatever was mine, was his. Too bad for me. Whatever, though. Good friends were hard to find. I guess I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I preferred keeping him in my life, happy with the terms of our strange arrangement.


Chapter 5