A warm-hearted rich man's son, Richard Gardener needs to overcome three obstacles: find a way the family business can run without him, help his mother cope with grief, and stop butting heads -- and other parts of his anatomy -- with the gardener.<br><br>Ethan Fields has worked for the Gardener family for many years. He’s struggling with debt and the desire to leave, and has loved Richard far longer than the man would believe. Ethan can cope with most things, but his anger with Richard’s mother won’t fade. Until that and his feelings for Richard are resolved, he feels trapped and, alas, the idea that sex will get Richard out of his system isn’t working.<br><br>To make the situation worse, both men assume too much and don’t say the right words, and Ethan’s offer of ‘just sex’ grows more complicated by the day. Can Richard and Ethan stop getting their wires crossed before their paths diverge?

Flowers for the Gardener

He must be going crazy, acting on impulse, on desire rather than consequences and he wanted…Rich almost stopped as he reached the base of the stairs and the impact of what he wanted slapped him hard. A door opening to his left started him walking again.


“I’m going out for a while.” He said nothing more, out the front door before his mind flowed back to Ethan and all Rich longed for. He longed to share something important in his life and he wished to share it with Ethan. As to why…now was not the time to question.


Ethan sat with the engine idling. He stared ahead, gritting his teeth. The temptation to glance back was so strong, his muscles wound tighter and tighter with each passing second. Maybe Richard wasn’t coming.


Chapter 51