You can never go home again. But Mick Lawler is doing just that after ten years. Mick left California when his first love, Joe, chose his twin sister, Raine, over him. Joe and Raine married and a broken-hearted Mick left behind everything he’d ever known.<br><br>Settling first in Chicago, Mick met his fellow lawyer, Zach Covington. When Zach left Chicago for sunny Florida, Mick went along. Life is great. He has a good job, a nice apartment, and Zach close by. Sure, Mick is in love with seemingly unobtainable, Zach, but just having Zach in his life is enough.<br><br>When Raine calls to tell him Joe is dead, Mick agrees to return but not alone. Zach insists on going. Once there, Mick has to deal with his grieving twin, his estranged parents, and his newfound, sudden sexual relationship with Zach. But his family want their prodigal son to move back home. Sounds great. But there’s Zach and Florida. His new idea of home.

California Dreaming

I exhaled very slowly and then turned to the coffeemaker.


“I can do that.” Zach took the coffee filter out of my hand and set it in the maker. He grabbed the carafe and went to the sink.


“I know you are. But you knew Joe, too. And all this family stuff. It’s hard, I know.”


I watched him in something of a daze as he set up the coffee to start. He had great, masculine hands, with long, elegant fingers and lots of dark hair on his wrists all the way up his arms


Zach stepped closer to me, and then, to my surprise, he put his arms around me and drew me against his chest, holding me tight. God, he gave the best hugs ever. Almost against my own will, I leaned my head on his shoulder, snuggling in close. He even smelled good, like cinnamon and cloves. I had no idea why; I just knew it.


Chapter 8