Laurie Parkinson, who’s lived in Laurel Hills all his life, is a gay sheet metal worker who’d rather be a gay hairdresser. Wheat Dupuis, who’s also gay, is the scion of one of Laurel Hill’s wealthiest families. He’d rather grow grapes than become CFO of Dupuis International. Laurie wakes one morning to discover his family gone and his town decimated by a bacteria that has lain dormant for millennia, incased in ice. With the melting of the ice caps, the bacteria is released, and mankind faces a pandemic that could surpass the Black Plague. Wheat and his family are on their way to safety when the unthinkable happens and he’s left behind. Laurie knows of a bunker in the woods outside Laurel Hill, where he intends to take refuge. On the way there, Laurie finds and rescues Wheat. Can two such dissimilar men work together through a pandemic to find their families ... and possibly find love, as well?

Pandemic

Wheat cleared his throat, and when Laurie turned to glare at him, he nodded toward his mother


She was pale. “That’s quite all right, young man.” She moistened her lips. “Why are you apologizing?”


“Morrison, you will let your father up. You’re really too old to roughhouse with him.”


Wheat went as pale as his mother. His distraction gave his father the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and he bucked Wheat off.


Laurie dived in again. He had a better angle this time, and he slugged Mr. Dupuis with all the force he could muster. The older man’s head snapped back, his eyes rolled back in his head, and he slumped to the floor.


Chapter 61