When Noah Dahl ends an eight-year Hollywood relationship with actor Reece Landreth, he heads north to the family home he inherited years before, intending to make a new start. What he doesn’t anticipate is finding his boyhood crush Glenn Wager has also returned.<br><br>Though Noah suffers from his breakup, he finds Glenn suffering far more from difficult circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. As Noah’s boyhood feelings return, he must acknowledge that twenty-four years have passed and work at approaching the troubled Glenn as a man, not a boy.<br><br>But Noah quickly finds obstacles in his way, namely Glenn himself. Can the two ever fully reunite and possibly build a life together?

Square One

It was strange to know nobody on the street but Mrs. Springer, and Glenn, of course. I told myself to reach out to the newer people, the Worthingtons and Martins, but screaming toddlers and double-wide strollers put me off.


My front yard had been changed from lawn to hardscape by my parents: rock, bark, drought tolerant plants on an efficient drip watering system, while the back was relative chaos. Mature plants had run rampant, the lawn was dead, and the oak tree needed pruning. Sitting on the patio one day, I decided reclaiming it would be my project. And I’d get Glenn to help.


Soon as I considered the idea, I discarded it. Maybe he wasn’t a physical-labor guy anymore. Maybe he no longer wanted to fix things. He’d had a job in Seattle, but what kind?


I took Mrs. Springer a plate of lemon squares, deciding to pump her for information.


Chapter 10