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

“No probate,” he said. “It’s all mine. I have to thank Dad for that.”


“My parents did that, too, everything in trust.” Then, to change the subject, I asked if he was hungry.


I took him to Jack’s, a restaurant I’d discovered several years before on a trip home. In nearby Pleasant Hill, it had a no-fail menu, but as I sat across from Glenn, I saw him work a frown. “Nothing you like?” I asked.


He set down his menu. “I’m out of practice, Noah. At everything.”


He snorted a laugh. “All the time in the world, right?”


I had no idea what he was getting at, so I just shrugged.


When the waiter arrived, Glenn ordered a large breakfast. He wasn’tthatout of practice. I had a favored Tuscan sandwich, wicked grilled veggies on a sourdough bun. Once the waiter departed, I gave it a minute, sipped my water, then waded in again.


“So what do you think about staying with me?”


Chapter 15