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

When we rolled off the futon, he staggered about, laughing that I’d taken the best of him. “More wine,” he said.


I opened a second bottle, determined to stay looped because I liked not being responsible for my actions. Naked in the kitchen, we stood toasting the day and ourselves.


“Here’s to fucking,” Reece declared, clinking his glass to mine, then adding, “Here’s to fucking the man I love.”


I didn’t protest his declaration. I had been abandoned, after all, and with no idea for how long. Permanently? Would Glenn show up long enough to pack his truck? “Here’s to fucking,” I repeated. “And here’s to knowing each other so well.”


Chapter 23