Massachusetts State Trooper Ross Huber is giving one last sweep of the roads before heading in for the night. The nor’easter hitting the Boston area is worse than expected by an order of magnitude, and the governor has just issued a travel ban. Ross finds a wrecked car half-buried in a snowbank and rescues its human and canine occupants from carbon monoxide poisoning, but is forced to take shelter with them in a vacant or abandoned house when the roads are blocked. When he gets the victims indoors, he thinks the human looks uncomfortably familiar ... Ash Machado has been through a lot in his career as a war correspondent. Sidelined by an injury, he’s returned to Boston to take up a job as a news anchor. After he loses control of his car on an icy road, he wakes up in an unfamiliar home, looking into the face of the guy who broke his heart in college. Neither Ross nor Ash are the same men they used to be, but now they’re trapped in the abandoned house with no place to go. Can they get past old hurts long enough to get through the storm, or will the same misunderstandings that drove them apart years ago make this confinement unbearable?

Snowed In: Ross and Ashton

Ash pressed back against him, moving into Ross’ body with a little sigh. Porthos grumbled and moved across the room. Ross smirked. Clearly the dog was on board. He kept mouthing at Ash’s neck and slid his hand under Ash’s shirt.


Ash didn’t stop him. In fact, Ash whispered a soft little “Yeah” as Ross explored the flesh hidden underneath. He craned his neck, to expose more of it to Ross’ mouth and stretched so Ross could have more access. Ross loved that. Ash had always done that, offered himself up like that. It was good to know some things didn’t change.


Chapter 16