Recently divorced Zack inherits a tidy sum that enables him to move to the country. Still recovering, his interest is piqued when he meets his gorgeous neighbour, Richard, who is well-loved throughout town. Despite this, Richard doesn’t have a partner, as his medical problems discouraged potential lovers in the past from entering into something more permanent with him.<br><br>As Zack is a city boy, he’s completely unprepared for winter in a small town in the country. When a severe snowstorm takes out the power at his house, Richard invites him over to a warm, welcoming home. Cut off from the rest of the world, will the two men become more than friends and neighbours? What will happen once the roads are cleared and they’re free to go their separate ways again?

Snowed In: Zack and Richard

“Take off everything wet. You can borrow clothes later. Go get close to the fire, now,” Richard orders, and Zack is surprised to feel a slight spark of arousal in his ice cube of a body at Richard taking charge.


Listening to Richard, he starts stripping. His boots are leaking, and even his socks are wet. By the time Zack reaches his seat by the fire, he’s wearing nothing but his snoopy boxer shorts and the blanket wrapped around his chilly body.


“Drink some coffee.” Richard gets Biscuit to lay on the rug in front of the fire and starts adding wood to the fire.


“You’re kind of bossy,” Zack says through chattering teeth, and he does take a drink of his coffee, glad for the kick of whisky in it.


Chapter 4