Handsome detective Jens barely escapes with his life in the course of his work and has no choice but to land his damaged Cessna at an abandoned airport. Suffering from snow blindness and ill equipped to survive arctic conditions, he collapses at the entrance of an occupied building. Rescued and attended to by the sole occupant, Jens recovers, and is ready to unravel the mysteries surrounding his rescuer.<br><br>Maintenance worker Matt found escape from a world full of pain and rejection at the closed arctic airport. He nurses Jens back to health, eager to set him on his way again. When an unexpected blizzard forces Jens to stay, is Matt clearly uncomfortable at the development. Strongly attracted to Jens, however, Matt slowly opens up and reveals his painful secrets, all except the most dangerous one ... a secret that threatens to destroy their fragile relationship.<br><br>With Jens’ assistance, will Matt be able to finally overcome the pain that drove him to his separation from society, resulting in a lonely existence? How will Matt’s dark secret influence their lives? Will it destroy Jens’s career, or will it draw them closer together?

Snowed In: Matt and Jens

This, I thought,is what he wants and needs. It didlook kind of like an addict’s euphoria, and that troubled me. But I left him in that state, and went to take a shower; I felt an irrational need to clean myself off, and perhaps to feel the comforting warmth of the water around me.


At one point during my shower I felt I was being watched. I turned around and thought I saw his disappearing leg, but wasn’t sure. I shook my head, trying to dismiss an odd feeling. Had he come into the shower room to take a gander?


If he had, I wasn’t quite sure how to take that. 5: More Revelations


The experience didn’t make things easier between us. I felt a little uneasy, like I had prostituted myself—for there hadn’t been a real sense of connection, and he hadn’t given anything back, beyond the usual tablespoonful of seed.


Chapter 11