London is closing in on thirty and love-starved. He’s a county bus driver and rides his bike to work. One day while riding past a home, he sees a woman fall and goes to help. Her name is Angela, and London is surprised to learn she’s his favorite author of gay erotic stories. She’s welcoming and loving, so unlike his distant parents, and the two become friends.<br><br>Joel is Angela’s son and the first openly gay officer in the San Jose Police Department. He visits his mom when she has London over for dinner as a way of saying thanks for saving her. At first Joel distrusts London, but attraction simmers between them.<br><br>Both men tend to rush into relationships and bed new lovers, which usually screws things up. So it’s no surprise that, on the first date, they end up in bed together. But London mistakes Joel’s constant clock checking for boredom and leaves, upset. Angela smooths things over, but a chance email sends London running again. Will they be able to overcome his insecurities and make a life together?

Love Is in the Script

“I liked what you just said. I’m going to use it in a story.”


He paced. “Why don’t you write about me and London then?” His face fell flat.


“One date isn’t a story. Now, if you get back together, then there’s something to write about. Besides, you have his new number, right? He had to change it. He lost his phone but found it, but in the meantime, the cell company screwed something up and his number wouldn’t work with the new phone. So they gave him a new number. There’s supposed to be a forwarding message.”


Joel tilted his head like a dog that can’t understand something. “No, no message. It just rings and rings. He doesn’t answer texts. I don’t have his mailing address, or I’d send him a card or something.”


“Mom, where do you get that sick sense of humor?”


“Don’t know, but it’s fun.” She wrote London’s new number on a piece of paper and handed it to him. “Now call him.”


Chapter 6