Thomas Durling escaped his small-town upbringing for over ten years, until a single phone call drew him back. Told his mother has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, he returns to the small northern Michigan town he once called home to find a mute stranger taking care of her in his stead.<br><br>On the surface, Andre seems harmless enough, but Thomas has enough problems trying to deal with his mother’s illness. He doesn’t need a gorgeous young man to distract him, especially in a town that drove him away once already with its homophobia.<br><br>But Andre has nowhere else to go. A wolf without a pack, he’s been on the run since witnessing his father’s murder, always looking over his shoulder, never looking ahead. Taking care of Thomas’s mother has given him a welcome sanctuary, as well as a place he can call home for a couple months. He wants to stay, but more importantly, he wants to help, even if Thomas isn’t ready to accept that they could actually be friends ...

Moon-Touched

Andre’s knuckles were white from how tightly he gripped the pen.How do you know that?


Saying the words was harder than he’d imagined. “I asked a friend to run a background check on you the night I got here. You didn’t really think I’d let a total stranger live in my mom’s house, did you?”


Andre bolted from his chair so abruptly, it fell back and skidded halfway across the room, leaving a black smear across the linoleum floor. Thomas leapt after him, his only intent to keep him from running away. The check might have been sneaky, but he hadn’t known Andre then. He’d only done what was best for his mom. That was all he ever wanted. Why did nobody recognize that today?


Chapter 42