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

He had his money ready when he walked up to the counter, sliding it across without looking up. Rudy lumbered off his stool to come up to the cash register, his gum smacking as he grinned.


“How much you want back?” he asked.


Andre shook his head, waggling his fingers at the money for Rudy to take it.


His brows shot up. “That much gas will get you almost all the way to Lansing. You running some errands for Mrs. Durling or something?”


It was as good an excuse as any. Before he could nod, though, the door opened, letting in a blast of hot air. And Pastor Schmader.


“Hey there, Rudy.” The two men nodded in greeting, but Pastor’s smile was turned on full-beam for Andre. “Well, you just might be the last person I expected to see in town today, son.”


Chapter 43