Rainn may fear tropical storms more than anything, but his love of flowers has landed him a gardening position on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Loneliness leads him to take tours with breathtakingly handsome local guide, Sam.<br><br>Sam is taken with Rainn, but not at all with the planned hotel where Rainn works as a gardener. Windemere Resorts is quietly destroying Dominica’s natural beauty, and now Sam and his friends hope Rainn will help them obtain information they need to stop the hotel from being finished.<br><br>Rainn wants Sam badly, but what if he’s being used? An out-of-season hurricane bearing down on the island makes his worst fear a reality, and now he must decide if he should break the law for Sam. Can he trust Sam with his heart and body?

Hurricanes and Rainn

Sam bit his lip. “I’m blanking. It begins with an ‘H.’”


“Heliconia,” said Rainn. “Sometimes known as ‘false bird of paradise.’”


Sam arched an eyebrow. “I didn’t know that. The mystery deepens,” he whispered.


They made their way to Jaco Falls through thick rainforest, sheltering banana plantations. Sam answered questions about the bananas left alongside the road.


“It is from the Bible. When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.” Several of the tourists nodded.


Rainn smiled. That detail was one of his favorites about Dominica. They did seem to take care of each other.


A tour member asked about another flower.


Sam slid his eyes to Rainn. “Bougainvillea, I think. Is that correct, Rainn?”


“Uh, that’s lantana,” Rainn said.


Chapter 2