Kiwi Nathaniel Dunn is in a fighting mood, but how does a man fight Wellington’s famous fog? In the last year, Nate’s lost his longtime lover to boredom and his ten-year job to the economy. Now he’s found a golden opportunity for employment where he can even use his artistic talent, but to get the job, he has to get to Christchurch today. Heavy fog means no flight, and the ticket agent is ignoring him to fawn over a beautiful but annoying, overly polite American man.<br><br>Rusty Beaumont can deal with a canceled flight, but the pushy Kiwi at the ticket counter is making it difficult for him to stay cool. The guy rubs him all the wrong ways despite his sexy working-man look, which Rusty notices even though he’s not looking for a man to replace the fiancé who died two years ago. Yet when they’re forced to share a table at the crowded airport café, Nate reveals the kind heart behind his grumpy fa?ade. An earthquake, sex in the bush, and visits from Nate’s belligerent ex turn a day of sightseeing into a slippery slope that just might land them in love.

Sunset at Pencarrow

Rusty sipped his coffee, and Nate found himself watching him, fascinated. He couldn’t help but fantasize about Rusty’s physique—from the little he could see under Rusty’s T-shirt, he had a decent six-pack and looked very fit. Probably worked out. Not like Nate, who had never set foot in a gym.


“Do you live in Wellington, or are you trying to get home?”


Nate realized Rusty was talking. He needed to stop zoning out. It wasn’t only rude, it was…So not going there. “Yeah, I live here. I have…had a job interview in Christchurch I was trying to get down there for. That was what the phone call was about. Luckily they’ve managed to reschedule. So…are you here on business or pleasure?”


Rusty coughed, wheezed, and turned dark red. Crap, was he choking? Nate pushed back his chair to go to his aid, but Rusty shook his head. “Sorry. Coffee went down the wrong way. I’m here on business. Spent most of the time sitting in front of a screen, which is something I could have done at home.”


Chapter 6