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

“Nate?” Rusty asked, once they were on the road. “Is there a problem? All that, back there…You know I didn’t really hurt him, right?”


“No. There is no problem,” Nate said, hoping his anger didn’t show in his voice. It wasn’t Rusty he was angry at. Some days it felt as though however hard he tried to move forward, the world conspired against him to make sure he took a couple of steps back. He shifted into the left lane so he was in the correct one for the Gracefield turnoff, pretty much on autopilot. His brain was still busy processing the crap. Glenn, of course, was a complete arsehole, something Nate had known but done a very good job of denying for far too long. But Zeb—he’d really thought Zeb had understood.


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