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

“Glenn, how many times have I asked you not to call me that.”


“Aw, lighten up. Anyway, come on to bed for a fuckin’ celebration,” Glenn slurred, then burst out laughing, apparently thinking he’d made a good pun.


“You know, Glenn,” Nate said, “I think I’m going to head home. My head feels like it’s in a vise, for some reason.”


Glenn grabbed his arm and more or less dragged him the few steps to the bedroom, then forcefully shoved him onto the bed. Glenn fell on top of him and started biting at his lips and pulling at his clothes. Plenty of times in the past, Nate had been less than thrilled about Glenn’s drunken feels and fucks, but this topped it.


“Get the fuck off me,” he said, and pushed and squirmed until he was able to get out from under Glenn’s greater weight and roll off the bed and onto his feet. He stepped toward the door and didn’t even look back when he said, “I’ll see you when you’re sober.”


Chapter 41