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

It figured, didn’t it? He’d finally met someone he wanted to be with, really wanted to be with, and whatever it was they had would be over before it had begun.


He wanted to whisper words he didn’t take lightly, but it was too soon, and yet more than likely too late. Rusty had touchedhim, deep inside, left something of himself in Nate’s heart. Whatever happened now, Nate wouldn’t forget the time they’d spent together.


Nate wiped at his eyes. He wasn’t a guy who cried easily, and he didn’t want to be seen doing it now. He kissed Rusty’s forehead and slipped from bed, careful not to disturb him. His boxers were still on the floor where they’d fallen before…before they’d made love.


No. Maybe it wasn’t “just sex,” but it wasn’t more than a fling. Pretending for one night didn’t change that.


Damn me for a bloody liar, it wasn’t the lovemaking that was pretend!


Chapter 50