It only takes a few days for Ollie D'Angelo to lose his boyfriend, his job, and his home. Instead of mourning what he doesn't have, Ollie celebrates what he does: the freedom to pursue his real passion -- cooking. He begins Dinner at Home, a home-catering business, and it takes off.<br><br>Late one night, Ollie catches Hank Mellinger, a streetwise hood down on his luck, about to rob his car. Ollie soon discovers that appearances aren't necessarily what they seem. Hank isn't a criminal caught red-handed, but a hungry young man trying to make a life for himself and the four-year-old niece he's trying desperately to take care of.<br><br>Instead of calling the cops, Ollie offers Hank a job and a way to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Together, they discover they can really cook ... and that their shared passion for food just might lead to a passion for each other.

Dinner at Home

Hank slid in next to him and pulled the sheet up over both of them. Ollie swallowed but found little spit in his mouth as he felt the long, naked length of Hank beside him once more.


Ollie moved away, confused. “I don’t know what’s going on here.”


“Shhh.” Hank planted a quick kiss on Ollie’s cheek, then relaxed against the pillow. “You asked where I went tonight.” He paused, as though he was considering it. “I went to see my mom, I guess you could say.”


“She is. But in a lot of ways, she’s still with me. She’ll always be with me. A weird thing happened between us the night she died.” And Hank told Ollie all about how he had seen snippets of his mother’s life just before she passed away, images that revealed precious moments of hope and joy. “For a long time, I thought she must have told me those things—you know, out loud—and somehow my brain screwed it all up.”


Chapter 48