Keenan Hunter, a na?ve farm boy, quickly falls for his college roommate, Tucker Reynolds, a more sophisticated city slicker. For a time, Keenan's feelings for Tucker appear to be reciprocated, although neither man openly expresses any feelings they may have for the other. For reasons Keenan can't understand, Tucker starts to date Jane Williams, a fellow student. Keenan deals with the pain of rejection by finding another man to love. But time and again, this proves unsuccessful. Tucker has captured Keenan's heart and no one else can match the forever love Keenan thought he had with Tucker. When Tucker marries Jane, he asks Keenan to be his best man. Keenan reluctantly agrees and performs his duties, all the while hiding the pain of his broken heart. The experience leaves Keenan with a life-long aversion to weddings. Years pass and the two men drift apart. Keenan becomes the head veterinarian at an animal rescue center. And because of a three-legged Yorkshire terrier, Tucker comes back into Keenan's life. Circumstances have changed for Tucker. Will these changes finally allow Keenan to regain his forever love? Maybe weddings aren't so bad after all.

Keenan's Forever Love

Tucker admitted he’d had questions about his sexuality for some time but had wanted to investigate them with someone he felt close to, someone he cared for. He told Keenan he’d noticed Keenan’s reactions to seeing him naked and was thrilled to think Keenan just might be the one.


For Keenan’s part, he shared that his response to Tucker and what had transpired between them, had come like a bolt out of the blue. Keenan had had no inkling before this he was sexually attracted to men. Although now that he looked back on his teen years, his lack of interest in dating made sense.


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