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

Keenan liked him at once. By the time they said goodnight Keenan was feeling he’d found someone who might seriously help in his quest to find love and move on. They made a date to meet at Pride and hang out the next evening. As Keenan lay in bed, for the first time his nightly ritual of seeking release didn’t end with images of Tucker, but rather with a certain handsome, blue-eyed, dark haired farm boy from Illinois, with a most delightful set of dimples.


It was several weeks before Keenan invited Evan home to his apartment. Keenan was pleased they’d been able to take their time getting to this point. It assured him there was more to the relationship than just sex—just what Keenan was looking for.


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