Tate D’Angelo always thought he knew who his father was: beloved doctor, devoted husband and father ... Everyone at the funeral shared the same glowing stories of a kind soul. So when his father’s old college buddy, Randy, approaches him after the service, Tate expects to hear echoes of the same.<br><br>Instead, he gets a lifetime’s worth of letters that tell a different tale and cause him to view his father -- and his family -- in a whole new light.<br><br>The truth, about a secret romance kept buried for decades, astonishes him. Overwhelmed by grief and confusion, Tate’s unsure if he can bear learning how the lives of two men entwined over the years, but he reads on anyway, discovering more to value, more to respect, and most importantly, more to love about the man who raised him.

Family Obligations

“You okay?” The last thing Smoke wanted was to hurt Gin. Sure, Gin could take him out in a heartbeat if he wanted to. Smoke still didn’t want to cause him harm.


“Never better. I mean that. Don’t stop.”


Smoke chuckled and thrust again, and again.


He’d expected Gin to be a quiet partner. Maybe it was the whole “ice” thing. And hey, maybe when Gin and Quake had been together he’d had to keep it down because of their housing situation. Out here in the woods, Gin apparently didn’t need to consider anyone else’s delicate sensibilities, because he gave full voice to his pleasure. He cried out in encouragement as Smoke drove into him, long fingers gripping Smoke’s forearms. If the wolves and bears and chainsaw-wielding maniacs had any complaints, they stayed quiet.


Chapter 15