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

Smoke got to watch local International Falls programming for two hours while Gin did whatever he was going to do. He’d have called some of the people from his team, but he didn’t have any of their numbers memorized. Instead, he cooled his heels and tried to cool his brain.


Gin thought he had a way out of this. It was a nice idea, and Gin was the kind of guy who planned and made things happen. If his boss’ boss’ boss—how many bosses was that?—had gotten involved, it was probably well beyond his reach to fix. Smoke had faith, but he needed to be realistic. He cared for Gin—he might even love him, although love was a funny word for such a short time period. He had faith in Gin. He had to be realistic about their chances here.


Chapter 19