Funeral home owner and undertaker Dual Hood knows a good thing when he sees it, so when Charlie Soder applies for the job of embalmer, he snatches up the young man in a heartbeat. Charlie, fresh-faced and just out of college, also knows a good thing when he sees it, and immediately sets his sights on his new sexy boss.<br><br>It doesn’t take long for sparks to fly and romance to blossom. But Dual worries what folks in his small Mississippi town will say, and whether his family-owned business will suffer if word goes round about his new love interest. He isn’t at all certain he has the courage to do the right thing and grab love before it slips through his fingers.

The Undertaker's Secret

Wordless, we got under the covers on his bed and held each other, and said not a word.12


Seemed like most of Port Moss turned out for the visitation and funeral service for Dwayne Duffy on Wednesday afternoon, though surely that was not the case. Scarce little was seen of the most prominent families; one did not stoop to attending funerals for the riff-raff when one attained a certain social standing in Port Moss, Mississippi. Still. The parking lot was full and cars were parked up and down the street.


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