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

I put my phone on the desk and sighed rather too heavily.


Christmas was literally on the doorstep and I had yet to do any shopping. Not that I was a big Christmas sort of fellow, but it would not be Christmas if I didn’t buy gifts for Gracie’s kids, my nephew and my two nieces. It would be even more important now, after the death of their grandmother. Of course, I always bought Gracie and her husband something, Mama too, and the staff, and we always sent around gift baskets to the other funeral homes and florists in the county. And then there were friends to think of, and all the other Christmas stuff which I had lost track of.


Charlie appeared at my office door, wearing his winter coat and clutching his wallet and cell phone.


“Ready when you are, boss,” he said softly.


Chapter 30