Renowned interior designer Fredi Zimmer is surprised when outdoorsman Max Greene, owner of Greene’s Outdoors, hires him to revamp Max’s rustic cabin in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Fredi is an out-and-proud Metro male whose contact with the outdoors is from his car to the doorway of the million-dollar homes he remodels, and to Fredi, Max is a typical straight man’s man. When Max blatantly and clumsily flirts with Fredi, Fredi’s stereotypical view of Max is shattered. Is this a build-up to a gay bashing? Cautiously believing Max is closeted and is trying to come out, Fredi decides he’s game to put a little spice into Max’s life, whether it’s in the colors and fixtures he’ll use to turn Max's dilapidated cabin into a showplace or over one of the many lunches and dinners they share talking about the remodel. Who can blame a guy for adding a little sensual pleasure as he retools Max’s life visually? Besides, Fredi has a backup plan if he’s wrong about Max’s intentions. Life would be all wine and roses if it weren’t for Max’s former friends and their conservative families. Alarmed with Max’s obvious infatuation, they make it their business to save him from sliding into hell. With the battle on, will Fredi and Max win the fight for a life of happiness together?

Redesigning Max

“Okay, okay,” I grumbled. “I’m coming. Keep your pants on.”


I got up, slipped into my underwear and jeans, then walked slowly to the door.


The sheriff looked me up and down, then grinned.


“Max doesn’t feel like getting up this morning?” he asked, strolling past me and going to the kitchen. “How come you don’t have coffee made yet?”


As he walked by me, I murmured, “Good morning to you too. Would you like to make yourself some coffee, darling?”


“Don’t mind if I do,” Lloyd answered, then turned and yelled down the hallway, “Greene, get your butt out here. We need to talk.”


He turned back to the coffeemaker and shook his head.


Chapter 31