TV celebrity chef and cookbook author Adam de Leon walked away from his lover when Jason's drug addiction spiraled out of control. Adam also abandoned his renowned restaurant in San Francisco to start a small bistro in the Sierra Foothills.<br><br>Five years later Adam is battling the conservative leaders of Stone Acres, California, to open a new restaurant in the historic Old Town area when Jason turns up on his doorstep -- a recovered Jason, now going by the name David and claiming he's overcome his addictions. What's more, he begs Adam to take him back and says he's ready for their happily ever after.<br><br>Adam has enough on his plate with problems plaguing the opening of his restaurant. Now he's having a hard time deciding which to follow -- his head or his heart.

When Adam Fell

“Nice.” The sun had started to lighten the sky in the east, and even though the dining room windows looked west, I could see the outlines of the closest trees and the early morning lights in the valley. “This is the place you always dreamed about, isn’t it, Adam?”


His husky tone as he uttered my name produced twinges. Shit. I refused to do it. I’d taken him back so many times in the city I thought I was cured once and for all. Now this—this insidious betrayal of my body when he stood near and uttered my name. Fuck. I’d slit my throat first before I’d step onto his carousel again.


Did I want him anywhere near the life I’d built from the ground up? Hell no. I’d done the phoenix act once in my life and didn’t need to do it again. Did I?


Chapter 4