When he sees entrepreneur Mitch O'Shea whirling around an empty building, contractor Ben Behr is enchanted. Even though his two brothers are gay, Ben always thought he was a ladies' man until he met Mitch. Despite his feelings, Ben knows San Francisco native Mitch is totally out of his league. What could Ben possibly do to get out-and-proud Mitch to notice him? Turns out Mitch is just as attracted to Ben. As they compete in car rallies, camp in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and tour the bars Mitch owns in the city, they realize how stifled they've been their entire lives. Maybe looking over the fence and jumping it to explore what's on the other side are good ideas. When these two seemingly opposites get together, will Ben and Mitch find out they have the world at their feet and might even have love in their hearts?

Waking the Behr

“Since I was born. All thirty-two years. Never anywhere else.”


Mitch was staring at me like I was a museum exhibit.


“What?” I looked around, taking in the run-down edges and mismatched colors and trying not to wince. “Why? What was your house like when you were growing up?”


He looked toward the door, then back at me. “You ready to get on the road? I told Raven we’d be at the club by nine.”


Not an answer. His childhood houses were shabbier than this and he’d moved around a lot? Or was he one of the silver-spoon mansion kids? If so, why’d he move around so much? From resort to city and back again? What did I actually know about Mitch? Not much, I realized. Not much at all.


Chapter 11