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

In a crazy way, we’d both crawled out of our boxes and were making our way through new territory.


The drive back to his brownstone passed quickly. We were parked by the time I realized I still had no clue what was going on with me or what I wanted.


As I put my hand on the latch to open the door, he pulled me back toward the console between our bucket seats. Then he leaned in and really kissed me.


“Don’t you get it, Ben? What I’ve been trying to do is wine and dine you. I want us to really get to know each other. I want to erase your first impression of me as a big-city idiot.”


He kissed me again, more gently this time.


I thought I was confused before, when I’d gotten aroused by a couple of simple kisses. Now?


I was rock hard and totally and thoroughly at sea. I didn’t know who I was anymore.  10


Chapter 23