Best‑selling crime author Leo Reid spends every fall tucked away in his cabin in Twisted Oak Valley, hammering out the next installment of his award‑winning series. He’s not a man who shares his feelings easily, and he prefers the quiet routine of writing in solitude — until Jacob.
After losing his job when an affair with his boss blew up in his face, Jacob retreats to Twisted Oak to stay with his grandma and figure out what comes next. When he hears his favorite author, Leo Reid, is doing a signing in town, he can’t resist meeting him. One conversation later, Jacob discovers Leo needs help with social media, and suddenly the job, and the man, he’s dreamed about might actually be within reach.
Leo knows what he wants, and he wants Jacob. Once isn’t enough. So he proposes an arrangement: for the next two months, Jacob can be his part‑time assistant and part‑time… something else. They’ll keep it just between them, giving Leo the perfect excuse to keep Jacob close.
But the longer they’re together, the harder it becomes to pretend it’s casual. Jacob can’t imagine going back to New York, and Leo would never ask him to return to a place that hurt him so much. Throw in Jacob’s history with his last boss, and Leo’s inability to express his feelings, and neither man feels strong enough to ask for more.
If they want a future, they’ll have to take a risk and trust that what they’ve found in Twisted Oak Valley is worth fighting for before their time together runs out.
Genre: Gay Romance
After losing his job when an affair with his boss blew up in his face, Jacob retreats to Twisted Oak to stay with his grandma and figure out what comes next. When he hears his favorite author, Leo Reid, is doing a signing in town, he can’t resist meeting him. One conversation later, Jacob discovers Leo needs help with social media, and suddenly the job, and the man, he’s dreamed about might actually be within reach.
Leo knows what he wants, and he wants Jacob. Once isn’t enough. So he proposes an arrangement: for the next two months, Jacob can be his part‑time assistant and part‑time… something else. They’ll keep it just between them, giving Leo the perfect excuse to keep Jacob close.
But the longer they’re together, the harder it becomes to pretend it’s casual. Jacob can’t imagine going back to New York, and Leo would never ask him to return to a place that hurt him so much. Throw in Jacob’s history with his last boss, and Leo’s inability to express his feelings, and neither man feels strong enough to ask for more.
If they want a future, they’ll have to take a risk and trust that what they’ve found in Twisted Oak Valley is worth fighting for before their time together runs out.
Genre: Gay Romance
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