“No,” I barked, whirling to stare into the interior, then took a step back so I could see the truck bed as well before I slammed my door shut.įive pairs of eyes, all between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, were pinned to me. I got out and heard the passenger-side door open, along with movement in the back of the pickup.

There were a lot of lights on, and clothes and stuffed animals were strewn all across the front lawn. I took the turn as directed, and the five people in the pickup truck with me-two in the front, three in the back-yelled at the same time that it was the house on the right. It had been a regular Tuesday night until everything went to hell. It could all lead to disaster-disaster for his tenuous reconnection with his family and for the desire he didn’t know he held in his heart. Caught in a promise, Glenn returns to his roots to deal with Rand Holloway and comes face-to-face with Mac Gentry, a man far too appealing for Glenn’s own good. Over time things worked out: Glenn successfully built a strong business, created a new home, and forged a life he could be proud of.ĭespite his success, his estrangement from the Holloways is still a sore spot he can’t quite heal, and a called-in favor becomes Glenn’s worst nightmare. Without support from his father and brother, and too proud to accept assistance from anyone else, he had to start from scratch. As if that wasn’t enough, he then poured salt in the wound by walking away from the ranch he’d grown up on, to open the restaurant he’d always dreamed of. Glenn Holloway’s predictable life ended the day he confessed his homosexuality to his family.

When the dust settles by mary calmes