Careful what you wish for…

Close to landing a role in a sitcom he hopes will show his father he isn't a failure, Vane loses everything when his boyfriend dumps him and his father dies. Going home to help his sister, Rose, keep the family diner afloat is the last thing he wants to do. Easing his grief with a guy seems like the perfect thing to do until the guy can't get rid of him fast enough. The last thing Vane expects is for his one-night stand to appear at his dad's funeral with a quirky tarot reader on his arm and a romantic history with Rose.

Doug is a widower who isn't ready to move on, but he can't seem to get the clumsy guy he met the night before out of his thoughts. Still, he figured he'd never see the guy again and can't believe his lousy luck when Rose's loser brother turns out to be the hookup he can't stop thinking about. Doug is determined to keep his distance, but when Rose hires him to renovate the family home Vane is now living in, there's not much chance of that happening.

Though Doug wants nothing more than to resist him, Vane ticks all his boxes. Clumsy, needy, sexy and… Oh yeah. Paranoid. Not for a minute does Doug believe somebody is out to hurt Vane despite the strange accidents that have befallen him since returning home, but Vane is sure somebody wants him dead.

Doug is solid and steady. Vane is emotional and imaginative. Nobody's trying to kill him. Doug is sure of it…

At first.