Travis has lived most of his life repressing his attraction to men. He had little problem with it while his wife was alive, but now that she has passed he finds he's working even harder not to give in to any feelings he knows are wrong. So when Joe, a handyman he hired to look at doing some work on his house, shows up and unexpectedly stirs those exact feelings Travis is trying to avoid, he lets his bias and defense mechanisms take over and tries to send Joe on his way. But Joe can see through the smokescreen Travis is trying to create and decides that kindness might be exactly what Travis needs right now. And even if Joe never gets the chance to be with a man he realizes he finds simply irresistible, perhaps he might help Travis find his way in the end.

Not a bad story. A quick and easy read overall. But the type of change we see from a couple of the characters seems a bit rushed for me in terms of the timeline of the story. People just don't change that much that quickly, even if there are events that might help to nudge them along the way. ( )

I actually read this several days ago but had to let myself sleep on it for a bit so I wouldn't be completely obnoxious with my review. See, I had a number of WTF moments while reading this that took me completely out of the story, some of which, to me, were straying into offensive. The sad thing is that I don't think that was the author's intent at all. ( )