Publisher's Synopsis
A Love in Laguna NovelTo architecture student Ian Carney, family means everything. Taken in by his brother, Jim, when his father threw him out at eighteen for being gay, Ian yearns to create his own family with his boyfriend, Rico. But Rico's in Mexico caring for a sick father, Ian hasn't had sex in a month and a half, and his gorgeous boss, Braden Lord, CEO of the architectural firm Ian interns for, is looking better and better.Braden's life is chaos. Just out of the closet and going through an ugly divorce from his wife of fifteen years who's trying to take custody of his two children, he desperately resolves not to succumb to a completely inappropriate attraction to Ian-even though his kids adore both the man and his crazy cat.When Rico proves to be a snake in the grass and Ian exercises his powers of seduction, what starts as a "friends with benefits" fling turns into real life real fast. Can Ian give up his romantic dreams for an "old guy" who didn't come out until he carried a mountain of baggage? It'll only take a thousand steps.
