Sugared (The Art of Love #6)

Here's Merry Farmer's "Sugared." It's the sixth novel in her new series, The Art of Love.

["The Art of Love is having the wrong numbers, but being in the right place at the right time…

Leland Page counts himself lucky to have been given the job of running Hawthorne House’s increasingly busy kitchen and teaching cooking and baking courses at the arts center. He feels like he has to prove himself to Robert Hawthorne to keep his place, so when he finds his former best friend’s brother in severe distress and brings him home, he isn’t sure whether Ean Jones will make him or break him.

Kicked out of his parents’ house for being gay, Ean knows he’s in trouble. All he has to his name is a lottery ticket and hope. So when Leland comes to his rescue, he’s ready and willing to do anything for his new hero. But he didn’t imagine that would mean helping Leland create the most magnificent Valentine’s Day feast Hawthorne House has ever seen!"]

I remember reading this book when it was a short story in "Candy Volume 2", a charity anthology, but somehow, even it didn't really change, it was even better with the Art of Love themed cover.

I loved these two both times. They were sweet and kind and patient. They were dedicated to being happy and finding a place to belong (of course the Hawthorne House was the place--any artsy queer individual (or accountant) is welcome).

It might just have been a taste of the Hawthorne crazy, and these two night not be Hawthorne by blood, but it was still so utterly perfect!

Trigger Warnings: homophobic parents, and more. 

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