Nichol wants to put Cam’s past behind them and spend their future together, but the past will not stay hidden, and when trouble comes the men must fight for their chance to be together. Things are complicated by the renewed interest from Nichol’s ex Archie, who is now a police officer, and whose presence terrifies Cam. The sexual tension between the men as they both want each other but aren’t able to act on it is wonderfully done. And it is clear that Cam has feelings for Nichol as well, although Cam’s past haunts him and makes him feel unworthy of Nichol’s love. Soon that friendship grows into more, and Nichol finds himself falling in love with Cam.
And the two men grow incredibly close, becoming fast friends and easing some of Nichol’s loneliness. With Cam has somehow come the spring, the weather warming and brightening and finally putting a stop to the endless winter. Cam is also highly skilled with accounting and begins to sort out the farm’s financial problems, consolidating loans and getting grants, and putting them back on more solid financial footing. The extra pair of hands makes his workload much more manageable, curbing the constant exhaustion he has been suffering from for months.
Having Cam around changes so many things for Nichol.
On impulse, Nichol tells his grandfather that Cam is an agriculture student and gets him a position volunteering on the farm in return for room and board. He is surprised the next morning to find Cam still there, and even more surprised to realize he doesn’t want him to leave. Something about this man calls to Nichol, and he lets Cam stay the night in the barn. Rather than a thief, Nichol finds a young man seeking shelter from the storm, on the run from some sort of trouble. With the economy so bad, thefts of scrap metal and equipment are on the rise in the area. One night, Nichol encounters what he assumes is a burglar who has broken into their barn. Financial problems forced them to let go their hired hands, machinery is breaking, animals are getting injured, and winter is taking its toll both physically and mentally on Nichol as he struggles with exhaustion in the dreary and frigid 18-hour work days. But despite Nichol’s best efforts, things are still precarious on the farm. studies in Edinburgh, but gave it all up to return to his family farm, knowing there was no way he could let his grandfather lose his land and family history. Nichol Seacliff has returned to his grandfather’s farm in on the Isle of Arran Scotland to help out after the tragic deaths of Nichol’s mother and brother.
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