Home, love, and possibilities he never imagined are waiting for Billy Joe to claim them. But first he needs to escape the horrors of his past. A twisted act of cruelty and prejudice drives Billy Joe from his Mississippi home, and he makes it as far as Pennsylvania—where his car breaks down just as the year's first snowstorm blows in. Fortunately, Carlos is there to lend a hand. Carlos is no stranger to hardship. His family rejected him for being gay, but with determination, he put himself through school and became a librarian. Carlos sees the same willpower in Billy, and he wants to help Billy and his son succeed in a new life that is very different from the one they left behind. With his support, they start to adjust, and before long, both men want more than encouragement from each other. They want the chance for a future together, but their families have other ideas… and Billy's will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Okay, so a couple of things about this book. It wasn't my favourite by Andrew Grey, I'm not saying it was bad, because it wasn't, but I've read other works by the same author that were better. That being said, I loved how this story gripped you right in the first chapter. In mere moments of reading, you're already invested in Billy Joe and trying to figure out what he saw which made him take his son and run away from home as far and fast as he can. As I went on through the story I found myself wishing that the characters would do things a bit differently when it came to how they handled the negative people in their lives, however, ultimately I was happy with how things ended and while I'm not necessarily wanting more from these characters specifically, the happy ending after a book of angst made me want to read more from Andrew Grey.
