I used to live on the fringes, creeping through the shadows, however being incognito was no longer an option. We'd started a war and there was a price tag hanging over our heads. Our next move had to be swift and calculated or we could perish at the hands of The Firm. That was the plan until a phone call changed everything, planting me in a cult in the middle of Wyoming where I was reacquainted with a boy I knew from my past.

Only, Abel was no longer a kid. He'd grown into a man who'd uncoiled a well-tied knot I'd been guarding for years.

He.

Was.

Off.

Limits.

Those four words should deter me from placing him up front and center in my wildest fantasies. I could do that. I just needed to figure out a way how.

‘Unexpected' is a pair of novellas written by The Husbands Who Write, authors Garry Michael and Michael Robert.

Join four men, who, with their own personal struggles, cross paths in these two tales. None of them expects their situations to change, but love has a way of showing up when you least expect it.

‘Hate at First Sight' by Michael Robert

On the anniversary of his partner's unexpected death, and despite the warning of a late spring snowstorm, Blake heads into the forest of the Pacific Northwest. He is ill-prepared to face the elements but doesn't really care anymore. He prefers to exist in the pain he cannot seem to escape.

Dirk, a firefighter stationed in a lookout cabin hundreds of feet above the forest canopy, has learned to accept long-term isolation. His career and outdoor lifestyle have hindered human connection until the appearance of a stranger who has no business being on the mountain.

‘Bare Naked' by Garry Michael

Erik has no business auditioning to be on an outdoor reality survival show, especially one that requires teams of two to be naked. But he desperately needs the prize money, and somehow, he is chosen to participate.

Drew, an American sports icon, is drawn to the small stature of the beautiful young man in the television studio, hoping he'll get the chance to choose him as his partner. Drew has a secret he's kept hidden as he achieved the pinnacle of athletic success. Can he win the reality show again? Or is the real prize winning the heart of the naked man beside him?