and "The most dangerous lies are the ones you tell yourself. and "Dylan Williams is and "not and " gay. Sometimes he gets off with other guys, but so what? He plans to get married someday and "really and " married, like with a wife and kids. And he s determined that his future family s life will be the normal one he and his brothers never had.Mike Aurietta and "is and " gay, but his job keeps him in the closet. He doesn t usually risk frequenting infamous cruising places like Webber Park. But when he s cutting through one night, he finds himself defending a victim from gay bashers.It s all Dylan can do to process the shock that anyone would want to hurt his quiet twin brother. At first he needs Mike s eyewitness report to satisfy the gut-wrenching desire for revenge. Then he finds himself needing Mike s solid, comforting presence and the heat that unexpectedly flares between them.In the aftermath, Mike quickly learns not to expect too much from his conflicted lover. Though he never thought his good deed would come back to bite him in the ass. Or that hanging on to the possibility of love could force too many secrets out of the closet and cost them both everything.Warning: Contains more denial than you can float a barge on, bigger issues than a special end-of-the-year compilation of your favorite magazine, and better sex than most people deserve. After all, it takes place in Texas. and "