Down on his luck is Gideon Joy’s default state. He doesn’t know why he expected a different outcome on his cross-country trip, but unsurprisingly, the hits keep coming—literally this time. Gideon strikes a moose with his car in New Hampshire, not only totaling his own vehicle, but damaging one belonging to local construction worker, Silas Bright. He has no choice but to stay in Lancaster and take on a job that’ll pay for the repairs. And in a town so small, Gideon’s constantly running into Silas. What starts as annoyance between them soon blooms into something much more intimate. But when Gideon’s notorious bad luck rears its head yet again, how many disastrous dates will Silas be willing to weather before realizing Gideon’s not worth the effort? The quaint community has accepted Gideon as one of their own, but past fears of inadequacy threaten the very joy he left Los Angeles to discover. If he’s to find a happily ever after with Silas, Gideon must learn to accept that sometimes it’s okay to not be the best. And true happiness might be an everyday life in a small town. Entirely revised and freshly edited 2nd edition. Also included, exclusive to the paperback edition: Kneading You (A Lancaster Story: Book One) "Ever have that moment when you read a part in a book, stop, go back and reread it just to experience the emotion it gave you all over again? That was this book for me." - Diverse Reader "Poe had done way too good a job with the characterizations and the location. I felt as though I knew these people and that town." - Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words "This was so sweet I freaking cried at the end! I really applaud Ms. Poe for being able to elicit so many emotions in such a short span of pages." - Gay Book Reviews C.S. Poe is an author of gay mystery, romance, and speculative fiction. She's a winner of the Next Generation and e-Lit book awards, as well as a finalist of the Lambda Literary award.She resides in New York City and is a Gilded Age New York historian and board director for the Victorian Society of New York. She loves Romanticism artwork, the films of Buster Keaton, coffee in the morning and whiskey in the evening, true crime, and cats. She's rescued two cats-Milo and Kasper do their best to distract her from work on a daily basis.C.S. is an alumna of the School of Visual Arts.Her debut novel, The Mystery of Nevermore, was published 2016.