To Taste Forbidden Fruit

In a world full of romantic possibilities, some people are strictly out of bounds.

Paul Traver isn't looking forward to an empty apartment while his best friend goes home for the summer. The place will be too quiet without Beni. But after surviving his freshman year of college, a little solitude won't kill him.

Carlo Zannoni is thrilled to have his son home for a while, after too much time alone. Six months since his divorce, Carlo is finally recovering his equilibrium. He doesn't even mind that Beni's best friend has come to stay for the summer. It will be nice to have a full house again, even if it's temporary.

When Paul offers to help Carlo tackle a daunting project, neither of them anticipates how the shared task will bring them closer. Soon unexpected friendship leads to something else: an attraction as powerful as it is forbidden. Paul has no business pining after his best friend's dad, even if the man is gorgeous. Carlo feels like a monster for coveting a college student, no matter how charming and flirtatious Paul might be.

To cross this line would be unforgivable. But mutual desire is a difficult temptation to resist, no matter how catastrophic the consequences.