Title: Better Than Home
Series: Better Than Stories, 6
Author: Lane Hayes
Publisher: Lane Hayes
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Original Release Date: April 18, 2022
Heat Level: 4 – Lots of Sex
Length: 35K
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, MM Romance, Bisexual, Established Couple
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Synopsis
The lawyer, the diva, and a new adventure…
Matt-
Life is good. A few years ago, I met someone special, came out as bi, fell head over heels, and married the love of my life. A man. But not just any man.
Aaron is a confident, unapologetically fabulous diva who isn’t afraid to take chances. I love that about him. New state, new career path…no problem.
Except things don’t always go according to plan. That’s okay. It might be the perfect time to get back to basics and check off a few items on our original list…like buy a house and start a family. Whoa! House first.
However, house hunting isn’t glamorous at all, and with my partnership at the law firm in the balance, it’s kind of stressful. Everything we’ve dreamed of is within reach—if we can just find a place that feels like home, we’ll be better than good.
Better Than Home is a sweet and sexy novella featuring Matt and Aaron from my International Bestselling book, Better Than Good. The lawyer, the diva, and the happy ever after of a lifetime. For readers who know the real love story happens after the first “I love you.”
“Want a push?”
He smiled. “We’d have to toss those kids off the swings first. Let’s sit on the bench.”
We commandeered the bench overlooking a small field. A couple of dads were playing T-ball with a posse of pint-sized kids in the distance. Nearby, a few more kids hung upside down on the monkey bars while another group sang loudly as they floated toward the heavens on the swings.
This wasn’t always the quietest place to chat, but we’d started a kind of tradition of stopping here when we needed to get something off our chests before or after a visit with Aaron’s parents. Not in a bad way. His folks were great, but like mine—well, my mom specifically, they had expectations. And Aaron was a good Catholic boy at heart. He grappled with disappointing them and living his best gay life.
In this case, though, they’d be thrilled if we decided to move closer, so this probably had more to do with the fact that the drive hadn’t been long enough to process how cool that house was.
Aaron adjusted his sunglasses and tugged at the collar of his perfectly pressed blue T-shirt. I chuckled when he fanned himself dramatically.
“It’s warm today,” I reported, doing my best Captain Obvious.
Aaron nodded absently but didn’t comment on the state of his guy-liner the way he usually would. Instead, he tilted his chin toward the action on the opposite side of the park. “That could be you someday. Coaching little people baseball matches.”
“Games or practices, babe. Not matches,” I corrected, rubbing his neck.
“Hmm. This is the kind of place you always thought you’d end up, isn’t it?”
That was a loaded question. The simple answer was yes—except I’d never envisioned I’d marry a man.
I glanced at the little girl pushing a toy stroller next to a young mom with a toddler on her hip, then back at Aaron. “Maybe…yes.”
“Not me. I never thought I’d want any part of this, but I do now. Is that weird?”
“No. Life changes.”
“True.” He twisted to face me. “We have a perfectly lovely condo in a perfectly lovely part of a vibrant city. We’re close to work and we can easily visit family and friends. We have a good life, and maybe I’m greedy, but that house was…”
“Perfect?”
“Yes!” He opened his mouth theatrically. “I was shocked at how perfectly perfect it was. I didn’t want to like it. I thought seeing one more stinker would quell the urge to become homeowners for a while, but we just walked through our dream home, Matty.”
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Lane Hayes loves a good romance! An avid reader from an early age, she has always been drawn to well-told love story with beautifully written characters. Her debut novel was a 2013 Rainbow Award finalist and subsequent books have received Honorable Mentions, and were winners in the 2016, 2017, 2018-2019, and 2020-2021 Rainbow Awards. She loves red wine, chocolate and travel (in no particular order). Lane lives in Southern California with her amazing husband in a not quite empty nest.
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