Chapter 7What I’d gotten myself into was becoming a bit more than casual friends with a younger man who seemed to enjoy my company when I was available, as much as I enjoyed his.
The available part was the problem because Friday afternoon, the day after Christmas, I heard from my agent. My publisher had accepted my latest book in the Undercover Gentlemen series. “Not that I expected otherwise,” she told me. Now I had the task of dealing with my editor’s suggestions for what needed work, once they sent me the first round. That should, if things progressed as they normally did, happen around the beginning of the year.
I called Noah to let him know and explain the ramifications to our budding friendship.
“Fantastic. We should celebrate.”
“As long as it’s something simple,” I replied. “Din
