San Francisco, 2011. Three months past his breakup with Dave, Aaron is adrift, the only thing sustaining him being his weekly therapy sessions with Marc. But Marc's feelings for Aaron have changed, and this unlikely couple must transition to a new and risky adventure: falling in love. When Aaron asks Marc to drive him back to his SoCal hometown of Carlsbad, which holds darkly painful memories, the new relationship hangs by a thread.Keywords: LGBT, MM, bisexual romance, gay romance, gay fiction, Elsie Street trilogy, dysfunctional families, abuse survivors, therapy, contemporary romance, healing, siblings, alternative families, Bay Area, Southern California