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Synopsis
single dad and a drag queen stitch together a new pattern for love?
but doesn’t have time for love—his main priority is raising Ian, his adopted
five-year-old son. Ian loves wearing dresses at home and wants an angel gown
for his kindergarten holiday pageant. When Gabe visits a sewing store to get
help with Ian’s costume, he’s assisted by a bewitching employee named Loren who
opens up Gabe’s focused world.
with gender norms and wearing skirts and dresses in everyday life. A bad
breakup killed his interest in serious relationships, but he reconsiders that
stance when gorgeous single dad Gabe walks into the shop. Loren helps young Ian
see it’s okay to be himself, and together, Loren and Gabe create a new pattern
for a family full of love.
Excerpt
Loren thought after he rang up her purchase. As he was replacing the
purple-blue material on the shelf, the bell to the shop door tinkled. The store
had been crazy busy, which was to be expected for the Friday after
Thanksgiving. He turned. Now there’s someone I’d love to win.
hot—dark and lanky with a mouth made for kissing. He was being steered along by
a gal, but they were enough alike to be siblings. Loren hoped. His mouth
twitched at the expression on the guy’s face and his wide eyes. Safe to assume
he’d never been in a sewing shop before.
counter and remembered that he was wearing one of his favorite skirts when the
guy’s gaze dropped. He braced himself for some negative reaction and was
floored when the guy smiled happily and nudged his companion. She brightened.
dress for a little boy.”
for Hot Guy to say something, but his smile was more than enough. “Do you have
the pattern?”
Lovely. He got the pattern out of his bag and handed it over.
sagely. “This seems straightforward enough.”
that hopeful expression.
his ass. Mia was the expert, and this was her store. Loren enjoyed being around
the fabrics and different materials, the buttons and the lace, because he loved
playing dress up. But you could put what he knew about sewing into one thimble.
However, Hot Guy and his girlfriend/partner/sister didn’t need to know that.
of us know fuck-all about sewing. I still can’t believe Ian’s kindergarten
expects the parents to sew these costumes. I mean, are we in the 1950s or
what?”
Loren asked.
kindergarten-aged child. Bummer that Hot Guy was apparently married or
whatever. But that was the story of Loren’s life.
last year. He’s a great kid.”
Gabe adopted this kid. “Great. So you’re Gabe, and you’re…?”
a single dad.” Nita cut a significant glance at Gabe, who frowned back. Loren
could relate. Sisters always loved to meddle in their siblings’ love lives.
we can help you figure out the sewing part. Let’s start with material.” Loren’s
favorite. White satin was way more fun than drab paisley.
wallow in all the permutations of white satin, they had the fabric. Gabe hadn’t
offered many opinions about which material but had seemed amused by Loren’s and
Nita’s many exclamations.
the pattern instructions, his head spun. Mia was usually here and helped folks
with deciphering the patterns. Loren could only guess what some of it meant but
did his best to pick out thread and other needed parts and assembled them on
the counter.
He started to ring up the items.
do we do about that?” Nita asked.
enough pattern.” Panic rose in their faces, and Loren quickly added, “Or,
better yet, you can hire someone to sew the costume.”
sudden intense glance in his direction.
something made Loren say, “Why, I’d love to!”
Loren had to learn to sew. By tomorrow. How hard could it be?
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Meet the Author
After years of hearing characters chatting away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn’t looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane is an award-winning author whose sexy, passionate stories explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.
CJane is bisexual and an ardent supporter of LGBTQ equality. In her spare time, CJane can be found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her family supports her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched over, staring intensely at her laptop.
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