num_pages: 186
description: One soldier home from training. Two best friends secretly in love. A plan to fake a romantic Valentines weekend. Will it be happiness or heartbreak?Chad Anderson is a proud soldier with a promising career. He has almost got the perfect life but for one small snag. Chad has been holding a candle for his best friend since he was seventeen.Gareth Jenkins lives with him along with his rescue dog. Its the perfect arrangement and almost as good as the real thingbut it isnt the real thing.To make matters worse its Valentines Day and Chad will be returning from training for the holiday. It would be the ideal time to confessbut it has been nearly ten years. Its long past the time to say something.But he isnt the only one with a candle.Gareth might be a confident hairdresser with a flirtatious manner and easy-to-love personality but it doesnt help him where it counts. Because Gareths first love is his sexy soldier best friend and one of these days Gareth is sure hes going to ruin everything with an unwanted kiss.And if things arent bad enough for both of them Chad comes up with an idea that might spell the end for their secrets. Because instead of spending Valentines alone he suggests they spend it having the weekend theyve always wanted.To do it theyll fake being a romantic couple.When what they want is playing out right in front of them can both men keep their feelings contained?
language: English
title: The Real Thing
publisher: Pride Publishing