
Good things come in strange packages.
Lionel Baker knows his life is heavy on the crazy. With an unused degree in IT, student loan debt his job as waiter barely covers, and a history of unfortunate dating choices, he pushes back with all the sass and snark he can muster. With the dreaded, family gathering season approaching, Halloween is the perfect time to find his next, new boyfriend before his dragon of an aunt decides to play matchmaker.
But when his older sister guilts him into taking his niece Trick-or-Treating rather than heading to the bar, and insists he wears her idea of a family-friendly costume, Lionel is sure he’s lost his window of opportunity. Then he meets Kyle. Kyle’s looking for his nephew who has run off in the crowd but finds Lionel instead. Does fate have a trick or a treat in store for them?

Chapter 1It’s not that Lionel Baker didn’t like Halloween. He did. He does. Really. Even when talking about himself in the third person, Lionel Baker is all about the treats. It’s just this year, instead of going to an absolutely fabulous party at his favorite club (called Lowlands, by the way, no reflection on the clientele), and fulfilling his self-imposed quest to find a new boyfriend, he was at his older sister, Dylan’s house waiting while she and her husband got dressed to go to their Halloween party. “This is such a bad idea,” Lionel kept his tone well-modulated, firm, and resolute. The problem was her utter lack of attention, nothing new there. Older siblings sucked. “Are you sure you trust me? What if something happens to Anne?” He tried again with the voice of reason, hopefully a
