The Things We Fix

Charlie knows the old Decatur bungalow needs work. The house has its stubborn doors, tired woodwork, and one closet hinge that refuses to behave.

He just doesn't expect the contractor who comes to fix it to become the thing he can't stop thinking about.

Garrett Hale is older, capable, observant, and very good at repairing what other people have neglected. But Garrett has spent so much of his life taking care of things-and people-that he sometimes forgets the difference between caring for someone and trying to fix them.

Charlie has no intention of becoming anyone's latest project.

What begins with a legitimate home repair slowly becomes something neither man planned: attraction, companionship, desire, and the unsettling possibility of building a life with someone when both of them thought that part of their lives was already settled.

Set against an aging house that reveals its history one repair at a time, The Things We Fix is a mature, slow-burn gay romance about two men over forty learning that love isn't renovation. Some things need repairing. Some things need patience.

And some things were never broken in the first place.