Is a gift of love enough to open Aiden's heart and let Tris back in?





After the car accident that killed his parents and left his sister paralyzed, Tris is left with nothing. His family is destroyed. His reputation is shot. And all he has is the guilt of knowing it was all his fault. People in town know he'd been drinking that night, and know he should never have gotten behind the wheel. And even Aiden, the man he thought he'd be with forever, blames him too much to stay.





But Tris can't let him just disappear. After months of loneliness and isolation, Tris brings Aiden a gift on his birthday, a hawk he's carved from a chunk of wood they'd found in the forest during an afternoon of love. A small chink seems to open in Aiden's heart, the first sign of forgiveness. With renewed hope, Tris takes a job renovating one of the older homes in town and tries to rebuild his life. But the townspeople have long memories, and when his sister's condition worsens, forgiveness -- and Aiden -- seem to slip even further out of reach ...



Dianne grew up in one of the older homes in the middle of Los Angeles, a place of hardwood floors and secret closets and back staircases. A house where ghosts lurk in the basement and the faces in the paintings watch you walk up the front stairs. Rooms where you keep the closet doors closed tight at night. It's where her love of the mysterious and wonderful came from. Dianne is the author of m/m romance, paranormal/suspense, fantasy adventure, the occasional thriller, and anything else that comes to mind.



She now lives in the beautiful Willamette Valley of Oregon with her incredibly patient husband, who puts up with the endless hours she spends hunched over the keyboard letting her characters play. Dianne says Oregon's raindrops are the perfect setting in which to write. There's something about being cooped up in the house with a fire crackling on the hearth and a cup of hot coffee in her hands, which kindles her imagination.



Currently, Dianne works as a floral designer in a locally-owned gift shop. Which is the perfect job for her. When not writing, she can express herself through the rich colors and textures of flowers and foliage.



For more information, visit diannehartsock.wordpress.com.