My thoughts: I give it ❤️❤️. A closed teacher and barely out young man. It was too contrived for me but the story was sweet.
Author’s Blurb:
Nick Tremantle has had a rough 10 months. His professional life took a nosedive, and then his mom’s health took a turn for the worse. In a short space of time, everything changed. So when he spies the young man hitchhiking, Nick pulls over – he needs all the karma he can lay his hands on. But when the identity of the young man is revealed, it sets in motion a chain of events that unfold quickly, changing Nick’s life completely. Alex Nordmann’s life has definitely not gone the way he’d planned. Gone are his dreams of an education and living his life “his” way. He’d thought the worst was over until the morning he decided to come out to his parents. It just goes to show, people will surprise you every time. For instance, who could have foreseen that the man who gives him a ride – and an unexpected lifeline – would have been Alex’s first crush all those years ago? Alex has no idea what’s coming at him….
My Brain Vacation 