The Lineman

<h4><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A brawny lineman a ginger English teacher and a horny pup. What could go wrong?</strong></h4><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Mike Albert hated moving but there he was standing in the driveway of his brand-new home exhausted exasperated and-thanks to his hyperactive Jack Russell-already causing a scene.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then he saw </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>him</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>All broad shoulders and thick chest coated in sweat and debris with a voice like honey over gravel and wielding an ax like it was an extension of his own body.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>It was too bad their introduction involved his dog aggressively humping the man's leg--like serious puppy making humping.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Eliot a no-nonsense power lineman was used to storms-both the electrical kind and the messes people make of their lives. He didn't expect the nervous fast-talking new guy next door to turn his world upside down but with Mike's awkward charm penchant for disasters and a dimple that should've been illegal Eliot found himself intrigued.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What started as a neighborly friendship quickly turned into something more-something warm electric and undeniable but Mike had a history of playing it safe and Eliot spent years keeping people at arm's length.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Could a jittery schoolteacher and a grounded gruff lineman find common ground?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Or would their connection short-circuit before they got a chance to light up the night?</span></p>