A widower and a man who fled his past find love in Brighton, TX, despite the violence of one's homophobic family. Welcome back to Brighton, Texas. Where any man can find home. HEATING UP Royce Evans has worked as a paramedic in Brighton since graduating college. After the accident, though, his life seemed over. His husband died. Then he met Jesse. Handsome, brave, loving-the short-order cook is everything Royce desires. Everything he'd thought forever gone. Now Jesse's tan, muscled body has brought him back to life, and nothing is going to shut that down. Not his own fears of heartbreak. Not Jesse's past, or the fact that he ran from it. And definitely not Jesse's crazy violent family, the Redemption Squad.