Restaurant Wars

By Shawn Lane

Thomas MaCaffrey never expected to see his high school crush, Noah Petrie, again, let alone have him working at the same restaurant as Thomas.

They grew up together on the same street as kids and in high school Noah was a popular quarterback who barely noticed Thomas was alive.

Noah is hotter than ever and just as annoying, ingratiating himself with the staff and patrons alike. But when Noah becomes the restaurant’s new darling, the war is on. And when Noah makes it clear he’s pursuing Thomas, the war might be for his heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Aug 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781685505240

Shawn Lane

Shawn Lane is a multi-published author of gay romance. She lives and works in Southern California. She has been published by Loose Id, Amber Quill Press, Evernight Publishing, MLR Press, JMS Books, and Ellora’s Cave. For more information, visit smlgr8.blogspot.com.

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Restaurant Wars

By Shawn Lane

Published by JMS Books LLC

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Copyright 2023 Shawn Lane

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Restaurant Wars

By Shawn Lane

Chapter 1

Thomas MaCaffrey hated Noah Petrie. He really did.

Yeah, it was true that Noah had the world’s most perfect body. All muscles, six-pack abs, tall, dark, and swoony. That chiseled jaw, those steely gray eyes. God, it was disgusting.

Thomas was pretty sure Noah was straight. And even if he wasn’t, it wouldn’t matter. Thomas did not want Noah to bend him over the nearest table in the restaurant. He did not.

Thomas’ restaurant. His. Noah shouldn’t be there. Well, technically, Thomas did not own the restaurant.

Actually, technicalities aside, not even close. A restaurant corporation owned it. It was a chain. With restaurants in big cities similar to this one. New York, San Francisco, Chicago. Others too. This one happened to be in BH. Beverly Hills.

The point was that Thomas might only be a waiter there, but he’d been there two years already, putting himself through college, so he could eventually go on to bigger and better things. What those bigger and better things were, Thomas didn’t know. Yet. He was currently pursuing a degree of an undetermined nature. Undeclared.

He would declare it eventually.