Hayes swore off dating.
Gabe swore off love.
Neither expected a five-day road trip to change everything.

HAYES
This road trip was supposed to be a way to honor my late best friend. “Take a Road Trip with My Brother”—just one of dozens of bucket list adventures Emilee hoped to accomplish in what should have been a long, joyous life.

Now I'm in a classic '65 Mustang convertible, driving from Chicago to New Orleans and back with a brooding—but hot AF—international pilot whose grumbly voice has my brain painting wildly inappropriate images.

I shouldn't be thinking of him that way. After one heartbreak too many, I vowed to stay relationship-free for a year. No flirting, no hookups, no exceptions. Just me, myself, and a whole lot of self-reflection.

Besides, Gabe's not even gay.

GABE
I know I carry enough baggage to ground a 747. But can you blame me? I've buried my first boyfriend, both of my parents, and most recently my baby sister. And I can't be my true self because being openly gay in the cockpit? Let's just say the space is small enough already without inviting homophobic tension to the tiny confines.

So yeah, I don't do relationships. It's safer for everyone.

I didn't expect to say yes when Hayes asked me to check off one of Emilee's bucket list items. And I definitely didn't expect him to be this charming... or this good at unraveling every wall I've spent years building.

He's sunshine in human form—and I don't know what scares me more: falling for him... or what happens when the trip ends.

Open Roads, Open Hearts is a steamy MM romance about grief, found family, and the kind of love that changes everything—even if it breaks all the rules.