Lover of Light — Mel Bossa

It only takes a touch to shatter the line between hate and love.

Andy genuinely tried to be happy when his best friend, Dimitry, decided to marry his on-again-off-again Bulgarian boyfriend, Alexei--a beautiful problem case who's obviously using Dimitry to get a green card. When Dimitry admits only days later that it's over between him and the little gypsy jerk, Andy can barely contain his pleasure. Then Andy's boss announces he's hired a new waiter. A real firecracker. When Alexei walks through the club's door, Andy is completely unprepared to work with the man he blames for Dimitry's broken heart. In spite of himself, Andy becomes captivated by Alexei the musician, the singer--the man who still carries a light inside him despite his dark past. But Alexei's time is quickly running out, and his health is fading fast. Though the love growing between them gets brighter every day, Alexei will soon have no choice but to return home to Bulgaria. Unless Andy can convince him that home is waiting for him--right here in his arms.

Warning: Contains a bartender who thinks he's got his enemy categorized as neatly as a row of shot glasses...until his heart is straight-up shaken and stirred by love.