{"product_id":"straight-up-brigham-vaughn-9781839438967","title":"Straight Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove, served straight up.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Elliott has been keeping secrets. Helping his mom through a financial crisis has nearly emptied both his bank account and his kitchen cupboards, despite his thriving career with Corporate Equality Campaign. Malcolm is also bothered by his inability to tell the most important people in his life that he identifies as gray ace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Morgan has a secret of his own. Though years have passed since the tattooed chef fled the Mormon Church in Utah for New York, he's never truly come to terms with the kink that ruined that rigid but outwardly perfect life. Experience has also taught Stuart that keeping his love of lacy things under wraps is safer than telling the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Malcom's boss, Carter, hires Stuart's restaurant to cater a gala fundraising event, the strait-laced Malcolm is thrown together with badass biker Stuart. Despite their differences and a couple of false starts, the men discover they work well together and a friendship quickly forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Malcolm's feelings for Stuart deepen, his sexuality awakens, but he remains tight-lipped about his problems. And though Stuart grows more and more attached to Malcolm, he remains fearful of confessing his kink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen both of their secrets are finally exposed, they find themselves at a crossroads in which they must choose between playing it safe or finally coming clean to the person they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brigham Vaughn,K. Evan Coles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839438967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839438967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pride \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d","brand":"Brigham Vaughn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088847778047,"sku":"9781839438967","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e74849b1-2e78-49eb-af39-e80c96ad2335.jpg?v=1769106877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/straight-up-brigham-vaughn-9781839438967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}