Ellery Mountain 3 - The Carpenter and the Actor Read Free

pushed aside the unsettling attraction to a complete stranger and focused on what he was going to do today.
The knock on the door pulled him from his daydream. Smiling to himself, he opened the door, expecting Kieran to be there.
“Daniel Skylar. Kieran said there was an issue with the heating.” A man with brooding eyes and tattoos wrapped around his biceps stood on the doormat.
“Yes, he did… There was… Sorry. It’s early.”
Tall, Dark and Intimidating—Daniel, apparently—nodded. “I apologise for any inconvenience caused, Mr McInnery. Of course Ellery Cabins will not be charging you for your first night in compensation.”
“You don’t need to do that,” Jason protested.
Daniel frowned. Jason realised his mistake. Who the hell turned down free accommodation?
“We want all our guests to be comfortable.”
“Then, thank you.”
“If you need anything else, please don’t hesitate to dial zero on the phone.” Daniel nodded and began to walk away.
“I have one question,” Jason called after him.
Daniel stopped and turned on his heel.
“Kieran, the guy who was here before, does he live in town?”
Daniel nodded. But he gave nothing else away and Jason was fine with that. He was intrigued by five nine of gorgeous, sexy-assed male, and he needed to be hunting that down as soon as he could.
Chapter Two
    Kieran swallowed the remainder of his beer in one go, much to the amusement of Finn. He couldn’t believe he’d been so stupid. Apparently everyone else here tonight knew of the man in cabin seventeen. Jason McInnery was an actor and a singer and last year’s co-host of some big awards show. They not only all knew that, including Finn’s partner Max, but were shocked that Kieran didn’t know him, or recognise him. Why would he recognise this Jason? Yes, the guy was gorgeous and sexy and had a piercing hazel gaze that looked right through you. Yes, he was fit and toned. Yes, hell yes, he was tall and when he smiled his whole face lit up. Yes, he was exactly the type of man Kieran would ogle on the TV. But, even with all that, Kieran hadn’t put two and two together.
    “You can’t blame me. If I was walking around in Hollywood then, yeah, I may have got it. But why is a famous actor staying at Ellery Cabins?” he asked, bemused.
“Why not?” Daniel defended quickly. “The cabins are remote luxury and the Smokys are stunning.”
“You know I don’t mean why did he choose Ellery itself?” Kieran said. “I meant, why is he on his own in a remote setting? Shouldn’t he be on a beach somewhere sipping Mai Tais with a model on his arm?”
“Probably escaping the crap,” Max offered. Finn nodded in agreement. He’d squeezed into the two-seater sofa in Kieran’s apartment next to his built boyfriend and was cuddled in close. Less demonstrative but equally as happy, Daniel and Luke sat side by side on the other sofa. Which left Kieran on his own on the single chair.
“What crap?” The words tumbled out before he could catch himself and stop saying something.
“Don’t you read anything useful on that machine of yours?” Luke laughed. Kieran narrowed his gaze at him.
“I use my netbook for designing. I don’t spend all my time on the Internet reading gossip or watching TV,” Kieran defended himself. Nope. He spent all of his free time in his garage with his tools and his iPod.
“I think he’s serious,” Max said thoughtfully. “He really doesn’t know Jason.” “Call yourself gay?” Finn grinned and elbowed Max in the side.
“You’ve never heard of Jason McInnery? Openly gay actor? Brother who died?” Daniel asked. “Hell, I was overseas and even I heard of him.”
“Of course I know who he is,” Kieran said irritated. “I just never imagined he was the type of man who would, firstly, land on our doorstep and, secondly, offer me coffee while wrapped in a blanket. Not just in a blanket but looking rough, with three days of stubble and bed hair that makes Finn’s look tamed. I