Waiting for Patrick:

Architect Elliot Graham feels a strange connection to his plantation house--where Ben waits for his lover, Patrick, as promised. He's been waiting since the Civil War, but will the wait finally end? Architect Elliot Graham has bought and restored dozens of historic homes to their original splendor. As in his personal life, he loves them and leaves them, selling them off without looking back. But theres something about the old plantation house he finds in South Carolinaa connection he cant explain. He feels as though he recognizes the house, as if within its crumbling walls he might find something he doesnt even realize hes lost. Ben Myers had promised his lover and soul mate, Patrick, that he would wait for his return. Ben has kept his word ever since Patrick left him to wait at the plantation houseduring the Civil War. For the first time in many long years, Ben is no longer alone, and he reaches out to Elliot in dreams. Elliot tries to convince Ben that Patrick isnt coming back, and Bens devotion is about to change not only his lonely existence, but Elliots life as well. Word count: 100,424. Elliot Graham finds a life and love he never knew was possible when he purchases and restores a crumbling old plantation home