I enjoyed reading this story about a sweet guy from Costa Rica and a former Navy many who’s still mostly in the closet.

The blurb describes Gideon as a handyman but he’s really a lot more than that. He’s living in LA in his deceased grandmother’s house temporarily while he fixes it up so his parents can continue renting it out for additional income. Gideon has been sick and hasn’t wanted tell his family back in Costa Rica. He’s much better now and is working hard to finish up the work on the house.

Isaiah is fresh out of the Navy and will start at the Police Academy soon. He’s anxious to complete his training and get back to working a job. He’s temporarily living with his mother who lives next to Gideon. His mother considers herself a great matchmaker, with several matches under her belt, and she’s trying to get Gideon and Isaiah together. But Isaiah isn’t exactly out and he has a bit of trouble adjusting to the fact that he really doesn’t need to hide who he is now that he’s out of the military.

There’s a spark between Gideon and Isaiah right from the beginning but neither of them is looking for a relationship. As they become closer, Gideon knows that he’s going to have to tell Isaiah his secret but he’s afraid that when he does Isaiah won’t want to have anything more to do with him.

One of the biggest problems for Gideon and Isaiah’s relationship is that Gideon is expected to return to Costa Rica to help with the family business. Gideon doesn’t want to take over the family business but feels he has no choice since his brother has already stated his intention to move away.

In addition to the abundance of hot and sexy time, Gideon’s Wish touched on a lot of deep and serious topics. It touched on racial issues and prejudices as well as sexual prejudices; Bryan Clark handled these topics with great care.

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“Your dad and I are so proud of you and the work you’ve done on the house. I admit, I thought your dad was crazy to want to take the loan out to do this…But it really looks nice.”

He knew she was referring to the latest pictures he’d sent her. Although he’d spent every bit of the twenty grand from the home equity loan they’d taken out for the project, they saved so much money in labor by him doing the work himself.

Gideon groaned into the receiver. He hated talking money with her. It was always ‘we can’t afford that.’ “Well, I wanted to talk to you and Dad about the master bathroom. I was thinking we should redo the bathroom before we put it back up for rent. I can pay for it with the money I’m making, and…” The sound of a door closing caused Gideon to look over his shoulders, out the window, and into the carport that he and his neighbor, Daisy, shared.

Jesus! Gideon’s lower jaw dropped as he stared at the young man coming out of Daisy’s house holding a trash bag. Shirtless, his gorgeous brown chest muscles were like two rounded mountains.

As the guy walked across the carport, Gideon’s eyes traced down his picture-perfect six-pack abs to a tapered waist and strong thighs. He had the classic military hair cut, trimmed short all the way around except for the top of his head.

“Hold on! Your father’s walking in. Talk to him about that. I love you!”

“I love you, too,” he tried to say before she was gone. As he waited for his dad to get on the phone, Gideon now remembered Daisy saying last week that her son, Isaiah, was coming home and would be staying with her until he got on his feet. Was this who this gorgeous specimen of a man was?

Gideon’s gaze fell below the guy’s waist. Holy shit! What the hell is that swinging in his black nylon gym shorts? Obviously, commando under the tight shorts, the sheer size of it sent blood flooding into Gideon’s own groin.

The man’s warm chestnut skin tone complimented his black hair and thin, neatly-trimmed mustache that dropped to his jaw line. If this was indeed Isaiah, he was way better-looking than his brothers and in great shape. He was all kinds of sexy.