The Bucket List — Douglas Black

When Kade Doherty gets dumped, he expects sympathy from his friends; instead, he gets a bucket list. His friends want to help him enjoy life again, but Kade isn't convinced a list of outlandish leisure pursuits will help much with that. To keep the peace he goes along with the plan, and in the process he meets Blake. Blake's Australian accent and surfer-boy looks are the stuff of sexual fantasies, and Kade surprises everyoneâ€"including himselfâ€"when he wastes no time making a move.

Kade goes with Blake into the Scottish highlands, but just as he is beginning to get used to life with his very own Mr. Australia, reality comes knocking. Kade's newfound happiness falls apart when his abusive ex demands they meet. Blake senses something is wrong and he wants to help, but Kade knows he can't confide in Blake.

After all, Kade hasn't exactly been honest. He might feel like a different man when he's with Blake, but Kade knows he's still just an accountant from Glasgow with slight obsessive compulsions and a bucket list that someone else wrote. He knows Blake won't hang around, let alone help, when he finds out the truth.

Or will he?