The characters in this story are great together. I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for Elias. He was the product of a dysfunctional family...seems to be somewhere on the autistic spectrum...and as a result had social and behavioral trouble in school. He fell for Zane while at prep school years ago, but he couldn't bring himself to accept his sexuality at that time and pushed Zane away breaking his heart. The story then moves ahead to several years later, and Elias is now a multi-millionaire tech whiz, has divorced his wife, and finally comes out as a gay man, and he has what he never thought would be possible...another chance with Zane. At a financially low point in Elias' life, he and Zane tentatively reunite and begin to explore a relationship. Suddenly, with no warning his ex-wife literally dumps Zoe, their daughter, on him and takes off for parts unknown. Zoe is a mess to put it mildly. She's been told that her father didn't love her and had never wanted anything to do with her. She is beyond autistic. No school can manage her for more than a few months or even weeks. Zane steps in and helps him and he and Zoe simply, beautifully, mesh, connecting with his very little trouble. What results is a very sweet and emotional love story, between Elias and Zane, and Elias and Zane with a very wary and emotionally needy, Zoe. I loved how Zane could always make things right...how he never gave up on Elias or Zoey. He gave new meaning to "the patience of a saint". The story went through 11 years and there was a happy ending for everyone in spite of the way it started out. I listened to the audio and that was really the only problem I had with the entire story. The voices of Elias and Zane were done by two different narrators. Zane's voice was beautifully done but Elias's voice was grating to put it mildly. It sounded like he was angry and on the verge of having a melt-down through the entire reading. ( )