Maybe I can seduce the cute neighbor with my favorite dessert...

As far as wild ideas go, it wasn't the worst one Howie Wise had ever had. Between the storm of the century dumping snow on his north Texas town and the prospect of facing the holiday alone, gathering the courage to ask Ryan, the ray of sexy sunshine next door, to share a slice of pie with him made Howie's dull week ahead seem a little less grim. Even if he was pretty sure Ryan would turn him down—what would a guy like that young artist see in a boring law professor like him? When Ryan has an emergency and ends up staying with Howie for the week, things between them end up being easy as pie.