For a chance at a future filled with love, he'll have to face a painful past. Eric, recently dumped by his boyfriend, is summoned home after his dad suffers a stroke. His family farm in rural Vermont holds memories he'd rather forget, but he-with his degree in agricultural business-is needed to clear up a predicament with the bank. In trying to forget the bad, Eric has also lost sight of the good: green meadows dotted with grass-fed dairy cows and the sugar maples that once produced the area's finest maple syrup. With Eric's help, they will again. A captivating farmhand named Phil tempts Eric to give the countryside another chance, but before they can consider being together, Eric must move past more than his feelings for his ex-boyfriend-he'll need to stand up to the ghosts that sent him running from the farm in the first place?.States of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the United States.