Former wiseguys Tony and Carter have it made, right up until a vacationing Jersey mobster wanders into their deli one summer afternoon. Tony and Carter like the life they've built for themselves. They own a business. They have friends. Friends like Norman, the old guy who runs the sporting goods store, and his girlfriend Bess. Tony and Carter live together, make love every night, and they can even hold hands on the street if they want. It's a good life, and a good life is worth fighting for. Even if the guy who's gunning for them is the mob boss who wiped out the rest of Tony's entire family, and who's now bound and determined to finish the job he started back in Jersey. And a blast from their past threatens the life they've worked so hard to build.

Wiseguys Tony and Carter are back, and they're in Idaho for Christmas, thanks to the snow. When Carter decides he wants to learn to ski, they head for the local supply shop, bonding a little with the owner. Things go awry for the pair, though, and they're not sure they'll even survive the holiday. Can Tony and Carter make it through?

Former Jersey wiseguys Tony and Carter turned over a whole new leaf when they decided to open an old-fashioned Italian deli in a quiet little tourist town in Northern Idaho. Compared to busting heads and collecting protection money, this new life's a breeze. Or it was, right up until they're asked to help the victim of a hate crime, a teenage boy who was beaten just because he's gay. This story is part of the 2011 Charity Sip Blitz collection. More than thirty authors have written short fiction pieces and have agreed to donate all proceeds of the sales of these stories to the It Gets Better Project. Torquere Press Inc. will match the authors' donations completely.