With the odds stacked against them, will they be able to overcome, or will their pasts push them apart, forever? Gib clings to family, while being afraid to trust them. As a former foster child, he clings to security denied to him in early childhood. When he begins having feelings for one of his best friends and fellow medical school student, all his issues are expanded. Allen has everything a kid from a wealthy New York family could have. When he decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Harvard trained doctor, he didn't anticipate meeting and falling for the enigmatic Gibson Ridley. With Allen's daddy issues, and Gib's fear of intimacy, the stakes couldn't have greater risks. Can these two men work through their issues and give love a chance, or will they lose it forever? NOTE: A Long Road Home is a low-heat , sweet, high drama romance with no explicit sexual scenes. Triggers: Death, loss of family members, orphaned children, trauma, fear of loss, recovery, homophobia...