Nolan Hawkins, a blond, pretty-boy accountant, hires on at Ashland Construction and soon crushes on his blue-collar boss, Joey Ashland. Joey specializes in buying and operating front loaders for the company, and to Nolan’s surprise, takes an interest in the accountant. Soon a secret romance begins to unravel between them. Joey whisks the accountant to his cabin in upstate New York, where the two share a romantic weekend together filled with heated lust. But when the couple returns to Ashland Construction on Monday morning, all hell breaks loose. Joey’s brother Brian is not an easy man to work for, and to top things off, he’s also a homophobic bully. When Brian learns of the relationship between Joey and Nolan, he gives the accountant an ultimatum: quit his job or quit Joey. A battle between the siblings ensues, but Nolan wages his own emotional battle. Should he keep his job and forget about his feelings for the front loader? Or should he end his accounting position and begin a new life with Joey away from Ashland Construction?

Front Loader

“I can’t do it,” I confess, being honest.


“Suit yourself, Nolan. Thanks for nothing.”


I want to tell her not to be such a bitch with me, but Carter hangs up and cuts me off before I have the chance.


In truth, I can’t help what happens to me. The sexy bear decides to leave his imprint inside my memory and I grow hard while driving home. As I imagine him (burly chest, pretty-boy face, and muscles up the wazoo) between my temples, I begin to stroke myself off at the red light. While holding the steering wheel with my left hand, I unzip and jack off with my right. Elation surfaces on every pore of my body. Ripples of deep satisfaction tingle my hairy balls and cascade through my torso. I begin to huff and puff, perspire under my Brooks Brothers shirt, and—


Chapter 3