Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, his parents have placed him in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Boarding School for Boys.<br><br>It’s at his first mass at St. Thomas where he sees Avery Dendritch, a senior who serves as altar boy during the service. When they meet, the attraction between them is hard to deny. The two become fast friends, and as the school year progresses, their friendship deepens into something more. For the first time, Jacob has found a place where he belongs ... and someone with whom he’s falling in love.<br><br>But the other students gossip about their growing relationship, and while Avery can ignore them, Jacob cannot. As the rumors and slurs start up again, can he curb his temper, or will his penchant for fighting get him expelled from St. Thomas, as well?

Without Sin

“Morning, glory,” Avery purrs. His voice is rumbly and half-awake. Jacob loves it.


As he turns in Avery’s arms, Avery kisses a trail across his collarbone. Jacob’s decided he quite likes being kissed. He likes this boy, who can’t stop touching him, who acts as if he’s the only thing in the world. Today he suspects he might be, and together they’re all that matters.


“Morning yourself,” he mumbles, easing his arms around Avery’s neck. One hand fists into thick reddish-blond hair, pulling him down for another kiss, a real one, smack dab on the lips. Jacob can’t get enough of these kisses. The best thing his parents have ever done for him is send him to this Catholic boarding school.


Avery shifts onto him—Jacob was right, just a few kisses and that pillowy cushion in his briefs hardens. It presses against Jacob’s own erection with a sweet crush that’s almost painful. Maybe they’ll go farther now that they’re both awake and very much undrunk. Jacob hopes so.


Chapter 15