Nickie Jamison

Raleigh lives a quiet life, working his steady job as a mechanic at Baker’s Towing & Repair in a small back-woods Southern town, never imagining that there could be more. Then he meets his boss’s nephew, Harry Dawson -- the straight-talking, no bullshit, sexy surfer-boy who’s come to work a summer job before returning to college in the fall.<br><br>Dawson encourages Raleigh to pursue his lifelong passion for designing cars, but Raleigh has his reservations. Will love be enough to push Raleigh out of his comfort zone and give him the courage to turn his dreams into a reality?

Shift

“Probably thinks the same of you,” Dawson said.


Raleigh’s French fry stopped mid-air. “Please, don’t say anything.” People in town that knew him pitied him for being the poor black kid who’d made good of himself despite having a hard life. He’d always been hyper-aware of the judgements passed on him because of his skin-color, but…his mind spun. The idea of being judged for his enjoyment of sex made him physically sick. It was his and the guy he chose to fuck’s business, nobody else.


“Secret’s safe with me, bro.” Dawson drew a crisscross over his heart.


“You go to school anywhere?” Dawson asked.


Chapter 4