Ten years is a long time to have a crush. Their high school reunion is Luke's chance for a shot at Alexander, whom he adored in high school. In training for the past eighteen months to shed the extra weight he'd always carried, he's ready to show Alexander he isn't the boy they called Podge anymore. As the big day draws nearer and the summer days get hotter, Luke continues running with his next door neighbour Max to stay in shape. But everything is blown apart though when Luke almost faints in the heat, falls into Max's arms, and straight into 'no strings attached' sex. Suddenly Luke is torn between the man who's there when he needs him and a man he liked years ago but knows very little about. Would it be madness to throw away what he has with Max for a chance with Alexander?

Summer Madness

“Thanks for this,” he said for the hundredth time.


Max grunted and frowned. “How touchy-feely do you expect me to be?”


Max shoved his hands in the front pockets of his jeans and Luke had to smile. They walked pretty much in silence but as usual it was a comfortable silence. Warm, companionable, and just right. When they got to the door Max pulled him to one side. “You’ll be fine. Don’t take any shit, and don’t shag anyone but me.”


“Are you laying claim?” Luke asked, brushing a daring kiss over those unsmiling lips.


Chapter 9