During the days, they were fierce nineteen-year-old rivals in a collegiate golf competition, but at night, their passion sizzled under the sheets. After Team USA won, Rio "River" Vargas returned to his native Spain and Greg Thorenson headed back to his home in the United States. But when Rio didn't respond to a letter he sent, Greg wasn't sure if Rio's silence was because Greg had beaten him for the win or because their affair had been only a four-night-fling.<br><br>Now, professionals at the height of their game, they meet again as competitors in a major tournament in the California desert, where the prize of thousands of dollars is at stake. It's been six silent years since those wild, hot nights as young men. Maybe for Rio that earlier passion had been an experiment, an aberration of who he really is and of whatever Greg may have meant to him. But to Greg, that earlier passion had been something deeper ... he had fallen in love.<br><br>Upon seeing Rio again, Greg is torn between ignoring the past or re-igniting the banked embers of emotion to see where they'll lead. But can he risk it? If Greg opens himself to love, and also wins this tournament, Rio may very well walk out of his life a second time ...

Hole in One

“Uncle Roberto was my golf mentor,” River continued. “He is also gay. He noticed the signs in me and guided me through understanding who I am. He protected me from my strict Catholic father’s confused wrath. Same-sex marriage has been legal in my country for about thirty years, but the church had opposed the law strenuously. That it is an abomination and against God’s laws is still preached. My father does not like me being homosexual, but we have a fragile truce now. Partly because of my uncle and partly because of my golf successes, I think. They bring him prestige, and my sexual inclinations are not generally known in the golfing world.”


Chapter 15