Jeff Castle has changed lanes from the high-tech world to that of the classic muscle cars and their fans when he inherits his uncle's glorified junkyard. His new life is complicated when help is hard to find. An impulse leads him to pick up a hiker on a remote road, and the man turns out to be just the kind of muscle Jeff needs in every way. <br /><br />Released from prison after three hellish years, Mike needs help. All he can offer is his willingness to work and his background in repairing and racing stock cars. He gives this freely to Jeff and soon finds he wants to give more. Will his benefactor be willing to accept the love of an ex-con who still has a blot on his name? Mike is scared to ask, but nature takes matters out of his hands. <br /><br />Together, Jeff and Mike begin racing toward an amazing future.

Muscle Car Man

After three years in the pen and having to accept some less-than-welcome attention or get his ass kicked, it would be nice to be able to pick his own friends again and maybe more. Still, he wouldn’t push anything. For all he knew, Jeff wasn’t the least bit interested. He probably had a wife or at least a lady in a nice house in town and absolutely no use for a beat-up race driver and mechanic who didn’t have much to offer except the ability to do some work. He told himself he was okay with such status. A special relationship was one of those nice-to-have things that wasn’t essential when a guy was hungry, broke and down to his last bit of luck. For now he’d count his blessings. 2


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