From the farms of Tennessee, Beau Watkins had it all in high school: the cute girl, the popular jock lifestyle, a loving family. As a rising freshman at an out-of-state college, he's determined to find out who he really is behind the fake it 'til you make it attitude. He joins Rainbow Connection, the gay student alliance, hoping to find himself. Instead, he meets Vin Reyes. Raised by his grandparents and the heir to a prosperous company, Vin has been out of the closet since he figured out what that meant. He has it all: fashionable clothing, fancy cars, huge houses, and a real party lifestyle, even a bodyguard. Most of all, he has a secret. Uncomfortable with Vin's generosity, Beau fights his growing attraction for the president of Rainbow Connection, instead chasing a series of shallow affairs. Vin's never been denied anything he wants, though, and now he wants Beau. But it isn’t until an old rival puts Beau in the hospital that Vin realizes Beau means more to him than a simple affair. Can the two of them bridge the gap between their worlds and roll with the all the punches life throws at them?

On a Roll

Well, that did it. Or something. Beau twisted in his chair, his jeans shrinking two or three sizes. It was like being back in junior high. God, that was a sexy stop sign.


“Crap.” Beau’s voice broke, cracked, and warbled over the one word. Definitely junior high.


Why that one word drew Hec’s attention, Beau couldn’t have said, but he was suddenly caught, trapped, pinned to his chair like a strange species of insect under the eye of a watchful entomologist. Hector’s eyes weren’t brown, Beau realized suddenly. They were hazel, deep golden-green. The twist of heat in his gut fluttered, threatened to burst into flame.


“What?” Hector demanded. He leaned forward, bringing his knees into contact with Beau’s. Yep, there it went. Sproing


Beau licked dry lips. His heart throbbed in his chest. He inhaled, the longest, deepest breath of his life to date, and leaned forward. His mouth was only centimeters from Hec’s ear. “I’ve got a raging hard on.”


Chapter 12