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

Ann-Marie appeared to consider it. “All right, on one condition, farm-boy.”


“Don’t ever fucking call me ma’am again.”


The back of Beau’s neck was fascinating. Vin couldn’t stop staring. Tiny blond curls wisped up against the base of his skull, cropped much closer than the rest of his hair. He’d probably had to have his neck shaved, Vin figured, with the short style Beau had sported at the beginning of the year. More than halfway through the semester, however, and much like the rest of the freshman class, Beau had yet to get a haircut. Vin leaned forward against the back of Beau’s seat and twisted one of the curls around his finger, stretching it out to its full length and letting it spring back.


Beau twitched in the driver’s seat, but didn’t say anything.


Chapter 17