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

“Ooooh, that’s classy,” Vin said, watching Beau stuff his face with great interest. “I wonder if you could get six in there all at once.”


Beau laughed, nearly spraying chewed cookie bits all over Vin’s white toga. “Don’t go there.”


“Well,” Vin said, eyeing Beau in his pinstriped suit and slicked back mobster hair, “you looked like you just might be a betting man.”


“You want I should make youse an offer you can’t refuse?”


Vin smirked. “I’d like to hear an offer from you that I’d want to refuse.” There was a challenging gleam in those light brown eyes that Beau didn’t really know what to make of.


Chapter 25