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

“So, how ‘bout it? You gonna let me come with you on break?”


Beau crossed his arms over his chest, leaning against the wall. “I was under the impression that, really, I’m not likely to be able to stop you.”


“I might take it into consideration if you didn’t actually want me there. But worrying that I’ll be bored isn’t the same. You’re just being all adorably you-ish. You’d likeme to be there, but you don’t want to askme to come be moral support after having to spend a weekend with your family in which everyone is going to ask you when you’re getting married and have you met any new girls yet and you have to wear awkward rental clothing with a powder blue cummerbund and make toasts to your brother and his bride, and probably—the worst of all possible fates—having to do the chicken dance at the reception. Am I summing this up adequately?”


“Pretty sure the cummerbund is black,” Beau said. “All right, you win.”


Chapter 60