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

“Seriously,” he said, “can I take the blindfold off yet?”


Beau hummed thoughtfully. “Just a little farther.”


Vin wobbled uncertainly. He knew he had to be on a dock, or pier, and he wasn’t entirely comfortable not knowing where the edge was. Beau, well, surely Beau wouldn’t let him fall in the water. Unless that was the point. Sometimes Vin despaired of ever really knowing his boyfriend well enough to predict that. The guy had a pretty messed up sense of humor. Water guns were not funny. Dumb blond jokes were not funny. (Well, sometimes they were funny. Beau made such an adorable face when a dumb blond comment was directed at him.) Puns were funny. Light bulb jokes were funny. Gluing Beau’s toothbrush to the sink was decidedlynot funny. Vin blamed it on a childhood without access to Monty Python.


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