When forty-year-old Chicago podiatrist Matthew Pepper is approached in a bar by college student Ryan Meade, he figures hooking up with the handsome twenty-one-year-old might be just what he needs to help him get over his recent breakup.<br><br>But the hookup doesn’t go as planned and Matthew writes the evening off as a failed one-night-stand. Ryan, however, views things differently. To him, a failed hookup is nothing more than an opportunity to try again.<br><br>Ryan pursues Matthew, not just because he wants to be with the man, but because he wants something ... and he’s determined to get it. Will Matthew find out Ryan isn’t as transparent as he claims to be? Does Lyin’ Ryan live up to his nickname?

Lyin' Ryan

“You’re so worried about me wanting Nicole, but what makes you think shewants me?”


“Why wouldn’tshe want you? You’re a great guy and a great lay.”


He laughed. “Thanks. I want that on my tombstone. Donovan Clark: a great guy and a great lay.”


He slid on top of me and kissed me. “I feel the same way about you. I love you very much, so stop worrying about Nicole, okay? My feelings for her will never get in the way of my relationship with you.”


“Okay,” I’d said even though I didn’t believe it. Donovan would always have a weak spot for Nicole and he and I both knew it. Maybe the day would never come when he’d have to choose between her and me, but if it did, I wasn’t totally confident I’d come out on top.


Although Donovan’s friendship with Nicole had worried me, he and I had had more pressing problems in our relationship to deal with.


Chapter 17