Jason Mann needs a vacation, badly. A psychologist, he feels like he works all the time and plays very little. Honestly, he just wants to go away with his ruggedly handsome boyfriend, policeman Dillon Snyder. He doesn’t care where, but hopefully soon.<br><br>A vacation isn’t easy to plan in their lives, though. Jason has his string of patients he helps, and Dillon cleans up the streets as an officer of the law. Plus, their friend Gillian pulls them in different directions, always demanding. Something has to give, and quickly. Before Jason loses his mind over his job and friend, he desperately needs to get away.<br><br>When Dillon has an opportunity to fly south for a vacation in Florida for eleven days, Jason’s on board. But with every treat in life comes a price. Will this adventure and a colony of nudists rip the two men apart, or will their days of fun in the sun only bring them closer together?

Rugged Mann

Enough about Gillian for right now. Back to Dunne’s book. Jason hasn’t read Enchanted Enchanterand slinks out of the group, dismissing the chatter about the tome. Truth be told, he hasn’t read a single book by Harold Dunne and doesn’t intend to. Jason’s a James Patterson and Anne Rice kind of reader. He doesn’t spend extra hours reading frou-frou stuff where people fall in love, break up, and fall in love again. What a waste of time. Mysteries, thrillers, and slice-and-dice novels are more his speed.


Eventually dinner is served: for starters there is a coconut couscous salad; the main course is ginger shrimp, stuffed tomatoes, and carrot and poppy seed bake; and dessert offers brown bread ice cream, which is far too sweet for Jason to enjoy, eating only half of the cup.


Jason’s casserole is untouched during the dinner. In fact, Gillian leaves it in the kitchen. No love lost. Shit happens among friends and new acquaintances. The evening rolls on.


Chapter 15