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

“I love you, Dillon.” The words slip rather easily out of his mouth, unconditionally and naturally.


“And I love you. More than you probably realize.”


Hours later. It’s not the first time they’ve made love on their private sliver of sandy beach after dark. This is their third time since they arrived on Pine Island. Jason’s not keeping track, but the number isn’t lost from his memory. How much time they make love to each other doesn’t seem to be a concern to either of them. What feels important is how they have mastered these inseparable and naked actions: two blankets spread over the sand, a plastic box that looks like a First-Aid kit filled with condoms and a small tube of lube, clean-up towels, a water bottle to stay hydrated, and white sage burning in a seashell to keep the Floridian insects away.


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