From the moment he finds The Naked Remedy, Noah Booker is enthralled. Not only because the blog owner is gorgeous or that the nude photos are hot, but because Fisher uses his platform to face his fears about a crippling accident, as well as the aftermath of putting his life back together.<br><br>Noah isn’t brave. He copes with his shyness by staying in his comfort zone. At twenty-six, he still hasn't come out or left his conservative hometown. Finding the blog offers a beacon, but when he summons the nerve to comment, he never expects Fisher to respond.<br><br>The two men strike a friendship. Sparks fly, but dating isn't easy. Noah lives in California, and Fisher's in Florida. But making it work takes more than coordinating schedules. It means taking risks. For Fisher, though, Noah will try. Because if he's learned anything, it's that change only happens one step at a time.

The Naked Remedy

Now, his admission added a whole new dimension to my long-distance crush.


That post had more comments than any I’d seen yet. They ran the gamut, from supportive to pure assholery.


You’ll find someone. You’re too good of a guy not to.


You’re gay and you don’t want to be a fetish? How is that possible when you were so clearly a cub before and a bear now? Pot, thy name is actually kettle.


I wish you’d said you were gay before now. I wouldn’t have wasted so much time reading about some fag who probably got exactly what he deserved.


There were too many that incited me to an uncharacteristic rage. What right did any of these people have to judge him? Here he was, opening up his life to the scrutiny of total strangers, trying to use each day as a purpose, a reason to embrace the new him. That deserved applause, not derision and definitely not name-calling.


Chapter 5