When the playboy quarterback of the hapless New York Templars is injured in a freak sexcapade, backup QB Quinn Novak picks up the ball and takes the team to the playoffs. There he attracts the attention of two other quarterbacks who’ve been rivals since high school, Mal Ryan of the Philadelphia Quakers and Tam Tarquin of the San Francisco Miners.<br><br>Quinn begins a volatile relationship with the narcissistic Mal and a loving one with the open-hearted Tam, keeping each secret from the other. What he doesn’t know is that the two have a complex sexual history of their own.

The Penalty for Holding

“Tam, I’ll show you all the places where you can get your mother and sisters designer shawls dirt cheap,” Sydney said.


Was that another dig? Quinn wondered. She didn’t seem to object to the expensive gift Tam gave her—an Alexis Bittar necklace with big celadon stones and a matching cuff bracelet. Quinn had to admit that it looked stunning on her white sheath. Now he sat in the front, chatting with Sumarti, as his mother monopolized her new best friend in the backseat.


“Excuse me,” Quinn said, bracing himself as Sumarti careened around one traffic circle after another, “but, Tam, this is the statue I told you about, the Figure of Youth. Doesn’t he look like Prometheus bringing fire to earth?”


Quinn could just imagine what Tam was really thinking about the rippling stud as he snapped a picture of him holding a disc aloft.


“I hope Quinnie hasn’t been boring you, Tam, with his passion for the classics,” Sydney said, smiling.


Chapter 75