Because his pool is untended and filthy, romance author Robert Fine needs to hire a pool boy for the summertime position at his estate. So at the beginning of summer, he places an ad for a pool boy to hire. Enter Kent Tacoma, an ex-Navy stud, handsome, who lands an interview. Almost immediately Robert enjoys his company and himself, hiring Kent on the spot. As Tacoma tends the pool, Robert cannot keep his hungry eyes off the young man. All he can think about is his desire. Unfortunately, Tacoma starts to break Robert’s house rules with a local bad boy named Katz Strong, Tacoma’s opposite. Soon a jealous Robert is convinced Tacoma is under Katz’s bad influence. As Tacoma pulls away from Robert and grows closer to Katz. Robert finds his rage building. Can’t the three men just get along? As summer comes to a close, Tacoma becomes the center of everyone’s attention. Whose heart will survive the heated summer?

The Pool Boy

Midnight, dark and endless. My mind was uneasy and I stayed up watching reruns of Will and Grace. I ate Godiva ice cream and flipped through the channels during commercials, thought of the delicious-looking pool boy from that entertaining afternoon: soft looking eyes, narrow lips, succulent dimples, broad shoulders, a rounded smile, dashing splay of hard chest, high-and-tight brown hair, pop-through-nipples under his too-tight tee…


The phone rang. I jumped. Who had the utter balls to call me so late at night? No one I knew. Did an emergency occur with Reynolds in Puerto Rico? Had one of my dearest friends in New York City, a fellow author, fallen ill? Only emergencies come during the night. Fatal calls. Unimaginable calls. I flicked the flatscreen off, picked up the phone on the second ring, and barked into the receiver, “Hello?”


“Robert?” It was a familiar voice. Serious and feminine. A perfect evening chime to my ears. A non-emergency.


Chapter 13