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

Once the door stood ajar, I pulled the door behind me closed, shutting myself off from the world; a Hardy Boys move if there ever was one. Turning around and positioning my body sideways, facing the interior wall of the house, I slipped two fingers into a three-inch, steel diameter ring that looked like it belonged on a bull’s snout, and locked the door and faux bookcase behind me, keeping all trespassers at bay. Then I moved into the private room ahead of me, on business.


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