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

With blurred vision and semi-conscious, I grasped the two-by-four I had just banged my skull on. I saw an arrangement of blues circle in my mind as the ballerinas and paper birds vanished. The blues shimmered, twirled, and glowed like pool water as I reached for the strap of the binoculars that dangled around my neck like a purse, cobwebs and all. Warm, salty blood trickled into my left eye and started to sting; fresh damage in that awkward position. A flesh wound!


With tears in both eyes, and blood in one, I backed away from the window. Careful not to trip and fall, not to twist one of my ankles, I accomplished a delicate spin, turned around slowly, and began my exit out of the attic. With one hand pressed against my bleeding temple, with a stinging, blood-soaked eye, I navigated through that perilous darkness and attempted an escape to safety.


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