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

I finished preparing the fruit salad. Before heading to the pool, I made a pitcher of margaritas, crushed some ice, salted edges of chilled glasses, and set off to the pool. I carried a bundle of things with me: the pitcher, a towel, bamboo bowls for the salad, matching flatware, napkins, a plastic bowl of fruit salad under my left arm, and half the kitchen.


Once arrived at the pool, to my surprise, just as he had said he would, he had an umbrella positioned over one of the Adirondack chairs for me. He was swimming in the pool, enjoying the cool water, carrying out a meticulous breaststroke to and fro for my viewing pleasure.


I sat down in the shaded chair, discreetly tilted my sunglasses upwards a bit to see his back and shoulders and bottom in the pool. He wasn’t wearing his trunks, not that I minded. I sipped at a margarita while enjoying his company and the show, kept to myself.


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