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

Quickly, I looked at Tacoma again. “I’ll leave you alone so you can get the deed done.”


Anger seemed an understatement for how I felt regarding the pool boy’s visitor. Katz Strong didn’t leave, as I instructed Tacoma to tell him to. Instead, I saw Katz down by the pool, alone. I didn’t know where Tacoma was.


The two young men couldn’t find me, not that I wanted them to. I was hidden on the balcony, outside my office, from where I had a view of the distant lake, the island, and the two lighthouses, which were both illuminated like yellow-white torches.


Frustrated, I had decided that if Tacoma—wherever he was—wasn’t going to tell Katz to leave, I would. Why bother wasting another moment concerning the situation? Get the drama over with


To take care of such business, I exited the balcony, walked through the lake house, and found myself down by the pool and near Katz’s side.


Chapter 43