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

Enough. I turned from the window and decided to go outside. I took a brisk walk down the long drive in the evening’s heat to the iron gates at the entrance to the lakeside property. There I stood surrounded by night, humidity, and the August fog. A hooting owl welcomed me. Noisy crickets and capering lightning bugs played. I did not hear the sounds of two boys on a motorcycle in the neighborhood, though. Perhaps I was facing a lost cause, wasting my time. After realizing that Tacoma and his friend were not coming back anytime soon, and disgusted with the pair, I turned away from the gate and trotted back to the main house, mumbling swear words under my breath.


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