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 calmed down, took a deep breath, and found some Zen. There was no reason to yell. No reason to be fired up. “Of course you don’t know. Do you remember even half of what you did?”


“What were you thinking getting that blitzed last night? You could have killed yourself, especially putting your life in Katz’s hands and riding on his Harley drunk and without a helmet. Do you know he parked his cycle in my front yard instead of in the drive last night?”


A frown formed on Tacoma’s adorable face. He even looked delicious when he was sad. His head fell forward even more.


I took my right hand and rubbed it through his mussed hair, down a cheek, then lifted his chin. “You let me down. Do you know how worried I was about you?”


“More than you’ll ever know.” I paused. Silence came over me. Calmness. And then I whispered, attempting to console him, “I was more worried than mad.”


Chapter 48