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

“You’re very honest, aren’t you?”


A heavy silence hung between us. The silence stretched for a minute, two minutes, more than five minutes. I stared from Tacoma to the manuscript’s pages in front of me on the desk. Neither of us said anything to each other during that time.


Eventually he broke the silence and asked, “Can I ask you a question, Robert?”


I didn’t look at him, keeping my view on The Next Fall. “Yes. If you must.”


“Why were you jealous of Katz sleeping with me?”


My head lifted and I stared directly at him with an opened mouth. How shocking that moment was for me. How absurd. How crippling for me. How real and necessary to hear. “I really don’t know why. Is there a plausible answer? Maybe. Maybe not. I just know that you’re easy to look at. I can’t quit thinking of you when you’re not around. I don’t know if that makes any sense to you or not, but it’s the truth. All of it. Every word.”


Chapter 58