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

As for almostshooting her; she never found out.57: Opinion


She couldn’t stay long; Rose never did. We shared breakfast—eggs, crispy bacon, toast, bagels—out in the West Garden with the pool boy. We talked about my newest paperback novel on the shelves, Unlimited Luxuries, and its rising sales. We talked about the lake, Rose’s upcoming trip to Chicago to visit her family, the Navy, the pool boy’s life in Beverly Hills, shopping for purses in Madrid, Rose’s obsession with Andy Warhol, and many other topics that interested the three of us.


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