Patton Cooper won three national championships as the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Marauders, but that didn’t stop them from trading him to Phoenix without so much as a warning. At thirty-two, he finds himself weighed down by old injuries and forced to start over again as a backup quarterback for an untried rookie. Deeply hurt by the betrayal of both his team and his ex-lover, Patton keeps to himself and takes what solace he can in football.<br><br>Cornerback DeShawn Jones has loved two things in his life -- football and Patton Cooper. It seems like his dreams have come true when he’s drafted to play for the Phoenix Wildcats, until he realizes the coach has no intention of letting him start, and his childhood hero is a withdrawn, wary man. But DeShawn refuses to give up on his dreams of playing, or his hope of reaching Patton.<br><br>A tentative connection forms between the two men, but the pressures of the game may be too much for the relationship to withstand. Especially when DeShawn is given the chance of a lifetime while Patton struggles not to relive the mistakes from his past.

Mr. November

“You know what I heard?” Her mouth was at his ear now, her breathing hard and hot against his jaw.


“I heard you were a queer.” Her hand fluttered around his fly, fingertips dragging across his cock, trying to coax a reaction from it. “Did you know they say that about you? I think they’re just jealous. Look at you, of course they’d have to make up something like that. But I don’t believe it.” She pushed her hips down, grinding against him. “You’re all man.”


He tasted her cloying perfume in the back of his throat, and his eyes burned from it. He’d fucked women before. Actually a surprising number of women considering his preferences, but he had no desire to fuck this one. Patton felt nothing where she touched him, unless it involved her teeth or nails, then he felt pain. Not the sexy kind, either.


Chapter 8