Review: Geeky gay man leads hunky football player out of the closet--okay it is still a fun read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
Wealthy-previledged, dorky, loner and openly gay Erik Courtland returns to college following Christmas break to find stud-muffin, varsity quarterback, and deeply closeted Nick Thompson as a roommate because of another dorm's shutdown. After a tenuous detente as roomies, Erik is mugged in a men's stall in the railway station. Once back in the dorm room Nick comforts his distraught roommate and climbs into to bed to warm his friend--and the rest is history! A story book romance until everything turns south when Erik seeks comfort in Nick's arms following Erik's mother's suicide attempt. Fearful that any PDA will out him, Nick withdrawal and Erik, hurt, reacts harshly, driving Nick away. Each wallow in misery over the summer until Ally, a mutual friend, brings the lover together again--ah!  Anyway, there is sultry sex scenes to bring Nick out--and on to the sequel.