num_pages: 268
description: Dawson Barnes recognizes his world is very small and very charmed. Running his community college theater like a petty god he and his best friend Benji know they'll succeed as stage techs after graduation. His father adores him Benji would die for him and Dawson never doubted the safety net of his family even when life hit him below the belt.But nothing prepared him for falling on Jared Emory's head.Aloof dance superstar Jared is a sweet vulnerable man and Dawson's life suits him like a fitted ballet slipper. They forge a long-distance romance from their love of the theater and the magic of Denny's. At first it's perfect: Dawson gets periodic visits and nookie from a gorgeous man who gets himand Jared gets respite from the ultra-competitive world of dancing that almost consumed him.That is until Jared shows up sick and desperate and Dawson finally sees the distance between them concealed painful things Jared kept inside. If he doesnt grow upand fasthis superstar might not survive his own weaknesses. That would be a shame because the real fragile Jared that Dawson sees behind the curtain is the person he can see spending his life with.
language: English
title: Behind the Curtain
publisher: Dreamspinner Press