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Getting roped into writing essays for his former High School bully is the last thing Ben Garrett anticipated doing at college. Corey Donovan is an arrogant, privileged jock. And to make matters worse, he's hot as hell To Ben's surprise however Corey wants to be friends...and possibly more? Corey's killer smile and charismatic seduction is impossible to resist. Did Ben get it wrong about Corey? After all, people change, don't they? But their night of passion comes at a high price. Corey is nowhere to be found and Ben might just have landed himself in a whole lot of trouble with Corey's homophobic frat brother, Teddy Hayman. Was Ben's wrong impression the right one all along?

Book Review

First impressions often morph into perceptions, and pretty soon they are well on their way to becoming facts. What happens when those first impressions are wrong? The whole chain of events can become a catastrophe. In this story, the entire issue is based on a misconception in high school, one that goes on to cause real trouble when the two men meet again in college, prejudice and ‘facts’ about the other firmly in place.

Ben has been out since high school, and he has suffered for it. He stands up for himself, but when he meets his nemesis, jock Corey again in college he loses it. All the pent-up anger bubbles to the surface, and he makes a couple of mistakes that might just get him suspended. And cost him any chance with Corey he might have had.

Corey seems to be the one in the wrong here. Having tortured Ben in high school and not treating him much better now, didn’t exactly endear him to me. But, as soon as he open up and it becomes clear what has been going on, the picture changes. Even Ben’s actions appear in a different light.

If you like stories about misunderstandings finally being clarified, if you’re curious about a situation where the psychology of coming out versus staying in the closet plays a huge part in two men’s relationship, and if you like reading about ‘geeks and jocks’, you will probably like this story.

 

 

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Format	ebook
Length	Short Story, 66 pages/12226 words
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Publication Date	09-June-2012
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