About
Eighteen-year-old Shane Larson has just two goals in mind when he moves from his hometown of Telluride, Colorado, to nearby Denver: surviving his freshman year of college and gearing up for a return to competition as a professional snowboarder and skateboarder. An injury has kept him sidelined from both sports for nearly a year, but now, fully recovered, he’s anxious to get back on the slopes at the start of the winter season. Public interest is great, not just because of his past successes but also because he remains the only openly gay athlete in either sport. He’s used to being talked about, and he’s used to being stared at.
But when he catches fellow student Nathan Pearce staring at him on the first day of classes, it’s for an entirely different reason. Nathan doesn’t know anything about Shane; all he knows is that he wants to change that, because he’s far from home and could use a friend. Shane could, too, but he’s fresh off a painful breakup, with no interest in dating again anytime soon. Luckily, that’s okay with Nathan— he wants a [best] friend more than a boyfriend, anyway…
But when he catches fellow student Nathan Pearce staring at him on the first day of classes, it’s for an entirely different reason. Nathan doesn’t know anything about Shane; all he knows is that he wants to change that, because he’s far from home and could use a friend. Shane could, too, but he’s fresh off a painful breakup, with no interest in dating again anytime soon. Luckily, that’s okay with Nathan— he wants a [best] friend more than a boyfriend, anyway…
Publication
goodreads (2015), 394p.