The Quarterback

Matt Lancaster is the quarterback everyone expects to lead Bodine College, a small Division II program in the South overseen by an athletics dean with rigid, conservative views. Matt has never told anyone he is gay and assumes his secret is safe. His teammates, however, set him up at a massage parlor that offers extras and request a male masseuse for him.

The man who walks in is Trevor Kim, a fellow student with piercings and tattoos who works as a masseur to pay for his education. His family threw him out for being gay, and he keeps his work strictly professional. The moment he sees Matt, he drops his own rule about keeping business and attraction apart.

Matt has to hold on to his scholarship, chase a national title, and get through a difficult relationship with his father. Falling for Trevor complicates all of it. Trevor, for his part, must accept that the team's star belongs with him and not with the bubbly cheerleader everyone assumed. The story is a romance that ends on a hopeful note for both men.