Rick Beck does not write fluffy bunny stories. At times, they are gritty and very realistic. Yet they are always about love. Many of his stories are about the struggles we gay folk have had in times past. Rick is a terrific writer and knows how to pull your emotional strings.
You're born on a farm and you grow up working on a farm as far back as your memory goes, it's the only life you know. Ian Wilson had no thoughts as to leaving home. His dad wanted otherwise. Towards the end of his sophomore year at college, the rain started and didn't let up. Ian knew what that meant to the farm and the levee that protected it from flooding.