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.
I was an outsider. It was his eyes I noticed first. He held them on me. He knew something about me I didn't. My heart jumped in a sudden betrayal of my feelings. What am I about to get myself into? "Greg... My name is Greg." "...I'm Martin." I woke up seeing those eyes. Why won't he get out of my head? Did he know my secret, just by looking at me?