This is the second book in my Live Action Hero series, and one that reviewers state is full of more emotion than the first one as Dean comes to terms with his past during a Caribbean vacation.
Blurb
Too late, Dean arrives for his windsurfing vacation and realizes his “secluded” Caribbean villa isn’t. He has a neighbor who just happens to look exactly like a certain action figure left with Adrian’s lover, Mack. Finding out his neighbor shares Dean’s passion for extreme sports only reopens wounds Dean had thought healed.
Sawyer knew his next mission would be just as exciting as his last. So when he finds himself on a Caribbean island with a hot man and nothing to do but lie on the beach, he thinks he’s in heaven. Except, Dean doesn’t believe Sawyer’s story. What’s an action figure come to life to do? Whatever it takes to prove that he’s real and so is the passion between them.
Excerpt
Swiping his fingers through his reddish-brown hair, he stared into the closest mirror. The haunted blue eyes looking back at him were ones Dean refused to show the world. He pasted a smile on his face, and the jolly, happy-go-lucky man was back once more. “That’s more like it.” The hotel offered a well-stocked mini bar. Perhaps, this first night, he’d enjoy the company of an amber-colored friend called José and forget about Josh and the way he’d ruined everything.
With the mini bar bottle of tequila poured over ice, Dean stepped onto the wooden patio. The villas on either side of him were dark. Finally, at least something had gone right. He’d requested to be booked as far away as possible from the other guests, and his travel agent had assured him he’d be alone. Dean hadn’t offered answers to her unasked questions. Standing in his bare feet on the boards, still warm from the tropical sun, he stared at the large, dark pool. Tiki torches rimmed it, and he thought he’d seen a splash of light from across the courtyard.
Dean frowned. It couldn’t be. He’d offered to book all five bungalows if it guaranteed him privacy. The resort had informed him that wouldn’t be necessary. Now, as a light turned on and silhouetted a slim, male figure in the window, Dean glanced at the telephone. If he called the concierge now, maybe he could be in a new villa before he went to bed. Except he’d been lucky to find a villa here on such short notice. He doubted he’d find more privacy elsewhere. And, since this was a premier place for windsurfing, staying anywhere else wouldn’t do.
Glued to the window like his friend Van to the television set during a football game, he watched the man’s silhouette. The distance made it difficult to see, but something about the man’s unexpected appearance sparked Dean’s interest.
The stranger opened the door to the villa and stepped into the soft glow from one of the torches. He had a white towel slung over his shoulder and another one wrapped around his waist.
The terry-cloth knot held Dean’s attention, and he wondered if the man wore anything beneath. His unspoken question was soon answered when the stranger came to the edge of the pool and dropped the towel to the deck. He was naked.
Strange markings covered his face but couldn’t hide the arresting angles of cheekbones and a hawk-like nose. Light illuminated his nearly hairless chest and the sculpted planes of an athlete’s body. Heedless of his own nudity, he descended the stairs into the pool. Dean groaned when the water covered the man to the waist
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