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A Boy Called Rainbow
By Robin Knight
Love comes in all colors…
Art evaluator Miles Tate is finally about to start living his dream… that is if he can get the funding in place to open his own art gallery in New York. But when an unexpected turn of events finds every one of Miles’ perfectly-planned dreams turned upside-down, it’s time to escape Manhattan and reluctantly take up a well-paid job in the tiny seaside town of Hope’s Bluff, Georgia. For Miles, it’s his only chance to make some money, claw back what little dignity he has left, and figure out what the hell to do with his life.
But evaluating the art collection of a deceased estate isn’t made easy by the grandson of the dearly departed in question. Indeed, the young man who calls himself Rainbow is a hot-tempered, hotter-than-hell artist whose secrets run deep and passions run raw. He is talented, troubled, tempestuous and deaf… and possibly the one person who can save Miles from his own heartache.
Can Miles finish the job he’s been paid to do… or will two opposites find that they have more in common than they first imagined? Can the pair of them find the strength in each other to rebuild their lives… or will the traumas of their pasts drive them both away? Will Miles turn his back on the handsome, hurt, artistic genius he’s stumbled upon… or will he finally find true love in the arms of a Boy Called Rainbow?
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When he opened the door, Rainbow was… clean.
Of course, he was still shirtless and barefoot, his jeans rolled up around his ankles. But there were no streaks of paint across his chest, no smears of bright colors over his abs. There was just skin and muscle… everywhere.
The sight of him— bronze and beautiful from one inch to the next— actually made me take a step back, as though I needed to get all of him in.
Doing his best Vanna White, he beamed and gestured to his bathed body as though he was revealing a vowel.
“Yes, you washed, I see,” I nodded. “I must say, you scrub up quite nicely.”
He nodded proudly in agreement, then leaned forward and clasped my free hand.
I was instantly surprised by his physical touch, even more so given the fact that it didn’t seem to faze him at all. Rainbow indeed ran hot and cold; in one moment defensive, the next polite; in one moment dismissive, the next warm and welcoming and willing to hold my hand. I supposed these were the unpredictable contents of his own time capsule.
He dragged me into the dining room and with another gameshow hand gesture he showed me a vase sitting on the table, filled with dune grass and decorated with glistening green seaweed. I could only assume he had arranged the simple bouquet himself, as a gift to me.
“You did that? It’s… beautiful.”
I wasn’t lying. In its own strange way, the cluster in the vase was so perfectly composed, so uniquely fashioned, so exquisitely imagined, that it was almost beyond a mere flower arrangement, instead bordering on a work of art, a sculpture using nothing but nature’s gifts.
In front of the vase was a small pile of notes which Rainbow handed me.
I set the basket of flapjacks down on the table and took the notes, reading them to myself one by one.
I’m sorry I get grumpy, said the first note.
I’m sorry I’ve snapped at you.
It’s no way to treat a stranger… a stranger who might one day become a friend.
I looked up at him. “Is that what we’re becoming? Friends?”
Rainbow nodded, hope in his eyes.
It had never crossed my mind that Rainbow and I would become friends.
I hadn’t come all the way to Georgia to make friends.
I had come to escape New York.
Yes, I was intrigued by Rainbow.
Yes, he was sexy as hell to look at and had sent my heart into a flutter on more than one occasion.
Yes, his grandmother’s art was something extraordinary and I was willing to surrender my check to help protect it.
But friends?
Hell, after the breakup with Marcus I didn’t have a single friend left in the world. I wasn’t sure this was the place to start.
“Friends?” was all I could utter once more.
Rainbow nodded again, then picked up the vase with the dune grass and seaweed arrangement and offered it to me.
I took it, not knowing what else to do.
The smile of hope on his face widened with confidence.
I gave a wan smile back. “Thank you. I guess we’re becoming friends then.”
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About the Author:
Robin Knight is the author of gay fiction novels, novellas, and short stories, ranging in genre from gay adventure, gay romance, gay suspense, and gay comedies.
The heroes of Robin’s books love to spend their time jumping off the page, stumbling through misadventures, and falling in love.
Robin has worked in advertising, politics, journalism, and event management, but nothing is as fun as telling stories.
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