70 of 75 for 2015. This is NOT a gay harlequin. Tim is a fat, out-of-work momma's boy whose mother died in a horrific car wreck three years ago. A wreck that Tim blames on himself as he was driving at the time and did end up going the wrong way down a one-way street. Tim has one friend, a plump woman he's known most of his life. He is all but a virgin, and his self-loathing will probably keep him that way unless someone can get through to make him see how wonderful he really is. Javier is a straight Venezuelan co-worker who "lets" Tim give him a blowjob in exchange for a loan of $1000. Will Javier pay back the loan, and if so, with what? Will he stay in Tim's life, even though he's straight? Will the two find true love and redemption at a production of West Side Story? Well, those are the questions if this really were a harlequin romance, but it's so much, much more. And Rick Bettencourt is a much better story teller than your average formulaic romance author. I don't want to give away a bit of this story which just itself is redemptive reading. I give this book my highest recommendation. ( )