Previously published as First Base. This book is the sequel to Home Run by Cole Bates In middle and high school, Ryan was one of the masculine jocks who tormented Alex Mathews because he was different. Alex could never have imagined then that he and Ryan would become live-in lovers during college. Both have blossomed where they can be themselves openly, but at home, Ryan is still in the closet to his parents. When Ryan keeps putting off telling his family that he is gay, Alex wonders how long he is willing to keep their relationship a secret. Is Ryan delaying the day of reckoning with his father because he has fallen for another jock on his baseball team? Alex decides to transform himself into the more macho man that he thinks Ryan wants, but nothing seems to be helping their relationship.Will Ryan lose his lover because he is too afraid to risk his father’s reaction? When he searches his soul, which will Alex value more: love or living in the sunshine? “This was such a charming and very sweet romance. The characters were engaging, loveable, and well depicted,” says one reviewer.