Life isn't easy for Chris Blanning, valedictorian at a snobby private school. It's hard enough dealing with bullies already, but when his scholarship isn't enough to cover tuition, he's got to tutor his worst enemy — Lucien Alaric, the spoiled bad boy he just saw trying to seduce their teacher into changing his grades! Even worse, Lucien's figured out his deepest, dirtiest secret in return. All he can do is keep his friends close, and enemies closer — but maybe Chris is getting a little too close...

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund, until Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another, but they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

Openly gay city kid Evan Brooks is sent to a Midwest ranch with one condition: compete on the high school rodeo team or lose his dream of culinary school in Paris. His biggest obstacle? Team captain Colt Maddox — the straight, golden-boy cowboy whose shot at going pro depends on winning State. After Evan is forced to be Colt's stableboy, their rivalry turns into something neither of them expected. In a town where being gay is more dangerous than bull riding, falling in love could cost them everything.