Jim has been in love with his best friend Tony since they met in college in 1970, but over the years he has learned to love Tony's wife Rachel, too. In the summer of 1993, Tony invites Jim to join him and Rachel for two weeks at Rehoboth Beach and seeks his support in a marital crisis. Their gay/straight friendship and love triangle becomes a rectangle when they meet Joe, a sexy visitor from the West Coast. Friendships old and new, notions of jealousy vs. trust in relationships, definitions of family, and the challenges of gay romance during the AIDS epidemic are negotiated on the parallel beaches of gay and straight Rehoboth. McLucas has a keen ear for the subtleties of language, verbal language and body language.

''He can calculate to the penny how much a smile can cost, and how quickly it can be spent.'' --David Bergman

''Jim is an engaging narrator a reader can't help but fall for.'' --Madeleine Mysko