Eye Candy by Amanda Young is a homoerotic contemporary romance.

Jake Remora is the love-em and leave-em kind of guy. He wants nothing more than one night stands after what happened with him all those years ago. Jake had been in love with his best friend, but when they were caught together his friend bailed, told everyone that Jake all but raped him, and left him to deal with the fallout. years later,Jake meets a young man, Jimmy, at a store, and they have a onetime fling ending as quickly as it began. Jake doesn’t understand how his brother Logan can be happy in a monogamous relationship with his boyfriend Aaron. Logan is the only one who truly understood the hell that Jake went through and why he never settled down. Jake gets the surprise of his life, and not a good surprise, when he goes to get a pizza and meets the one man he loved, Kane, who left him all those years ago. When Jake is again accused of raping someone, will Jake stand on his own or will Kane stand up for him? Is there a chance for Jake and Kane to rekindle their old feelings?

Ms. Young has created a fast paced story showing how difficult it is for some people to admit their sexuality, and the damage it can cause by not telling the truth. Jake’s life was a mess after Kane’s family left, but neither thought about the toll it took on both of them. Jake dealt with it by shutting his feelings away until he was confronted with them when he saw Kane again. Kane had his own issues, but he never realized what happened after he left. Add to this Kane’s son Brock who is determined to play match maker, and you have a great story that puts the characters through their paces as they learn that life is truly just what you make of it. Thanks go to Ms. Young for a great story.

Reviewed by: Teresa