California screaming - Doug Guinan

Making it big in Los Angeles can mean a lot of things. For Kevin Malloy it means landing the biggest catch of all among the city's many eligible gay bachelors. For media mogul Brad Sherwood, the most eligible of them all, it means having everything - power, wealth, success, good hair plugs and yes, even love.
And so, on a smog-free Christmas morning, Brad, seeking better cell phone reception, finds himself in the deserted parking lot on Sunset Boulevard. It is here that he meets Kevin, who, despite his youth, his fabulous face, great hair, buffed bod, and modest but impeccable wardrobe, knows that there's got to be more to life than what he's found so far as a vaguely successful photographer with a decided lack of direction.
What follows this initial meeting of Brad and Kevin, a perfect synergy of money and beauty, is a relationship that takes them to new heights, leaving only the most cynical of wags about town to ask the question: how can such a perfect love be so pure - and agenda-less...

Doug Guinan is the author of several acclaimed short stories. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING is his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles.