If he could ignore the new kid he would, but he’s shoved himself into every aspect of his life. What he doesn’t need is a preppy kid getting in his way and messing up his life, unfortunately that is exactly what it feels like at every turn when Hollis shows up at his school. With a drugged out mother and a father in prison, his primary focus is on him and his sister making it out of Hood River one day alive. Roan Hirsch, part of the Hoodlums, doesn’t have the best home life. It’s confusing and Hollis isn’t normally confused when it comes to guys. If only their leader wasn’t so good looking perhaps that wouldn’t make it worse and he could hate him, but Roan is different when he’s alone. Everyday only gets worse and his stomach is constantly in knots. The normally optimistic, happy Hollis didn’t get off the best start at his new school when he has a first run in was with the Hoodlums at school. Mid-senior year of high school, Hollis English has moved across the country with his mother and two sisters when his less than caring father discovered he was gay. Hood River Rat is filled with angst, emotions, heat, passion, tension, longing, and two boys from very different walks of life just trying to figure out how to survive it all. The others are MF.Swooney, Swooney, Swooney!! I am feeling all the Swoon!! Hollis and Roan have swept me off my feet and I’m floating in their cloud. Hood River Rat can be read as a standalone and starts off a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. It’s book one in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake. Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems. My nemesis is impossible to ignore…and a secret part of me doesn’t want to. I could pretend I don’t care about their hate. To him and his friends, I’m a loser who doesn’t belong at their school. The Hood River Hoodlums-our school’s most notorious group of bad boys-have put a target on my back. Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy. I’ll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out. Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed.

From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a MM high school bully romance called Hood River Rat!

Hood River Rat by K. Webster