Overview

Never believe the rumors.

SAMUEL
I’ve always wanted to leave Red Creek, go to college, and live somewhere I wouldn’t be judged for simply being myself. But then I met Benji on my first day at the farm, and everything changed. Benji wasn’t the kind of guy I was supposed to hang around with. At least, that’s what everyone kept telling me. He had a reputation, a bad attitude, and a chip on his shoulder big enough for the whole town. Yet, every time I ran into him, I didn’t see a thug. I saw someone who stood up for himself and the people he cared about. And even though I should’ve known better, I wanted to become one of those people.

BENJI
I didn’t have anything against Samuel when we first met. He kept his head down and did what he was told. Why should I have cared what people whispered when most of them were full of shit anyway? But once he started talking about college, and I found out he lived in his own apartment—paid for by his parents—I saw red. Was this job on the farm just a cute story he would laugh about with his future professors? I wanted to hate him for turning my reality into a joke. And I almost did. I even planned a prank. But the second I set it into motion, I realized I was wrong—and that I was about to hurt the only person who had ever truly seen me for who I was.

Nothing For The Weak is a slow-burn gay novel, following farm workers Samuel and Benji. In a rural town where neither of them quite fits in, a cruel prank draws the two lost guys—one openly gay and the other unsure of his feelings—into a night of unexpected trust and tenderness. Expect an open-door new adult romance, small-town tension, and a tender Happy For Now ending.

364 pages