Boystown: Season Two
Jake Biondi
Release Date: July 7, 2014
GMR 5 Star Review

“As the others scrambled, two more gunshots were fired, echoing throughout the room. Blood splattered on the wall and floor as three bodies fell to the ground.” --BOYSTOWN Season One

In the aftermath of the warehouse shootings, lives are forever changed and relationships are forever altered. As the families of the victims work to put the horrific event behind them, they find themselves at the center of an even larger plan for revenge.

Ciancio twins Marco and Gino are as handsome as they are powerful -- and they arrive in Boystown with a scheme rooted in the bad history between the Ciancio and Mancini families.

At the same time, Keith Colgan seems hell-bent on getting back the boyfriend he believes was stolen from him, Ben Donovan continues with his plan for Jacqueline Morgan and her son Jesse, and a stranger from the past threatens the future.

It all leads up to a spectacular New Year’s Eve engagement party that no one will ever forget.

Welcome back to BOYSTOWN!

Boystown Season Two-Book 2 in the Boystown Series by Jake Biondi!
 
Lives and relationships are forever altered after the horrific warehouse shootings. The families of the victims are working to put this event behind them but now they have found themselves embroiled into a plan for revenge. The Ciancio Twins arrive in Boystown with a plan that involves the Ciancio and Mancini clan. Now Keith Colgan is going to do everything in his powers to get back the boyfriend he believes was stolen from him. Ben Donovan is working on his plan for Jacqueline and her son Jesse and if things weren't bad enough a stranger shows up to ruin things. Everything will come crashing down at the New Years Eve party!
 
This is a great installment in the Boystown series and Jake has done it again. I really loved the addition of twins Marco and Gino and all their beauty and hotness. Their unbelievably hot introduction and their close connection was very powerful and so well written. It was also fun reading about Gino and Justin and I really hope there is more of them to come. One might think that with so many characters that it would be hard to keep up with them all but this is so not the case here as the author kept them quite organized. I love how much their lives intertwined and the drama these characters face is very high energy and riveting that I couldn't get enough of it. The sex, OMG the sex was so hot hot hot and so much of that I was in a constant state of fluster and enjoying every minute of it.
 
I loved all the new characters that were added such as Tyler, David, Cole and how Jake connected them so well with the current characters was just so brilliantly well written. There was a character for everyone to lust after or love which I did over and over. What was so completely brilliant was how Jake made us have such different feelings for the characters in Season One and that is not an easy task but with his amazing writing, it worked out so well. I just adored how Jake continued with the format of the book by using episodes in place of chapters and starting this book with episode 11 as it made for a more fun read. I so highly recommend this book, Boystown Season Two by Jake Biondi to everyone and make sure you read it as you don't want to miss out on a masterpiece of work!!! 

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BOYSTOWN Season Two Excerpt (from Episode 15)    

          The Napa Valley is a place with a rich history.  It’s where Antonio Mancini and Carlo Ciancio grew up as childhood friends with dreams of building an empire together.   While their friendship didn’t last as long as they hoped, their dreams did.   Fierce competitors in both their personal and professional lives, each built his own empire and, as heads of two powerful companies, Antonio and Carlo had dedicated themselves to destroying each other.

            Both men were widowers, losing their wives early in their marriages, but their family similarities ended there.  Antonio Mancini had alienated his two sons Derek and Emmett long ago; so he relied solely on his son Justin to execute his war against Carlo.  On the contrary, Carlo Ciancio kept his twin sons close to him.  Gino and Marco had grown in Carlo’s image, as he had intended.  Bright and handsome -- with chiseled bodies, dark features and thick, wavy hair – the twins were the center of Napa’s social scene and its most eligible bachelors.

            Gino and Marco were raised immersed in Carlo’s business, which began as a small winery that Carlo and Antonio started together long before any of their children were born.  When their friendship soured, they split the company and each man dedicated himself to building a bigger empire with which to crush the other.  When their sons were born, Antonio and Carlo raised them with the competitive nature of their fathers.   But Emmett and Derek Mancini eventually washed their hands of their father’s company, the competition, and the chaos, opting to make it on their own instead.

            Every Christmas Day, the Ciancios held their annual Christmas party -- and this year’s Christmas was no different.  It was an all-day affair that attracted friends, family, colleagues, and clients from all over California and beyond.  Napa Valley considered it to be the social event of the season and it certainly lived up to its reputation. 

            But with Christmas behind him, Carlo went into the office in San Francisco first thing in the morning.  When his morning meetings finished, Carlo’s chauffeur picked him up from the office to drive him home for lunch.   Sitting in the back of his limousine, Carlo attempted to call his son Marco, but no one answered the call.

            As Marco’s cell phone flashed on the night stand next to his bed, both Marco and Gino focused on Bella, a beautiful girl who was a member of their household staff.  She stood naked between the twins, her gorgeous body being inspected by both Marco and Gino, whose shirts she had already removed to reveal their muscled torsos.

            Standing in front of Bella, Marco kissed her deeply, his tongue far down her throat.  Her large breasts pressed up against his firm chest, while she reached behind her to take off Gino’s belt.  Gino kissed and caressed the back of Bella’s neck and shoulders as his hands reached around her to massage her tits.  He let her open his pants and, when they fell to the ground, he stepped out of them revealing his erect cock.

            Bella then began opening Marco’s pants; Marco stepped back from kissing her for just a moment to watch his pants slide down his legs.  He stepped out of them and wrapped his arms around Bella, pulling her tight to him.  His hands massaged her back as he kissed her jaw line, neck, and shoulders.  Gino pressed his hard cock in between Bella’s ass cheeks.  Then he placed his hands on Marco’s arms and ran them up to his brother’s shoulders.  With Bella tight between them, the twins continued to caress Bella and each other.

            Bella placed one hand on each of the twins’ chests and ran them down to their crotches as she got on her knees in front of them.  Wrapping her right hand around Gino’s ass and her left around Marco’s, Bella pulled the men toward her and then took both of their throbbing cocks into her mouth.  The men threw their heads back as they felt her warm mouth around their hard cocks, which grew more erect with each stroke of her tongue.

            With his dick still in Bella’s mouth, Marco turned to Gino, running his hand up his brother’s hard chest.  He pinched each of Gino’s nipples, then grabbed his shoulder and pulled him closer.  Gino leaned toward Marco and soon their lips met. 

            As Bella rose from the floor, Marco pushed her backwards onto the nearby bed.  He knelt down in front of her and got between her legs.  As he licked his way up her calves and thighs toward her vagina, Gino walked to the side of the bed and leaned in to kiss her.  He ran his fingers through her thick hair as Bella felt Marco kissing her vagina.  His tongue made its way deep into her wet pussy and she put her hand on the back of Marco’s head, pushing him down further between her legs.

            Gino positioned himself at the head of the bed, kneeling down and straddling Bella’s head so she could suck his cock more.  His balls ran across her lips and chin, and then she took his cock back into her mouth.  At the same time, Marco stood up and forced his hard, condom-covered dick deep inside of her.  Bella let out a moan and continued to suck Gino’s dick.

            Marco repositioned himself, standing more upright in order to get even deeper inside of Bella.  Each thrust of his powerful legs sent a shock throughout Bella’s body.  Marco leaned forward to kiss her stomach and then her breasts.  As Marco sucked Bella’s nipples, Gino continued to fuck her mouth, causing her to occasionally gag as his thick dick swelled inside her throat.  Bella squirmed and reached up to grab Gino’s legs from behind for support while Marco continued to pound her.

            Gino looked down at Marco and Marco looked up at his brother.  Pounding Bella deeply, Marco reached out and grabbed his brother’s shoulder.  Gino moaned as he felt Bella more rapidly suck his cock.  Bella’s hands explored Gino’s firm stomach and muscled chest while Marco’s balls slapped against her.

            Marco’s body trembled and even his brother knew that he was about to explode.  He quickly pulled his dick out of Bella, removed the condom, and shot all over her body; her stomach, her breasts, even her chin became covered in Marco’s thick batter.  At the sight of his brother’s cum, Gino pulled out of Bella’s mouth and pumped his load out all over her as well.  The brothers’ cum mixed on Bella’s breasts and stomach.

            Marco leaned forward and licked up some of the cum from Bella’s stomach as Gino did the same from her breasts.  She sat up, kissing both of them so she could taste their warm sperm as well. 

            “Guess I’ll be cleaning the linens today.”  Bella joked and the men laughed.  She got out of the bed and stripped the sheets.

            Marco laughed as he stood up from the bed. “Sorry about that.”

            Gino slapped Bella gently on the ass.  “Hot as always.”

            “You boys are worth it,” Bella replied as she disappeared into the attached bathroom.

            “That was Father calling earlier, wasn’t it?”  Gino asked as Marco checked his cell phone.  “He’s probably coming home for lunch.”

            Marco smiled.  “Then we better get cleaned up and dressed.”  

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Jake Biondi fell in love with "The Windy City" at an early age.  He left the Chicago area for four years to attend the University of Notre Dame and, upon graduation, returned to Chicago.  He has been living in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood for over 20 years. 

A huge fan of Charles Dickens' novels as well as television shows such as Dynasty, Knots Landing, Dallas  and Revenge, Jake Biondi has created a serialized saga for contemporary audiences.  

Because of BOYSTOWN's huge success online and the serialized nature of Biondi's writing, readers from all over the globe have been able to correspond with Biondi and influence the storylines of the BOYSTOWN saga as Biondi writes it.   Now, the first ten episodes of BOYSTOWN are available in book form.

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Boystown: Season Two
Jake Biondi
Release Date: July 7, 2014

“As the others scrambled, two more gunshots were fired, echoing throughout the room. Blood splattered on the wall and floor as three bodies fell to the ground.” --BOYSTOWN Season One



In the aftermath of the warehouse shootings, lives are forever changed and relationships are forever altered.  As the families of the victims work to put the horrific event behind them, they find themselves at the center of an even larger plan for revenge.



Ciancio twins Marco and Gino are as handsome as they are powerful -- and they arrive in Boystown with a scheme rooted in the bad history between the Ciancio and Mancini families. 



At the same time, Keith Colgan seems hell-bent on getting back the boyfriend he believes was stolen from him, Ben Donovan continues with his plan for Jacqueline Morgan and her son Jesse, and a stranger from the past threatens the future.



It all leads up to a spectacular New Year’s Eve engagement party that no one will ever forget.



Welcome back to BOYSTOWN!

Boystown: Season One
Jake Biondi
Released: January 9, 2014
5 Star Review

One of the most diverse and lively neighborhoods in the country, Chicago's BOYSTOWN has something for everyone. So it's no wonder that Jesse Morgan and Cole O'Brien chose to live there upon graduating from college. Ready to begin the next phase of their lives in an exciting new city, Jesse and Cole quickly find themselves at the center of a new group of friends. Joyelle and Derek Mancini have been happily married for years, but Derek is harboring a secret that could tear them apart. Derek's brother Emmett is about to discover that his boyfriend Keith Colgan has a past that will haunt them both. Long time couple Logan Pryce and Max Taylor must face a crisis that neither of them expected. And, before they realize it, Jesse and Cole find themselves at the center of it all in the adult playground known as BOYSTOWN.

This novel Boystown: Season One by Jake Biondi!

Chicago's Boystown is one of the most diverse places that caters to everyone. After graduation from college, Cole and Jesse have decided that Boystown will now be their new home. Now that they're settled in and ready to begin their lives in this new great city, they have found a great group of friends but not without drama and this groups welcomes them with open arms. The married couple Derek and Joyelle have been happily together for years but there's a dark secret that could quite possible break them up and shatter their lives. Emmett's boyfriend Keith could also be harbouring a dark secret that might destroy them and their relationship. Now onto Max and Logan and the drama that their facing and now Jesse and Cole find themselves smack right in the middle of it all and welcome to Boystown guys!!!!! 


I loved reading about these amazing and brilliantly written characters that I couldn't get enough of them as I was living them also. Jesse and Cole graduating and finding their dream jobs in Boystown. Now we have Derek and Joyelle and their perfect marriage as he has a successful job and she is a nurse but a dark secret threatens their perfect life and will they survive it or will the secret be too damaging for their relationship. Max and Logan have been together for years but their relationship hits a serious bump in the road. One of them takes a wrong turn and isn't willing to get help from the other so can their relationship withstand this as it seems that only one of them is working on staying together.


Emmett and Keith are such an amazing couple together and now reaching that special place in their relationship. As Keith plans on something very special for his love Emmett but something or someone will be trying to end what they have together. There is so much going on with these characters that you will be in a  inconstant page turning frenzy and loving every minute of it. There are quite a few sub characters that add some great fun and drama to the story such as the mother Jacqueline and her much younger lover. Ben who has feelings for one of the guys in a relationship and man he adds some delicious drama. Nick, Todd and Justin and the fun they provide but someone might not literally survive all the drama. There's a very hot detective and man he will get your juices flowing and trust me on that one.


I completely enjoyed how this book was written in episodes and each one had a cliff-hanger just like watching a tv show so I found that so uniquely imaginative and so much more fun than the typical chapters. The beautiful way Jake told the story and his brilliant writing style of ease and fast paced made reading Boystown a complete thrill and I loved it from the very first line until the climative end. I so would love to go and find Boystown and meet these exciting characters as that is how you will feel about them. You won't be able to stop thinking about them for days to come. This is why I am thrilled that Season 2 will be dropping soon as everyone will be dying to read the next season. Jake Biondi did an amazing job on this novel and I count myself as a new fan of his work. So I highly recommend this novel Boystown to everyone who loves an amazing MM/GLBT novel, fun and wild characters, drama, forgiveness, betrayal and LOVE!!!!!

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BOYSTOWN Season 1 - Episode 1 (excerpt)

        The emergency room should have been busier, but it wasn’t.  After all, Saturday night at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood was usually quite a sight – all the usual unusuals.  But things were quiet as Joyelle Mancini checked her cell phone for the umteenth time.  She shoved the phone back into her scrubs pocket and headed back to the nurses’ station.  Her baggy, blue scrubs covered the form of her gorgeous body and only those who knew her outside of the workplace knew of her model-like physique.  She was certainly modest, but enjoyed the compliments she regularly received on a night out on the town.

            “Nothing?” Joyelle’s coworker at the admittance desk asked. 

            “Nope. I just checked again.”

              “I’m sure his flight is just delayed a bit. You know O’Hare.  Don’t worry, sweetie.”  The coworker smiled and Joyelle continued on toward the nurses’ station.   Everyone knew that it was Joyelle’s fifth wedding anniversary and she was anxiously awaiting word from her husband that he was safely back in Chicago from his business trip in Boston.

            She quickly passed the nurses’ station, patted her hand on the counter twice to get the attention of her colleague, mumbled “I’ll be right back,” and headed toward the ER doors to the outside.  As she approached the doors, they flung open before her, and she stepped outside into the cool autumn air.  The area that was usually loud with ambulance sirens was eerily quiet and Joyelle took a deep breath.  She loved Chicago in autumn: the crisp air, the bright gold and orange leaves of the trees, and the dramatic waves of Lake Michigan.  Winter would be here before she knew it and Joyelle had learned long ago to make the most of Chicago’s short fall seasons.

            Joyelle first met Derek about seven years ago at their five-year college reunion.  She had never known him when they were both undergrads at the University of Michigan, but they were introduced by mutual friends at a dinner event during their reunion weekend.  For her, it was love at first sight.  He stood there in front of her with his boyish good looks and a great physique that she could recognize hidden beneath his perfectly fitted suit.  They talked all night over cocktails as if they had known each other for years.  He had played varsity baseball at Michigan, earned both his BBA and MBA there, and worked at a law firm based in Chicago with clients all over the country.  He was intrigued not only by Joyelle’s beauty, but her brains as well.  She was articulate, sophisticated, and driven.  As a nurse, she spoke with compassion and empathy about her patients and was just about the kindest girl Derek had ever met.

            Over time, they learned more about each other and each other’s families.  They fell deeply in love and five years ago this very night, they were married at a lovely autumn ceremony at Chicago’s Botanic Gardens. It was the fairytale wedding they had both dreamed of and married life seemed to suit them well.  They carefully balanced their careers with their personal lives, enjoying friends and neighbors in their Lakeview neighborhood and beyond.  Joyelle hated that Derek’s job took him out of town so often, but she appreciated the income it produced so she kept her concerns to herself.

            Joyelle glanced at her wedding ring as it sparkled in the autumn moonlight.  Derek and she had designed their own wedding rings, specially crafted with both yellow and white gold and a series of diamonds.  People always commented on them because they were so beautifully unique.

Joyelle then checked her phone one more time.  No texts or missed calls.  So she put her phone away, took one last breath of the night air, and returned back into the emergency room to complete her shift.  Optimistic, she still hoped that Derek and she could celebrate their anniversary at least a little bit once her shift ended and he landed back in Chicago safely.

            Unlike Chicago, Boston was experiencing a severe storm that night – frequent lightning lit the Boston skyline -- but that wasn’t why Derek was late arriving back in Chicago.  Although rain pounded against the hotel window, music from an ipod next to the room’s bed drowned out that sound.  Lightning illuminated the otherwise dark bedroom, revealing the contours of Derek’s muscled body as he rolled back on top of Cole O’Brien.

            Derek smiled looking into Cole’s eyes and shoved his tongue down Cole’s throat.  Clinging to Derek as if he would never let go, Cole dug his toes into the back of Derek’s calves and cupped Derek’s tight ass with his hands.  Derek’s tongue moved down Cole’s neck, then back up along his jaw line to his ear.  Cole’s moans urged Derek to continue, and he did. 

            In some ways, Cole’s body reminded Derek of what his used to be.  While Cole’s body was completely smooth except for a small tuft of blond hair that accented his penis, his muscled chest, arms and thighs were reminiscent of the hard body Derek had during his days playing baseball of Michigan.  Certainly, his body was still great, but there was a youthfulness to Cole’s that made it even more appealing.

            Cole playfully nibbled on Derek’s chin and smiled.  Then he flipped over on top of Derek, sitting across his hips and looking down at Derek’s hairy chest.  He leaned forward and put his lips on Derek’s nipple, carefully biting the tip.  Derek’s twitched momentarily and then laughed, “Oh, no you don’t!”

            Derek powerfully flipped back over on top of Cole and pinned him down, his arms over his head.  Cole watched the smile leave Derek’s face and anticipated what was about to happen.  Derek reached over to the nightstand to grab a condom and quickly pulled it on. Then Derek once again began to kiss Cole and pulled Cole’s legs over his shoulders.  As he took Cole’s toes into his mouth, Derek positioned his hard cock against Cole’s inviting hole.

            “Yes,” Cole whispered as he grabbed Derek’s butt and began to pull Derek inside of him.  Derek thrust hard, and Cole’s face turned red, the tips of his blond hair stuck to the sweat forming on his forehead.   Cole’s toes curled as he felt Derek’s hard dick pumping into his hole.  The thrusts were long and penetrating, while Cole’s own hard dick was sandwiched between the men’s hard abs.  Cole loved the feel of Derek’s furry chest against his and ran his fingers up Derek’s back, digging them into his flesh each time Derek hit the spot deep inside of him.

            Derek continued to kiss Cole as he pounded deeper and deeper, Cole wiping the sweat from Derek’s back.   Derek intended to once again show this boy who was in charge and Cole showed no signs of resisting.

            “Oh fuck, I’m close,” Derek whispered as Cole smiled and tightened his ass around Derek. 

            “Stay inside me….please,” Cole begged, but Derek took orders from no one.  He continued to pump as his entire body began to tense up.  “Please,” Cole pleaded once again, but Derek swiftly pulled his cock from inside Cole, tore off the condom, and shot his load all over Cole’s smooth chest, letting out a large moan as he did so.   The load was thicker and larger than the previous ones, nearly hitting Cole’s neck.  As it settled on Cole’s chest, Cole’s whole body began to tremble.  Derek used some his own cum to stroke Cole’s incredibly hard cock.  “Oh God,” Cole moaned as his own load shot and mixed with Derek’s.  Derek collapsed onto Cole, kissing him and then rolling over onto his back next to his conquest.

            Derek took several deep breaths as he looked up at the hotel room ceiling, the lightning from outside casting strange shadows across it.  “Fuck…”

            “You rock,” Cole smiled as he planted a kiss on Derek’s chest.  He ran his fingers through the mixed cum on his chest, making a random design.

            “Looks like you need a towel,” Derek smiled as he hopped out of bed and headed to the bathroom.  Cole enviously watched Derek’s ass as it disappeared behind the bathroom door.  Derek tossed Cole a towel and then closed the door completely.

            Cole tasted some of the cum on his fingers, then wiped up the rest with his towel.  He sat up and flipped his legs over the side of the bed as he pulled on a pair of Notre Dame shorts and shoved his toes into some flip flops.  Then he stood up and walked to the window.  It was still raining.

            “Oh fuck!” Derek yelled as he ran back into the bedroom.  “I’m gonna miss my flight.”  Cole turned from the window as Derek scanned the room for this pants and shirt.  He pulled on his pants and sat down to put on his socks.  Cole crawled across the bed and wrapped his arms around Derek’s back, kissing his neck.  Derek smiled and continued to put on his shoes.  Then Derek stood up and pulled on his shirt.  “Notre Dame? Really?” Derek quipped as he caught a glance of Cole’s shorts.

            “Yup.  So?”

            “I went to Michigan,” Derek smiled.  “Notre Dame sucks.”  Cole just smiled back at Derek, no comment.  “What are you doing in Boston anyway?  You said you’re still in school.”

            “I’m graduating early, in a few weeks.  Job interview here.”

            “Oh cool.  Good luck with that,” Derek said as he pulled on his suit coat. “I gotta grab a cab.”

            “When’s your flight?”

            “I think I missed it.  Fuck.”

            “Before you go, can I get your number?”  Cole smiled, then bit his lip.

            “I told you.  Can’t do that.”

            “Aw come on,” Cole pleaded again. 

            “Look, these two days have been awesome.  Hot, even.  But I have to go back to my life.  And you do, too.”  Derek leaned in to kiss Cole quickly on the lips.  “Thanks, man.”  And with that comment, Derek was out the door and gone.

            “Ya, thanks,” Cole mumbled to himself.  He walked over to the mirror on the wall and checked himself out.  Then he let out a sigh and returned to the window to contemplate the storm.  As he walked across the room, the lightning reflected off something shiny on the floor, half-buried in the carpet.  He knelt down to take a closer look and picked up what turned out to be a ring.  It was both gold and silver in color and had a series of small diamonds in it.  Cole turned toward the hotel room door, then looked back at the ring.  He examined it more closely and then slipped it on his finger; Derek hopped into a cab outside.

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Jake Biondi fell in love with "The Windy City" at an early age.  He left the Chicago area for four years to attend the University of Notre Dame and, upon graduation, returned to Chicago.  He has been living in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood for over 20 years. 

A huge fan of Charles Dickens' novels as well as television shows such as Dynasty, Knots Landing, Dallas  and Revenge, Jake Biondi has created a serialized saga for contemporary audiences.  

Because of BOYSTOWN's huge success online and the serialized nature of Biondi's writing, readers from all over the globe have been able to correspond with Biondi and influence the storylines of the BOYSTOWN saga as Biondi writes it.   Now, the first ten episodes of BOYSTOWN are available in book form.

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Cole O'Brien

Cole O’Brien is one of the book’s most interesting, complicated, and sexy characters. A senior graduating early from the University of Notre Dame, Cole flies to Boston to interview at the headquarters of a company that has offices in Chicago, where Cole ultimately wants to live. While in Boston, Cole hooks up with a very attractive man, slightly older than Cole, named Derek Mancini.

Cole immediately falls for Derek and something about Cole sticks with Derek as well. They spend the weekend together in Boston and, when rushing out of the hotel room to catch his flight home to Chicago on the day of his wedding anniversary, Derek leaves his wedding ring behind. Cole finds it and keeps it, hoping to one day be with Derek again. Will Cole and Derek end up together as Cole hopes? Or will Derek manage to keep his secret and his wife?  Keep on reading!

Jesse Morgan

Jesse is one of the book’s hottest and most complex characters. A senior graduating early from the University of Notre Dame, Jesse receives a job offer from Logan Pryce, a man Jesse immediately becomes attracted to.   The only problem is that Logan already has a partner. 

Jesse accepts the job and, along with his college roommate Cole O’Brien, moves to Chicago.  Excited to begin their lives in Chicago, Jesse and Cole find an apartment in the heart of Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood and soon find themselves at the center of the novel’s action.

Having grown up not knowing his father, Jesse prays for the day when his mother will finally tell him who is father is so that he can attempt to build a relationship with him.  In the meantime, a chance encounter brings Jesse and his new boss Logan closer than Jesse ever thought possible.

Logan Pryce

Logan is one of BOYSTOWN’s core characters.  Very handsome and professionally successful, Logan has low self-esteem and finds it difficult to love himself.

Logan and his boyfriend Max Taylor have been together for a very long time.  Of course, that doesn’t mean that they don’t have their problems.  Always feeling inferior to Max, Logan seeks confidence and self-esteem from liquor.  In spite of Max’s many attempts to help Logan address and deal with his abuse of alcohol, Logan continues to drink, causing a great strain on their relationship.  In the meantime, Max’s feelings for his long-time friend Emmett Mancini are beginning to grow.  Can Max and Logan survive their issues?  Or are they destined to fall apart? 

Emmett Mancini

Emmett Mancini is one of BOYSTOWN’s heroes.  Kind, loving and generous, Emmett is the youngest of the three Mancini brothers.  He is the family’s voice of reason, compassion, and support.

Emmett and his boyfriend Keith Colgan have been together for about five years, almost as long as his other brother Derek and his wife Joyelle.  No one enjoys the Christmas season more than Emmett, and Keith thinks the holiday season is the perfect time of year to “pop the question” to Emmett.   A few of their friends are in on the exciting surprise, but Emmett is clueless about his boyfriend’s intentions.  And Emmett is clueless about something else as well…Keith’s past.  Will Emmett say “yes” to Keith’s proposal?  Will Keith’s past put an end to their happiness?  Keep turning the pages to find out! 

Keith Colgan

Keith Colgan is one of BOYSTOWN’s central characters.  Handsome and sexy, Keith has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth and gives off a bit of “attitude” to those he doesn’t know well.

Keith and his boyfriend Emmett Mancini have been together for about five years and Keith is ready to take their relationship to the next level.  No one enjoys the Christmas season more than Emmett, and Keith thinks the holiday season is the perfect time of year to “pop the question” to Emmett.   A few of their friends are in on the exciting surprise, but Emmett is clueless about his Keith’s intentions.  And Emmett is clueless about something else as well…Keith’s past.  Will Emmett say “yes” to Keith’s proposal?  Will Keith’s past put an end to their happiness?  Keep reading to find out!

Justin Mancini


Justin is the oldest of the three Mancini brothers and one of the book’s darkest characters. Although he doesn’t appear in the book until Episode 9, Justin immediately figures into the book’s main storylines.

Harboring a dark history with his brothers Derek and Emmett, Justin arrives in Chicago to supposedly make amends with his brothers.   But Derek and Emmett are suspicious about Justin’s arrival in Chicago – and they should be.  Justin has a plan all his own and what he is after could destroy the entire Mancini family!

Ben Donovan


Ben is one of the novel’s most intriguing characters – but not necessarily in a good way.  A groundskeeper at the University of Notre Dame, Ben meets and falls in love with Jesse Morgan.  While Ben begins to plan for the future with Jesse, Jesse has no interest in a relationship with Ben and accepts a job in Chicago.

When Jesse refuses to reconsider his job offer and stay with Ben, Ben puts together an elaborate and sick plan for revenge.  Jesse has no idea what Ben has in store for him!

Michael Martinez

Officer Michael Martinez is one of the audience’s favorite characters, even though he doesn’t first appear until Episode 9.  A handsome, intelligent, witty member of the Chicago Police Department, Michael first joins the main characters as an outsider assisting them with a situation; however, he quickly becomes a member of the core group.

When his father, a policeman, was killed by a drunk driver, young Michael decided to follow in his father’s footsteps.  Now as a grown man, Michael serves and protects those in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood.  But things are about to become very personal for Michael…

David Young

A handsome, bright personal trainer and physical therapist, David Young joins the BOYSTOWN storyline as he attempts to help on of the survivors of the wareshouse shootings.  

The relationships he builds with his client -- and others around him -- will entrap him in a web thick with love, lies, and liaisons.  

And a family secret that even David himself is not aware of may change him forever.

Tyler Bennett

Tyler Bennett is the newest member of St. Joseph Hospital's nursing staff.  Handsome and compassionate, Tyler is assigned to work with Joyelle Mancini.  Quickly, the two become friends as well as co-workers.

Before he realizes it, Tyler becomes a part of all the Mancini family drama -- but he has a plan all his own as well.

Boystown: Season Two
Jake Biondi
Release Date: June 2014