The Sparky - Paperback

Aaron's been living in what his friend Howie calls a sexual desert. But an oasis appears on the horizon when Paul, a divorced electrician with a five-year-old daughter named Sam, moves in next door. He's a country boy from northern Australia, and although he's never been with a guy before, he has an impression that anything goes in the city. They find that the ordinary things in life-books, footie in the park, looking after Sam-lead them into an unlikely relationship. But as their relationship slowly deepens, with Aaron spending time on Paul's family's cattle station, it becomes clear that Paul might have a harder time leaving the country behind. To him, happiness means a conventional life-including a mother for Sam. Being with his old friends convinces him he's on the wrong path with Aaron, and he starts a relationship with a girl from his hometown. If he cannot find the courage to go after what he truly needs, he and Aaron will become nothing more than awkward neighbours.