It was just a few weeks after his new stepfather Carl had moved into their house that the trouble began for Lenny Adams. Lenny'd had a difficult upbringing. His real father had left early, and his mother was utterly selfish. But when Carl savagely rapes the teenaged boy, Lenny's life changes forever. He tries to make it on his own, but he's always forced back to relying on his good looks and natural charm. Men--women--it makes no difference to Lenny: they're all part of the game, they're ripe fruit waiting to be plucked from the tree. As he descends further into crime and degeneracy, Lenny...

Junior college teacher Glen Sanford is having problems with his wife, Ann...sexual problems. Basically, he can't perform on demand, and Ann has lost her patience; she wants a divorce. Then Glen meets a troubled student, Jerry Allen, who's been tested as having an exceptional IQ, but whose grades have failed to match his intelligence. Glen discovers that Jerry's being pimped out by his own mother, who's making money from forcing the boy to liaison with older men. The basic conflict in the student's life is destroying his psyche. Glen offers him compassion and learning...and eventually love,...