{"product_id":"bare-skin-mark-boyer-9798242317314","title":"Bare Skin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBare Skin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan never planned to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig-bodied, careful, and painfully aware of how much space he takes up, he arrives at Bare Horizons telling himself this is just a vacation-a place to disappear for a while, not to be noticed, not to be wanted. Nudity is supposed to be freeing. For Evan, it's terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMateo Rivera sees him anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the bar at Bare Horizons, Mateo is all steady confidence and quiet heat, a man who understands desire but doesn't rush it. He doesn't leer. He doesn't reassure. He simply looks at Evan like his body isn't something to apologize for-and that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as charged glances and hesitant conversations deepens into something slower, heavier, and impossible to ignore. As Evan confronts his fear of being visible-in his body, in his wants, in his truth-Mateo offers something far more dangerous than lust: presence. Choice. Claiming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut wanting someone in the open means risking the one thing Evan has always protected himself from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing seen without conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBare Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensual, body-aware slow-burn romance about desire without shame, intimacy without erasure, and the courage it takes to stand fully exposed-physically and emotionally-beside the person who chooses you back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Boyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242317314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Mark Boyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171471368447,"sku":"9798242317314","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bare-skin-mark-boyer-9798242317314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}