Big Nick just needs enough dough to skip his dead-end town. By night, the brawny blond walks the notorious strip known as The Block, hoping to earn cash and maybe more in the backseats of passing cars. Then a stranger makes him an offer he can't refuse.

Nick's got big-city dreams larger than the bulge in his jeans. When a Manhattan magazine reporter asks for his help with a profile on the red light district and the men who work there, Nick sees his way out?even though the other hustlers warn him that a print exposé could put them all, and The Block, at risk.

The big-muscled jock finally allows the reporter to tag along while he extracts cash from his clients. What begins as journalism quickly flames into obsession and into something Nick hopes is mutual desire. But on a street of shadows and shifting allegiances, which man holds the real power?and which is the pawn?