Danny Fortunato seemed to have it all. He was cute, funny, sexy, smartùthe hottest go-go boy in West Hollywood. When he danced on stage, all eyes were upon him and all men desired him. But something always kept Danny from ever really believing he was the golden boy that others said he was...a secret that he'd carried with him ever since he was a teenager.

Twenty years later, living in Palm Springs, Danny is celebrating his 41st birthdayùalthough ôcelebratingö might not be the right word for how he feels about his life today. To the outside world, he's still golden: he still has his looks, and he still loves Frank, his boyfriend of nearly two decades. But something is missing in his life. Passion. Romance. Adventure. The same something that's been missing ever since that day when he turned fourteen, when his sister Becky disappeared and his whole world flipped upside-down.

Now into Danny's life walks a gorgeous young bartender named Kelly, who becomes for Danny an obsession, an object of desire and fascination. But Kelly's indifference to this onetime golden boy only confirms what Danny secretly believes: that heÆs ôvanishingö into thin airùlike his sister, so long ago.

As he reflects on his angst-ridden childhoodùthe shattering of his family, the sex and drugs of his youth as one of L.A.Æs most coveted boy toysùDanny begins to recognize certain patterns. Somewhere along the way, he gave up on his dreamsùnot only of becoming an actor, but his very lust for life.

And yetùall thatÆs about to change, when a surprising, agonizing connection with Kelly sends Danny on a soul-searching quest to reclaim the things he has loved and lost.

Filled with unforgettable warmth, incorrigible humor, and irresistible charm, Object of Desire takes readers through three milestone eras in one manÆs lifeùhis youth in the 1970s, his days of abandon in the 1980s, and his more sober, reflective exist...