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To the casual observer, Paulie Banks lives the perfect life. After all, he's young, handsome and rich. But Paulie has a secret.

Thanks to fate and his own lack of good sense, 18-year-old Danny Shay is headed into what looks to be the worst summer of his life.

Welcome to the Belladonna Arms, a rundown little apartment building perched atop a hill in downtown San Diego, home to the city’s lost and lovelorn.

Dating is hard enough.

Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole.

Dillard Brown has a mother who's determined he's straight, a writing career that’s going nowhere and, at 30, he’s never been in love in his life.