Although he would normally stay out of other people’s confrontations, Stacy James steps in when someone calls an attractive young man at a car show a fag.  The resulting confrontation sends him fleeing before the guy he punched gets the idea to call the police.  The young man, Levi Wright, tags along. 

Stacy is fifteen years older than Levi, and events in his past make him leery of younger men.  Still, he’s attracted to Levi, who has issues of his own.  Can Stacy and Levi work out their problems and be together?

Shining Victory had a lot going for it.  I liked the older man / younger man angle, and Stacy’s past issue was something I hadn’t seen before.  I also sympathized with Levi.  Their interactions were hot.  The problems with Shining Victory, in my mind, were that it was told in first person, leaving me to guess at Levi’s motivations and feelings, and that the some of the dialogue (both internal and spoken) came across as stilted and unrealistic.  While lacking a bit of depth, Shining Victory is a read for when you’re in the mood for something quick and hot.