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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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When rivalries turn into smooching.

January 29, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

Well, I’m not quite to the level of reading all this author’s stuff (it is very aggressively male, which I can tolerate in a sports romance, but I’m not sure about elsewhere). But I am very much in for the rest of this series. I hope it’s longer than three books. This time around, we follow Simeon Boudreaux, who we met last book as one of Gavin Brawley’s best (only) friends and teammates on the Barons, a fake New York professional football team. Simeon is a […]

Filed Under: Romance, Sports Tagged With: down by contact, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, romance, santino hassell, sports romance, the barons

narfna's CBR10 Review No:13 · Genres: Romance, Sports · Tags: down by contact, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, romance, santino hassell, sports romance, the barons ·
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“There was something reassuring about the realness of outright hostility.”

January 18, 2018 by narfna 13 Comments

I mean, this was definitely Written By A Man. This is a sports romance between a famously aggressive NFL player (Gavin, bisexual and in the closet) who is under house arrest for a brawl that was caught on camera, and the personal assistant (Noah, openly gay former social worker) he hires to help him manage his life while he can’t leave his house. There is much personality clashing, discussion of power dynamics, class issues, football, and sex. It is smart, also, and doesn’t give two […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: football romance, LGBTQIA, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, romance, santino hassell, sports romance

narfna's CBR10 Review No:8 · Genres: Romance · Tags: football romance, LGBTQIA, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, romance, santino hassell, sports romance ·
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