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| The Riptide Book 3 |
Spencer’s deep in the Red Zone and it’s time to even the score. Nine years ago Spencer Evans became the first player out of the closet to be drafted into the NFL. Everyone believed he had aspirations to change the world but all Spencer ever wanted to do was play football for a team that accepted him wholeheartedly. But they never would, and Spencer began to conceal all the parts that made him different. When a terrible injury forces him to re-evaluate his life and his choices, he realizes there’s only one man who can help him.
The very first gay sports agent, Alec Mitchell has given his life and his career to making queer athletes’ dreams come true. He can’t help but think of Spencer as the one who got away—professionally and personally. Alec thought he’d buried his desperate longing for Spencer ages ago but it turns out it was just lying dormant, waiting for the right spark. When he begs Alec to take him on as a client, everything they’ve been burying for years surfaces once again.
With Alec’s help, Spencer can change everything about his life he’s come to hate. An extraordinary future—and an undeniably extraordinary man—are waiting for him. The play has been called. All he has to do is catch the ball and score.
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
Alec and Spencer have been circling one another for a very long nine years. Starting with Alec wanting to take on Spencer as a client and then leading to wanting to be way more than friends. But Alec has never let himself cross that line. He knew he was in trouble the moment he met Spencer and never wanted to be just a hook up and forgotten later. Better to play it safe and never let it get that far. And for Spencer he always wanted Alec even when he wasn’t ready to have him as an agent but it never seemed he could convince Alec. Though when he looks back of the years and what he has endured as a gay man in the NFL, he realizes that maybe it wasn’t the right time. But everything is about to change. Finished with the treatment he has endured over his career, he will not play another season of football unless it is for another team. A team he hopes is the Riptide. And the only way to do that is to ask for Alec’s help. So he storms into his office and gets rejected. For now. Alec has always known the dangers that would be Spencer entering his life and now when he is in reach he is scared to take hold. But it doesn’t take long for Alec to give in and help Spencer with his career and with the changes Spencer wants to make in his personal life. Spencer wants to change and be who he truly is and Alec can help him. They’ll slowly come to turns that the other has been deeply in love with them right back. And when they finally give in and admit their feelings? It is everything. I adored their story! Alec has always been this tough as nails agent and to see him in love was just too sweet. And for Spencer to never really give himself a chance to be out and love who he wants, specifically Alec, it’s something he wished he was ready for a long time ago. Great series! It’s been a lot of fun reading the football centric series from this world. And every time I read a book, I learn it’s just part of the world Beth created. Which means I have lots more series to read!
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