We are back with the Queer Collective with Forbidden Puckboy! This time we have a best friends little brother and referee/player trope! With all the cameos of the previous Puckboys that you could hope for to boot.
From the blurb:
Easton
You know what’s the worst feeling in the world? Being in love with someone since you were twelve years old, knowing they only see you as a little brother type.
Not even becoming an NHL star has made him realize I’m all grown up now.
All of that changes when I ask my brother’s best friend to ref a charity match and we spend an entire week in each other’s pocket.
Being close to him is torture, but for the first time since my adolescent crush started, I begin to feel hope. I swear Knox looks at me the same way I look at him. Or so I think. When I throw myself at him and get utterly rejected, I never want to see him again.
Yet, shaking him is impossible, because he and Connor are always around, and my older brother is suffocatingly protective. Every time I look at Knox, I’m reminded of how he turned me down.
Can’t I just die of embarrassment in peace?
Knox
The Kiki brothers are legendary in the NHL world. Thick as thieves, unstoppable on the ice, and the kind of family nothing can come between. Or so I thought.
For the last ten years, I’ve successfully hidden my feelings for the middle Kiki brother. Easton is snarky, determined, and the prettiest guy I’ve met. Ever since we stumbled across each other on a gay dating app and shared our secrets, I’ve felt a connection to him that I haven’t had with anything else.
But Connor is my best friend and when it comes to his little brothers, “protective” doesn’t cover it. I’m determined to take my feelings for Easton to the grave, but after a week in close proximity to him, my willpower is ready to break.
All it takes is one charity hockey match, a drunken night out, and a forbidden kiss for me to know that Easton Kikishkin is it for me.
And unless I want to lose Connor, Easton will never be mine.
Molly Otto's review:
The latest book in the Puckboys series has the middle Kiki brother wanting some independence from his overbearing older brother. Easton loves his older brother and hockey but is not exactly happy to be on his team and in his shadow and doesn't help he's loved Connor's best friend Knox since he can remember. Knox is loyal to a fault to Connor to the detriment of him and Easton, but when push comes to shove, it's time for him to try at his own happiness and independence from his best friend.
With this book, we get to visit the whole Queer Collective with their charity event! With some good and bad advice from our men, it's great to see these guys and how they've changed over the years. These guys don't exactly have an easy go at it since player/ref, but that's what makes it feel more real. They have to put in the work to make their relationship work. And let's just say I can't wait for the next book. Those two boys are going to either love or end the other, and I'm all for it!
Heather's Review:
It's time for a brother's best friend Puckboy story! The angst, the struggle, the pining is real y'all.. and then the kicker becomes Knox's job! I love that the book opens with the entire Queer Collecctive (to date) and a charity event and that it rolls down hill from there... I kind of wish this book had gone the woke up married route, but it was entirely satisfying once they figured out where they were going...
While you could read this book standalone, it really benefits from being the 7th book in the Puckboys series and the inside jokes and side characters will really show their rainbow spectrum off if you know the past stories! I can't wait to see what happens in the next edition!
Forbidden Puckboy is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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Release Date: September 19, 2024
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Model: Gustavo L.
Genre: M/M Sports Romance Standalone
Trope: Brother's best friend, forbidden relationship, ref/hockey player, conflict of interest, sibling drama, collective palooza
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Eden Finley is an Amazon bestselling author who writes steamy contemporary romances that are full of snark and light-hearted fluff.
She doesn't take anything too seriously and lives to create an escape from real life for her readers. The ideas always begin with a wackadoodle premise, and she does her best to turn them into romances with heart.
With a short attention span that rivals her son's, she writes multiple different pairings: MM, MMF, and MF.
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Saxon James unapologetically writes happy endings for LGBT+ characters.
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