Book 4 in the Goliaths of Wrestling series is a bit of a departure from Mayne's usual fair, but no less entertaining!!
From the False Comeback blurb:
High Lord Crossbody
I’ve given up a lot to pursue a career in professional wrestling, and I’m not going to have it all derailed by an uncouth ghoul with a huge chip on his shoulder, who decided he disliked me for no reason on his very first day at Goliaths.
Vince Burke has been the thorn in my side for five long years, but things have taken a turn for the worse. The management is threatening to get involved. I refuse to let Burke take the life I’ve worked so hard to build from me, so I try to be on my best behaviour at work, but something about him just gets to me. He consumes my thoughts. I can’t stand him.
And when something happens between us that leaves me feeling completely unmoored, I find myself thinking about him constantly. He’s taken all the control, and I need to get it back. Because I liked it too much, and I can’t let myself feel that way about him.
Vince “Rolling Rimmer” Burke
I love everything about my job as a professional wrestler at Goliaths of Wrestling, an underground supernatural wrestling organisation. I love the showmanship. The costumes. The crowds. The ring and the arena. My co-workers.
Well, except one.
High Lord Crossbody, the royal fae who’s an actual prince, is a pompous snob and a pain in my backside. Everything about him rankles me—his clipped drawl, his disdainful sneer, his stupid long legs and eerily perfect face and sultry hooded eyes…
I hate everything about him. I do. So when our mutual dislike boils over in a very public argument, then explodes into something even hotter and completely inappropriate, I’m left confused and even more annoyed.
Because now I want him. And I hate that I want him.
Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:
"Is this what you want? You want me to put you in your fucking place, your highness?"
OMG. I think these two may be my favorite of the series!! The enemies to lovers portion lasted quite a bit of the storyline which is just totally my jam. And the hate sex. DEAR GODDESS the hate sex. It was spicy AF 🔥🔥. I didn't think High Lord Crossbody had it in him, but as soon as Vince got him into his dominant clutches Crossbody turned to putty in his hands. These two were kinky little fuckers.
"Apparently, being in love made me really fucking horny."
So how did these two go from loathing each other to the point where they ended up the topic of discussion at Wrestler's Court? Well, they actually got to freaking know each other!! All this time both Vince and Crossbody have been basing their opinion of the other on their personal assumptions. Vince grew up poor without a ton of familial support, so someone who is known fae royalty who likely grew up with riches and servants was automatically a snob in his book. He fell prey to his own misconceptions about the type of person Crossbody would be and he never let Crossbody forget it. If I was Crossbody I'd feel animosity towards Vince too for his part in it all.
Imagine Vince's surprise when once he gets to know Crossbody he learns there is so much more going on than what his face gives away. Growing up a royal fae, Crossbody had to learn to school his features to never betray his emotions. Not doing so would be seen as a weakness. Fae politics is definitely not for the faint of heart. I loved when not only did Vince begin to realize how wrong he'd been about Crossbody, but he started to become more and more protective of him too. And not long after that protectiveness gave way to possessiveness and man, I was so here for it.!!
I do have to mention how intriguing I found the new wrestlers and how absolutely hilarious I found the shenanigans involving the Incubus motel worker. I'm even giggling now as I write this thinking of Vince when he worried the guy was chillin with a newspaper with eye holes cut out of it while watching them. There were so many more funny moments that when I got to the end and realized who he was destined to be I almost yelled out loud! Let's just say book 5 cannot come soon enough ;) !!!
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