Vivian McKay loved her life in the States, but she’s finding a freedom in London she can’t deny. She’s studying and working with a mentor at McKay-Taggart and Knight. It’s exciting and fills something inside her, especially the covert ops work with MI6. She’s learning the art of espionage and intelligence work but from the safe confines of a comfy desk.
Until a mission goes wrong and she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous game she has no idea how to play.
Malcolm Mays spent a lot of time getting shot at in various parts of the world as a member of British Special Forces. After being forced to retire due to injuries, he signs on at McKay-Taggart and Knight. It’s a job for now while he finds a way to get back to where he belongs. He’ll make some money, heal and decide on how to spend the rest of his life. What he didn’t count on was meeting Vivian. She’s too young for him. Not merely in age but in experience. And yet he can’t stop thinking about her.
When Vivian’s life is threatened, Malcolm finds himself at a crossroads that could lead to happiness or the greatest danger he’s ever encountered.
From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a sizzling age-gap, forbidden MM romance about an FBI agent and the Camorra enforcer who thaws his frozen heart.
Tom
I know a secret that can destroy the most powerful crime organization in America.
For years, I’ve watched Enzo Ferrante get away with murder. Literally.
He’s slipped between the FBI’s fingers time after time, spreading terror and mayhem on the streets of New York, masked beneath a gorgeous face and elegant pedigree.
A sloppy error on his part results in an incident that unexpectedly binds us together.
Suddenly, I’m no longer the special agent who is thirsty for his blood.
I’m his savior. His god. The light in his pitch-black existence.
Now that I caught the social butterfly in my spider web, I’m never letting go.
He is about to taste the venomous kiss of betrayal as I put him and his entire family behind bars for the rest of their lives.
Because when the night falls, the Camorra’s enforcer crawls between my sheets and whispers all his sordid secrets in my ear.
Enzo Ferrante is completely and utterly mine, and nobody knows.
Leigh – you crushed it with this one! FREAKING LOVE THIS!!
Fallen Rook is Leigh’s first MM romance and left no crumbs! I am a huge MM and sapphic romance reader, so I was incredibly excited to read this one.
Enzo – oh my golden retrieve mafia enforcer – to see what you were hiding all this time. I absolutely adore this man. But his awakening moment – yea, that was when I loved him even more.
Tom – the cold, calculated man that just wants to get justice – you sir, are so much more than what you show people. These two, beautifully broken men are just what the other needed, but didn’t know it.
The chemistry and tension between Enzo and Tom is impossible to ignore. But what I loved most was how these two were able to give the other what no one else ever could – to be seen and loved for more than who they are. GAH! They were perfect for one another in so many ways.
Oh, and those spicy scenes are off-the-charts HOT!! Watching these two together – YES!!
LJ absolutely delivered perfection on Fallen Rook. It’s a phenomenal dark mafia MM Romance and one you absolutely MUST READ!!
Meet L.J. Shen:
L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been sold in twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and rowdier pets and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content. Connect with her on her website at www.authorljshen.com or on Instagram (@authorljshen), or join her Facebook group at http://goo.gl/QZJ0NC. Sign up for her newsletter at https://bit.ly/3LhsIrb, and text SHEN to 313131 to get new release alerts (United States only).
Two fake names and a simple agreement—one night only, wherever the moonshine takes us.
I don’t have time for the cool, older guy with wavy hair, a smile that makes me tingle, and who leaves my sheets smelling of Irish Spring. Even more so after I discover he’s the man on the other side of my family’s corporate battle. He’s my rival.
My focus is on the distillery that’s been in my family for four generations and our newest product. That’s where it needs to stay.
Problem is, the longer he’s around, the longer I want him to stay…to explore this chemistry between us. To make this fling last forever.
Brandt owns a competing brand and might be after something other than a picket-fence forever. I need to keep my guard up.
Finding that balance between rivals and lovers won’t be easy.
USA Today Best-Selling Claire Hastings is a walking, talking awkward moment. She loves Diet Coke, gummi bears, the beach, and books (obvs). When not reading she can usually be found hanging with friends at a soccer match or grabbing food (although she probably still has a book in her purse). She and her husband live in Atlanta.
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Tennessee Trouble is a really good start to Claire’s newest series.
This is a rivals-to-lovers romance that brings all the chemistry to the forefront and makes that rival tension even more delicious to watch.
The blurb is really all you need to know going into this one. Brandt and Lindee are after the same thing in business. But neither can deny the chemistry they feel after that one night – what happens if they choose to go for more?!?!
Claire writes this high chemistry story very well. I love that readers can see how both characters react to one another and their inner musings while they are working out where to go after that wild night and then seeing each other unexpectedly the next day.
The story flows really well and I enjoyed this one alot.
HIDING IN THE OUTFIELD by Lizzie C Koz — MM Teammate’s Brother Coming Out Pining Baseball Romance | Blog Tour
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HIDING IN THE OUTFIELD
by Lizzie C Koz
Series: Bridgeport Jetties: The Call-Up Years – Book 2
Release Date: September 17, 2026
Genre: MM Baseball Romance
Tropes: Teammate’s brother, found family, sex lessons / inexperienced hero / first times, soft redemption arc, touch starved / lonely boy hurt x comfort sad boy x sassy boy, yearning/longing/pining, boyfriend experience, nicknames, cooking as a love language
“No pressure either way,” I murmur. “Just opportunity. If you want it.”
I thought I was the one helping him. Giving him something.
How wrong I was.
FRANKIE
My brother’s teammate watches me when he thinks no one’s looking. But I’ve caught him, and I know exactly what’s hiding in those stormy blue eyes.
It’s not the first time a closeted guy has looked at me like I’m a problem he desperately wants to solve. And I’ll gladly let him. This Frankie fun-ride is at your service.
Temporarily.
Because like all rides, this one comes to an end. But everybody needs somewhere to land, and I don’t mind being that place for a while.
Make it a ride they won’t forget and on to the next.
Life has taught me I’m made for moments, not forever. And I know better than to fall for men who can’t choose me in the daylight.
I won’t ever make that mistake again.
JACKSON
My plan is simple: stay locked up tight until my baseball career is over.
I’m just another straight ballplayer in a straight world, keeping my head down. Because in my family, inside every locker room I’ve ever known—being gay isn’t an option.
Baseball is supposed to be enough. It has been.
Then Frankie Nebiolo walked in and offered me something I couldn’t resist.
A secret place to be myself in a way I’ve never risked before.
With him, I can finally breathe. I can finally want.
Except…the longer we’re together, the more painful hiding becomes.
Now I’m starting to wonder if I’d trade everything for the chance to stop pretending.
Lizzie C Koz is a writer of fast-paced stories full of heat that will have you fanning yourself, and humor that will have you spitting out your wine. She lives in New England in a fixer-upper with her husband, toddler, and Golden Retriever.
When she’s not writing, she’s likely trying to convince her husband to tackle yet another DIY project around the house.
Lizzie loves nothing more than falling into a romance book as an outlet, especially when she was struggling through postpartum with her son. Now, she hopes to provide that same escape and small slice of joy to others.
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YESSSSS!! This book was EVERYTHING!!
Frankie just became my favorite EVER!!
He and Jackson – perfection. GAH!!
I want to read this story all over again and just soak up all the deliciousness – both in and out of the bedroom.
Jackson, oh sweet Jackson. You are the redemption ARC I didn’t know I needed til this book.
Frankie!! He won me over with his outgoing personality but his compassion and deep understanding of Jackson won me over. I need Frankie as my best friend.
Lizzie, thank you for writing a story that is so relevant in today’s society. It’s raw, real and authentic in so many ways.
This story had me cracking up so much, made me deeply emotional and had me celebrating all the wins with them.
