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Dominic Ramos is a Premiership football player with a secret. There are no trophies for being gay in his game. Locked into his rep as the meanest defender on the pitch, keeping his secret is soul-crushing, but love has no place in his sport, even if his soft heart craves it.

Lucky Coleman is on his knees when he meets a man with more money than sense. It's a Grindr hook-up for cash, not a love match, but dreaming of his desperate, kind eyes earns a place amongst his numerous bad habits.

Meeting once was risky, twice pushes Dom's courage to the limit. Losing Lucky seems inevitable, but his tight grip on his image counts for nothing when Lucky starts to fall.

Catching him could cost Dom everything, but if he can set his heart free, getting Lucky long term might be a risk worth taking.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Garrett Leigh (P)2019 Tantor Literature & Fiction Romance Money Sports Heartfelt
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I loved it, after reading ‘CASH’ I looked for more by the author, just finish ‘LUCKY’❤️ and I’m back looking… it’s like watching the first series of ‘BRIDGETON’!
Well done lads (Garrett Leigh & Shaun Grindell)
& thank you

Brilliant!

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I completely enjoyed this book. The angst Dom goes through struggling with his need to stay in the closet. meeting Lucky turns his world upside down in a good way leading to him questioning if this is the way it has to be. Lucky is such a complex character. I found the story gripping wanting the them to get a HEA.
The narration by Shaun Grindell is superb. He completely captured both Dom an Lucky for me. His voice completely suits this story. I hope he narrates Cash when (if) it comes out. Can’t wait.

Terrific book and Narration

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Celebrity Footballer
Grinder hook-up

This was pretty great. Far more emotional than I thought it was going to be. To be honest I wasn’t really expecting anything. I picked this book based on the author; essentially a whim.

Both MCs are struggling in their own way and find their footing as the book progresses. I would say it’s got quite the hurt/comfort vibe.

I never tired of the story and I was pretty happy with how it all wrapped up in the end.

Only real critique. I wished it had been dual narration. The MCs sounded close enough that it took the first half of the book for my brain to register the chapter switches.

Hookup to friends (kinda) to lovers

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definitely worth a listen, but it was a mixed bag for me...

I found Lucky to be a bit annoying at times, Dom was a bit too hard-headed & unnecessarily rude to far too many people.

TBPH, I enjoyed the story, but I can't say that I really bought their love. It kinda seemed like Lucky was more the only available option as Dom was so closeted rather than because Dom truly fell in love with Lucky.

I kinda liked the ending at the same time that it was more a HFN than an HEA, but it's still a good read.

It touches on a lot of heavy subjects & I live in the UK & as the UK is usually a lot more open minded about sexuality to a certain extent, I became curious & Googled how many openly gay football players there were & I was shocked to find that currently there's only ONE 😵 which can only mean that there are a lot of closeted football players, as odds dictates that it's highly improbable that there aren't more gay players, but I'm guessing that them being wary of coming out has more to do with the hooligan aspect of football fandom rather than lack of acceptance from the general public, but it's still a sad that football players can't openly be themselves!

a mixed bag

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I enjoyed the book. I felt for Dom feeling that he would never be able to be himself and Lucky and everything he experienced throughout his life, though I didn't understand why Lucky didn't come clean to Dom sooner about what he knew. The narrator was decent but there were times when I had difficulty knowing whether it was Dom or Lucky speaking. Also, when Dom spoke, I thought he sounded older than 26 years old. I still liked the book and thought the narrator did a good job overall.

Good book

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