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Perfect Storm

Toronto Thunder, Book 1

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By: Beth Bolden
Narrated by: Darcy Stark
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When the sexy little brother of Aidan’s best friend suggests a hookup pact, it's the perfect storm for a bi-awakening . . .

Toronto Thunder quarterback Aidan Flynn always believed he was straight, until his close friend and favorite wide receiver signs with a team across the country. Distance opens his eyes and unlocks a desire he can’t deny. Even if his feelings aren’t returned, Aidan still wants to learn more about this part of himself.

Frustrated and a little heartbroken, the last thing he expects is for his crappy mood to get called out by his best friend’s little brother. Or for Levi to offer, on one drunken night, a pact: if Aidan never gets together with his guy, Levi will show him everything he’s been missing—and wanting—in bed.

It’s a stupid promise, fueled by booze and heartbreak, and Aidan expects that Levi will never call him on it.

Except Levi does. He shows up at Aidan’s house in Toronto less than two months later, not only willing to fulfill his side of the pact, but now signed to the Thunder as Aidan’s new right tackle. Aidan assumes it’ll be easy to get rid of him, but Levi is charming and persistent, and he not only ends up living in Aidan’s house, but sleeping in Aidan’s bed.

It’s easy and fun and the best hookup Aidan’s ever had in his whole life. It’s so good, in fact, Aidan starts to experience feelings he believed were long gone, traded away with his friend. Maybe with Levi in his life, love isn’t such a lost cause, after all.

They’re great on the field and between the sheets. But when Aidan’s past returns, he must decide whether Levi also has a place in his heart.

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Love the turnabout here from the situation/characters from The Star! This is a BFF's little brother romance, except in this case, Levi isn't all that little! This was a good forced proximity + teammates to lovers book.. I enjoyed this start to the series! It was fun to get some cameos and especially a glimpse of RAMSEY and maybe his future! And who wouldn't love the combo of a crush + pining + a s*x pact??? Thoroughly enjoyed. Can't wait to read more in this series!

Audiobook update: Darcy Stark came back to narrate this book and did his usual good job with handling all the different characters and giving them distinct voices and bringing out their personalities.

BFF's little brother (but her's bigger, haha)

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Thanks to Beth for this ARC!
The story line was entertaining.
The characters were confused, and driven, at the same time.
The narrator did a good job but Levi’s accent was a little ‘over the top.’

How Many Football Player On a Team?

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New Review! Perfect Storm (Toronto Thunder #1) by @bethboldenauthor as narrated by Darcy Stark

I’ll just say this very loudly. When I found out that there was an entire football series by Beth set IN Canada I was f*cking BESIDE myself with excitement!

So truly you cannot go wrong by starting this series. Plus both the MMCs are SO FREAKING STELLAR

Okay so we have Aidan the QB1 of Toronto hosting a LITERAL pity party at his summer cottage in Michigan with his RL brother the QB1 of the Condors, Riley Flynn and his BF Landry Banks (TE for the Condors) and his lil bro (who isn’t so lil in RL) who plays right tackle for Seattle.

While Riley and Landry are all 😍 together, Levi notices how miserable Aidan is and has him spill the beans. Turns out he had a Longterm crush on his former receiver, told him how he felt and it was not reciprocated WOMP WOMP

Now Aidan has outed himself, AND feels like he’ll never hook up with a dude and feel good about himself ever again.

Levi the got dang weirdo that he is, makes him agree to a Seggs pact that if Aidan hasn’t hooked up with anyone in a year, he’ll be his first and give him experience with a guy… judgement free.

Well, fugg him sideways cause now aidan is thinking about possibilities with the giant seggsy himbo, Levi.

But he’s drunk and sad and that’s not a good time to hookup, but they could flirt…. And ooops they kissed; and it was… great??!

Before Aidan can explore anything more at the cottage Levi has to bail and then his life goes back to TO. Except a month later he gets a call. Levi’s been traded. To TO. Which is bad. Cause he hadn’t stopped thinking about Levi.

And Landry is sending him to live with Aidan. WHICH IS WORSE. And Aidan is going to be totally normal about this.

Except Levi crashes into his home looking like a snack, bigger than life and crushing on Aidan hard. HE IS ONLY HUMAN.

Of course Aidan c*cks it up the only way he can. By being grumpy and uncertain but Levi is the bratty flirty gymbo who sees right through that act. Together their story is perfect and so sweet and seggsy.

Phenomenal series starter

5 stars
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Phenomenal series starter

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awww, this was cuuuute.

Aiden and Levi had 0 chances of not ending up together after that pact they made back at the cabin and the universe only wanted to speed the things up a bit, no biggie.

In the end all ended up as it was supposed to end up and I loved how drama free this book actually was.

It is also a slow burn so if you enjoy those then Aiden and Levi's story is for you.

I can't wait to read about the rest of the Toronto Thunder guys... all I can say is that I wish I'd knew there were two series before this one, but it is ok, I'll go back.

4.25

so sweet and so cute

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A little bit heartbroken and a bit jaded, Aidan is left wanting as he feels he has lost an opportunity to explore facets of himself.
When drunken confessions lead to secret pacts with his best friends brother, he didn’t expect Levi to honour the pact they had made.
When Levi lands on his door, Aidan gains a roommate, teammate and a bedmate who opens his eyes and life to new experiences.

An age gap, best friends brother romance, forced proximity, low angst story with football and family in the plot.
Darcy Stark does a good job with the narration. It takes a while to warm up to the timber of voice but overall it’s an enjoyable listen.

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