The opening paragraph of the blurb sold me!
A funny, sexy, opposites-attract romance between two college students — one an anxious, autistic virgin who has never been away from home before, and the other an easy-going hockey player with some well-concealed self-doubts. As long as you don’t call it a relationship, you don’t have to talk about your feelings, right?
*happy sigh* That checks a lot of boxes, right!?
Here are some of my favorite snippets (everything is from PJ’s POV):
I picked this one because I can relate so hard to it. I even majored in math. 😬
Even compared to other math majors, PJ was bad at talking to strangers.
I defy you not to want to give poor PJ a hug after reading this one:
PJ wasn’t that short—five feet eight if he stood up straight. For some reason, though, people called him “little” a lot. Especially “that little weirdo.”
Aw, sending another virtual hug to poor awkward PJ!
“There’s a laundry in the basement. I’ll lend you a shirt for now.”
“Thanks.” He couldn’t wear his clothes into the shower, could he? That would be Weird and he was not supposed to be Weird. His mother and teachers were always reminding him about Not Being Weird, although sooner or later—usually sooner—the other kids always looked at him funny and said accusingly, “You’re Weird.” Giant hadn’t said it yet, and PJ wanted to put it off as long as possible.
And how can we not fall in love with Giant after this!?
“Can I help?”
“You don’t have pants.”
“Oh, right. Sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize. I was at least half responsible for your clothes getting dirty.”
PJ felt his face and crotch grow warmer. “I didn’t mind,” he muttered.
Giant grinned. “I noticed you not minding.”
Because it made me LOL. And BTW, if you haven’t watched that movie, do so ASAP so you won’t miss all the references/quotes that pop up everywhere:
“What’s the Princess Bride?”
“Are you shitting me?”
Because… *happy sigh*
Giant tugged the blankets over them and curled around Pidge, squishing him to his chest like Pidge used to do with his teddy before his mother said he was too old to sleep with a stuffed animal. Pidge folded his arms around Giant’s arm. It was somehow cuddly despite not being soft. This is what cozy means, he thought, and fell asleep.
Blurb
A funny, sexy, opposites-attract romance between two college students — one an anxious, autistic virgin who has never been away from home before, and the other an easy-going hockey player with some well-concealed self-doubts. As long as you don’t call it a relationship, you don’t have to talk about your feelings, right?
PJ is socially awkward to the degree that he never expects to have a relationship or “normal” life. Everything other than math makes him feel stupid, and trying to fit in with the party crowd only results in him getting embarrassingly drunk at Giant’s apartment. He doesn’t have the first idea how to ask someone out — especially not someone popular and hot.
Giant is having lots of fun but doesn’t know what he’s doing with his life. A working-class kid with an unexpected athletic scholarship, he feels stupid and low-class compared to most of his classmates. He’s had plenty of one-night-stands but none of them ever seem to see him as boyfriend material. When the cute nerd who somehow ends up in his bed asks to see him again, he can’t think of any reason to say no.
As they spend more time together, not all of it in bed, both men start to fall in love, but neither wants to risk ending what they have by asking questions about their relationship. Then they go home for Thanksgiving and familial opposition forces them to put their feelings about each other, and themselves, into words, and make choices about their future together.
But do they want the same things?
Info/Links
GENRE: Gay Erotic Romance
LENGTH: Novel / 81,420 Words / 301 Pages
RATING: 4 Flames
July 31 is the final day to get this lovely ebook for 50% off at Smashwords or 12% off at JMS Books.
When pulling links, I noticed the ebook was only 99¢ on Kindle. As of the time of this scheduling on July 30th that’s the price, but I haven’t seen anything to indicate for how long.
