Playing for Keeps (Glasgow Lads Book 1), by Avery Cockburn
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Playing for Keeps (Glasgow Lads Book 1), by Avery Cockburn
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Rule One: No Drama!
Fergus Taylor is damaged goods. Reeling from a brutal breakup, he’s determined to captain his LGBT soccer team out of scandal and into a winning season. For that, he needs strict rules and careful plans. He does NOT need a brash, muscle-bound lad messing with his head and setting his body afire. John Burns has a rule of his own: Don’t get attached. Boyfriends are for guys with nothing to hide. Nobody—not his university mates, not the men he beds—knows his family’s shame. Now his double life is starting to unravel, thanks to a certain Highlander whose storm-riddled eyes turn John inside out, who wears a kilt like he was born in it. Fergus is the first man John wants to share his secret with—but he’s the last man who could handle it. John knows the truth would shatter Fergus’s still-fragile heart. But how can he live a lie when he’s falling in love? Note: The Glasgow Lads series contains dirty talk with a Scottish accent, naughty bits of a gay nature, and characters who call soccer “football.” Approximately 95,000 words/325 pages
Glasgow Lads series
More Warriors are on the way! The series features a recurring cast of teammates, but each book contains its own stand-alone romance, so they can be read in any order. - Play On, Duncan & Brodie novella - Playing for Keeps, Fergus & John novel - Playing to Win, Colin & Andrew novel - Play It Safe, Fergus & John short story - Playing with Fire, Liam and Robert novel - Colin & Andrew short story, Spring 2016 - Evan & Ben novel, Summer 2016 - Liam & Robert short story, Autumn 2016 More to come in 2017!
Playing for Keeps (Glasgow Lads Book 1), by Avery Cockburn - Amazon Sales Rank: #43792 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-17
- Released on: 2015-06-17
- Format: Kindle eBook
Playing for Keeps (Glasgow Lads Book 1), by Avery Cockburn Review John and Fergus share a palpable chemistry. They're caring of one another, aware, and definitely horny. They're also both taken by surprise with this unexpected connection they feel, and they both suffer times of uncertainty as to the viability of it all...I highly recommend this book and this author's writing. This is definitely a new-to-me author success!--Lirtle, Prism Book Alliance®Fergus' legs may be the most talented body part when it comes to the soccer field, but off the field, I think it's John's tongue hands down. Not only can that tongue put anyone at ease (he's a natural charmer with everyone he meets), but that wicked tongue created one of the most memorably erotic scenes I've had the pleasure to read (Aye!) following shortly after one of the most memorably awkward.--Wendy, Hearts on Fire ReviewsI really loved this book and it should appeal to a number of different tastes. This is first and foremost a sport-based romance. Add into that anyone who, like me, loves just about anything Scottish...In short: I really, really, really, really, need to read the rest of this series.--Prime, MM Good Book Reviews
From the Author A wee excerpt from Chapter Five. John and Fergus are lying in bed after a rather...awkward first encounter: John gazed at him, then broke into a wide smile. "Hey, look. When we're horizontal, we're the same height." "Then we should be horizontal together more often." Fergus regretted the words as soon as he uttered them. He was coming on too strong. Perhaps that was why John had panicked to begin with. Hesitation flickered over John's face, then vanished like a ghost. "We should." He reached out and slowly swept his finger over Fergus's collarbone, eyes following its journey up and down the V. "Sorry about my, erm, malfunction earlier. I guess I wasn't ready." "Don't apologize. When you asked me to dinner, I assumed nothing. When I invited you over, I assumed nothing. Though you were pretty clear about what you wanted." John grimaced. "Too bad I'm all talk." He touched Fergus's chin and met his eyes. "I hope it's okay if we take things slow." Fergus reminded himself to breathe as that gaze threatened to drown him. "I can do slow if you can do slow." "Oh, I can do slow." He traced Fergus's mouth with one fingertip. "Shall I prove it?" Fergus hoped the parting of his lips was a sufficient reply, because he couldn't speak for the desire rising in him again. John eased forward and kissed him, so softly Fergus could feel his breath caress the chapped, sunburned places on his own lips. Then he gently pressed Fergus onto his back. "I'm gonnae make you come," John whispered. "In about an hour." Fergus glanced at the clock: 10:55 p.m. "An hour? Are you serious?" "Shh. You'll see." John kissed him so slowly, carefully, artfully, that Fergus began counting the minutes, for he'd already grown hard as granite. But then he let himself just exist in this moment and feel every press of John's lips, every sweep of his tongue, every tug of his teeth. John moved to kiss his nose, lashes, brows, cheeks, chin, always returning to Fergus's mouth. Then he continued lower, covering every inch, reminding Fergus of all the sensitive places on his body he'd forgotten. Like how a tongue twirling inside his navel could make him gasp, and that he was more ticklish on the left side of his ribs than the right. After a dreamlike eternity, John pulled back the covers, then settled between Fergus's legs, where he kissed and nipped his inner thighs, fingertips swirling over the backs of his knees. All of this should have tickled too, but instead it made Fergus feel dazzlingly alive. Never had his skin seemed so connected to the nerves deep inside him.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. I thoroughly enjoyed this story set in Glasgow By M. Levy What a very pleasant surprise by "new to me" author Avery C.. I thoroughly enjoyed this story set in Glasgow, Scotland, which means we get ALL of the Scottish and even Irish brogue you can handle. In fact, I can see some narrow minded people even complain about it.Anyway, I found this Scottish version of West Side story very entertaining and eye opening. I look forward to the next installment!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Lovely! By starsaga This was a lovely read. For a first novel, this plot line was interesting but busy as if often the case. The romance was sometime buried among the non-romance issues, politics, religion, sports and sexuality, all were addressed here and it made the book clunky to read. Another new-author problem here was that the buildup of the romance did not happen, as I read I had the sense that perhaps there was an intro to the story and setting that was missing. What I did love about this book (and the reason I gave it 4 stars not 3) was that Fergus and John seemed to be really nice, genuinely sweet men, that were incredibly attracted to one another and that shone through.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. even the most conventional tale of love and redemption becomes a journey By Ulysses Dietz When a romance story puts you someplace unfamiliar, and offers you an array of characters who are unlike anyone you know, even the most conventional tale of love and redemption becomes a journey.The first of her “Glasgow Lads” series, Avery Cockburn’s “Playing for Keeps” shows us a side of Scotland that few travelers ever see. This book is full of barriers: the barriers gay football (soccer) players face in the amateur leagues that form a crucial social element in Scotland’s life; the barriers Scots-Irish Catholics face in a country whose Protestant majority is sometimes still deeply tied to the anti-Catholic movement in Northern Ireland; the barriers LGBT refugees from homophobic nations face when confronted with unfeeling UK government policies and uncaring bureaucracy; and finally, the social and economic barriers that underemployed blue-collar Glaswegians face in a country where industry is declining. This is still the Glasgow of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, but it’s not what tourists see. And that’s what makes this story special and vivid.Fergus Taylor, country-raised and highly educated, is still reeling from the deceit and betrayal of his ex. John Burns, born and schooled in Glasgow’s toughest neighborhood, is smarting from the constant pressure of his father to participate in the anti-Catholic Orange Man walks. The football pitch becomes a place where these two men find each other unhindered by the barriers that, off the pitch, threaten to impede their paths to happiness, individually or together.Cockburn gives us marvelous Glaswegian patois and an insider’s look at gay life in the UK’s unromantic industrial north. She focuses on Fergus and John, but surrounds them with wonderful, funny, loving, sometimes difficult people. She presents a challenging social reality and doesn’t take the easy way out.The sex is integral and passionate, interwoven with the burgeoning emotional ties these two men develop for each other. There is the usual m/m romanctic emphasis on beautiful bodies and ample endowment (pause to roll my eyes), but that is balanced by the richly detailed personalities of both Fergus (a redhead too boot, swoon) and John. Cockburn gives the romance reader what he/she wants, but also gives us a chance to expand our experience of the world and understand something new.I’ve already bought the second book in this series, which focuses on two other characters who were significant sideline players in this book. That’s the way to sell your work.
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