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Cocky
- Cocky Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Cocky
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Publisher's Summary
Faking a relationship with an injured hockey player had never been on Eliot's to-do list. When he's sent by his editor at Cocky to interview the newly out hockey legend Danny Harper, though, he gets a little more than he bargained for.
Eliot has been stuck writing a men's fashion and grooming column that no one reads since he started at Cocky - a men's lifestyle magazine - a year ago. Desperate to prove himself, he takes the assignment to interview Harper, even though he couldn't necessarily hold a hockey stick the right way up in an emergency.
Danny turns out to be nothing like he expected - a lonely man who's missed out on a lot by being in the closet rather than the overconfident jock Eliot expects him to be. As much as he doesn't want to be, Eliot finds himself drawn to the other man.
When Danny proposes they fake a relationship to improve his image, Eliot jumps at the chance - not only does he need the money, but his curiosity about Danny demands to be satisfied.
With Danny struggling to get through the season on a busted knee and Eliot digging up the story that could make his career, can the two of them admit their real feelings and find their happy ending?
Contains mature themes.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Wide Eyes, Big Ears!
- 12-05-2023
Not cocky enough for my taste …
‘Cocky’ was the buzzword in m/m romance a while back and although the magazine Eliot works for is called Cocky, it’s the only thing here that is. Veteran pro hockey player Danny Harper wants to come out and Cocky send their fashion blogger, Eliot, to do the interview. The men click and Danny approaches Eliot to act as his fake boyfriend to garner ‘family-friendly’ sponsorship deals. On the plus side, this wasn’t your usual closeted sportsman living in fear of being outed, it was your newly out sportsman living in fear of being exposed as carrying an injury and being a fake. It was pleasant enough and I liked Danny and Eliot but their relationship fell a little flat. I felt like there was lots of protracted manufactured worrying that kept sorting itself pretty easily. I didn’t really get the whole “I can’t seek treatment for my sports injury and I need to carry the whole team while wrecking my body” reasoning. Joel Leslie narrates the audiobook with his usual flair (currently free on the Audible Plus catalogue).
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