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Playing Dirty

by Ce Ricci

Rivalry at home and on the field

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Rivalry at home and on the field

Madden Hastings is both the captain of Blackmore’s baseball team and the narrator’s new stepbrother, bringing a university rivalry into a newly blended family. The conflict shifts from open dislike toward attraction, leaving the narrator caught between loyalty to the team and a relationship with a former enemy. The publisher also notes a capture-the-flag contest as part of this college sports romance. The book is the fourth standalone installment in a five-book series, and its description states that it is intended for adults.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in LGBTQ+ gay romance.
  • Readers who enjoy college sports romance and rivalries that become romantic entanglements.
  • Those looking for a standalone installment within a connected five-book series.

Themes

University and sports rivalryBlended family tensionsForbidden attractionLoyalty and romantic choice

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Book overview

Our rivalry formed long before we became siblings.

 

Madden Hastings has been my nemesis since the day we met.

A divide was born from the age-old rivalry between our universities,

but this year, another layer developed. It became personal.

Because the captain of Blackmore's baseball team?

He's also my new step brother.

My disdain for the sudden blending of our families leads to more conflict,

and despite their efforts to force us together, coexisting proves impossible.

But something else starts burning beneath my bitterness and resentment;

an attraction as unexpected as it is potent.

And when the chemistry becomes too powerful to deny,

our already complicated relationship gets even messier.

Because a forbidden fling is one thing, but falling for the enemy?

It forces me into a choice I never wanted to make.

One between loyalty to my team, or the love of my life.

 

*Playing Dirty is the fourth in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two rivalry-fueled step brothers, a cut-throat game of capture the flag, and sexual tension that oozes off the page. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*

 

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