Possession Pointe

by Leigh Jarrett

Marc Tucker and Adam O'Neill typically wouldn't have crossed paths due to their vastly different career choices. Marc has been playing professional football for the past two years, straight out of college, while Adam has been honing his craft since he was nine years old; when his mother bought him his first pair of ballet shoes.


Mandatory training for the offensive players on Marc's team finds him in a ballet studio for the very first time in his life. The coach has told them it will improve their flexibility and agility, but Marc isn't the least bit impressed with the idea until he catches sight of their new ballet master. Adam's beautiful lines and lean muscular presence have Marc's body warming up in all the right places, but has Marc made a seriously misplaced assumption about Adam's potential interest in him?


Content Information: This book contains graphic depictions of male/male sexual practices, graphic language and other content that some readers may find objectionable, including Christian teachings in regards to homosexuality, discussions of gay rights in the United States and mental illness; in particular BPD.

Genres: M M Romance

115 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2012

About the author

Leigh Jarrett (she/he) is a queer, bigender author based in Victoria, British Columbia. They write MM+ contemporary romance, blending heartwarming happily-ever-afters with emotionally intense stories that explore trauma, identity, and healing.

Leigh's work often features underrepresented characters, including autistic and older protagonists, and focuses on themes of found family, resilience, and authentic queer love.

Their popular Salish Sea Society series is set on Canada's rugged west coast and showcases inclusive, deeply human connections.

With over a decade of indie publishing experience and more than two dozen titles to their name, Leigh is committed to telling meaningful, diverse stories that reflect the richness of the LGBTQ2IA+ experience.

Outside of writing, Leigh enjoys exploring Vancouver Island with their wife and building direct connections with readers through Bluesky.

Reviews

[Heather♥ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm sorry but I just couldn't get into this one. I liked football player Marc because he was so sweet and patient, but dancer Adam was harder for me to like or to even understand. He started off so condescending and to learn that he had cheated on both his ex-wives without any apparent remorse did not help me warm up to him. Then he had a major freak out at his attraction to Marc because it was just WRONG and he simply couldn't do it. He kept saying he couldn't be gay (even though he knew the majority of male dancers were, so it's not like it would have been a big deal to anyone else). Then after knowing Marc for a very short time he decided it was OK after all to be with him because he was in love, which was followed by Marc acting stupid after Adam's declaration of love (even though Marc felt the same way and acted way more lovey-dovey). But the nail in the coffin for me was Adam's behavior with his female roommate. Explain to me how his lesbian roommate (who had a girlfriend) could enthusiastically give Adam a blow job, supposedly so Adam would know what a dick tasted like. Um, shouldn't Adam have been the one blowing a GUY (preferably Marc) to figure that one out? The whole thing just seemed wrong, especially since Adam had just told Marc he had a platonic relationship with Kelsey. Adam jacked off in front of her too. Are there no boundaries between these people? And is it common for dance troupes to rehearse naked? I was just shaking my head at that one.

[Gavin Stephenson-Jackman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two of the most unlikely men ever. Marc's coach insists that some of his players take ballet to improve their flexibility and agility. Adam has recently moved to the area to take a role in a production and to earn a little extra is teaching ballet. There are issues with their attraction to each other as Adam has to get past decades of religious indoctrination that has led him to deny his identity. Marc needs to see that Adam is different from his last boyfriend and acknowledge the love he feels. Overall a very great story but there are some very rough shifts in time and space that don't make a lot of sense because there is no transition between them. It becomes quite jarring at times.

[Da'ad · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason it's two stars is because it started out so wonderfully. Then the Insta-love set in, and the mush and the many anticlimactic moments, and it went to crap. Too many stupid things about this for me to go into it so I'll leave it at 'waste of time'.