Falling for a Straight Jock

by Dane Beau

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Caleb has one Rule… No more Straight men. Ever since Caleb caught his ex Bradley cheating with a female, he vowed that he would never be friends with or date jocks or anything resembling a straight man again. He considers them rude, insecure and has no interest in closet cases. There is only one problem. He finds them irresistible.

All that changed when Marcus, the hunky new curly-haired football player, transferred to Julius High. He’s kind, thoughtful, and friendly toward the LBGT community and needs a tutor that will help him pass English. He asked Caleb to tutor him because he’s the smartest dude in school and now Caleb has a decision to make.

Is Caleb going to avoid him at all cost as he promised himself, or will he bend his rule and help the tall, smooth peanut-buttered skinned muscle-bound Marcus to pass English so that his school team can win the state championship?

Can he help him and trusts his charm? Find out what happens in this nerd/ jock romance story about two eighteen-year-old high school seniors, This is a friend to lovers, high heat, steamy, bi-awakening mm romance that ends in a HEA.

Genres: M M Romance, Gay

184 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2023

Reviews

[Jacob Gutierrez · Rating 1 out of 5]

sad

The last few paragraphs ruined the entire book for me which was already extremely rushed and didn’t quite make sense all the time

[Rebecca Cheehy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was not a fan. It wasn't a big awakening because he was already bisexual he just never did anything either a man. Next there were mistakes made that made me very confused on who was talking. I have read a lot of sport mm but this one was horrible. There was a few things they guys would say that made me uncomfortable. This one was not it. Don't waste your time on this like I did. I read the whole thing and it just wasn't good.

[Jecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

umm

I read a lot of MM sport romance books! About one a day and this has been my least favorite of any book I have ever read. I normally only leave positive feedback but in this case I just want to say I don’t feel like the characters in this book stay true to who they are. They are not strongly built and do things that don’t fit to what was laid out. I’m really sorry to have to give a poor review but I hope this helps the author

[C.F. Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when it first came out. I was concerned because it had a lot of errors, but when I went to the authors Amazon page, I realized the author uploaded the wrong version.

I refreshed my Kindle and got the updated version and I actually really enjoyed the new version. It had more pages and an Epilogue. It was such a vast improvement.

I downloaded the next book in the series. Excited to find out what's next for Marcus and Caleb and for Brandon. Great read.

[Catherine Mngoma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay-ish read

Definitely wasn’t what I was expecting for a jock/nerd mm romance. Wasn’t a bi-awakening as Marcus already knew he was bi just didn’t have experience. Story was a bit over the top and somewhat cringy and cheesy dirty talk during smut scenes.

[Linda A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Caleb and Marcus

This was an young adult story.
Marcus is new to the school & needs a tutor or he will fail.
Caleb has been the tutor to many on the football team. But he has sworn off bad boy jocks.
But Marcus is his ideal man.

[Tai · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story was so disappointing that I had to DNF it at around 70%. I
The hot “straight” guy kept making rookie mistake after mistake. I know he’s a senior in high school, but damn, learn from your mistakes! So sad since this is one of my fave MM tropes (jock/ nerd).

[Simone · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Kim B · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was ok. Not the most well written book I’ve read and pretty simple story line.

[Mayu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lo leí completo pero decidí no continuar la historia y no leer el desenlace (segunda) ni el spin-off. Tiempo después Dane Beau eliminó esta versión y publicó otra versión, ahora solo disponible en papel.

Esta es una de las novelas más tóxicas y feas que he leído nunca. Me arrepentí muchísimo de "comprarla" (la regaló el autor) y leerla, debería haberla abandonado tras pensar que el primer capítulo era machista y vulgar pero son pocas las ocasiones en que tenemos un chico de otra raza como protagonista de una novela mm. La historia habla de relaciones tóxicas, homofobia, intolerancia religiosa, considero que es bueno retratar estas cosas pero es que los personajes pecan de tener una relación controladora, posesiva, teñida de red flags. Se ven inmersos en una relación horrible en la que solo se hacen daño. Es una historia muy machista, contada con un lenguaje soez y vulgar.

Se supone que sería una historia bonita, y realmente nos encontramos con una novela sacada de una telenovela, con muchas escenas horribles, donde ojalá el protagonista no consintiera por "amor" a su novio, no cediera lo que tanto había luchado por conseguir. Caleb lo ha pasado muy mal con su ex novio Brad, al punto de estar en terapia psicológica, por eso ahora se había prometido que no se iba a esconder por nadie, que no se iba a avergonzar. Pero cuando conoce a Marcus, herido de amor por su ex novia, con fantasías por acostarse con un chico, y con una madre ultrareligiosa, cede ante él y se rinde porque Marcus le trata con cariño en privado, pero el precio a pagar es alto, como tener que escapar por la ventana de una buhardilla (saltar por alli y torcerse el tobillo si quiere bajar) en pleno invierno porque no es siquiera presentable como amigo ante la madre, acostarse en un uber pero fingir que no se conocen en un cine. Ellos se llamaban "novios" pero solo compartían interacción sexual, y era denigrante, humillante, feo. Además, eran terriblemente posesivos, controladores con el otro, de un modo enfermizo. Me daba absoluto rechazo la relación entre Marcus y Caleb, y poco a poco ellos también.

Por supuesto, la historia tiene un final feísimo para poder generar una segunda parte que yo decidí no leer. Esta ha sido una de las peores novelas que he leído nunca.