Thunder Struck
Book #4 in the Toronto Thunder series
Beth Bolden
Release Date: June 22, 2026
Book #4 in the Toronto Thunder series
Beth Bolden
Release Date: June 22, 2026
Available on: Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, paperback (model & discreet), and audio narrated by Darcy Stark (est early July)
Tropes: bisexual awakening, stepbrother romance, forbidden romance, forced proximity, opposites attract, teammate x teammate
When Lane realizes he’s attracted to his straight stepbro, he’s absolutely thunderstruck . . .
It’s not the worst day of Lane’s life when his team, the Toronto Thunder, drafts his baby stepbro, Trevor, but it’s close.
No. The worst day was when his mom married Trevor’s dad. Trevor’s just too good, too naïve, too sheltered. Too hot.
Lane might claim he wants nothing to do with him, but that’s the worst delusion of all. He’s always wanted everything to do with Trevor. Even when they have zero in common. Even when Trevor’s always been on the straight and narrow. Literally.
Lane’s the total opposite. He’s walked—and danced and sashayed—to the beat of his own drum, forever. Mentoring Trevor now that they’re on the same team? Sounds like his idea of hell—and heaven, too. There’s a reason their teammates call them the demon twins.
But with the final few games of the season and the Thunders’ playoff run looming, Lane’s self-control is weaker than ever. Especially when Trevor confesses that he’s been thinking about it, too.
Suggesting Trevor experiment with their mutual attraction would be a terrible idea, but Lane’s had worse, and that’s never stopped him before.
And when it becomes way more than just sex? When Trevor becomes the first guy he wants to see in the mornings and the last thing before he goes to bed at night? When they’re so completely entangled together that he couldn’t get free, even if he wanted to?
That’s a special kind of thunder.
We’ve known during the series that there’s been some major tension between Lane and his stepbrother Trevor. They are nicknamed "The Demon Twins" by the team due to their tension and snarking. But we never knew the extent of their story until now.
Lane's always been kind of the grumpy, guarded, prickly one, while Trevor is the sunshine, sweet, oblivious one. But I loved seeing under Lane's armor and just realizing how long and how hard it’s been for him to curb his attraction and feelings for his stepbrother. He avoided him as much as possible for years, but now they are on the same pro team and in close quarters. And there has always been some hero worship from Trevor to Lane.
Bless Trevor, he's a golden retriever, and he’s a little clueless. He’s always thought he was straight, but now he’s starting to question a little bit, and the person who comes out to is his stepbrother Lane. So now there’s a big elephant in the room, and Lane is shocked to realize that maybe the impossible may actually be a little bit possible.
And Trevor needs the acceptance and support in this confusing time. So the only logical explanation is of course, for Lane to offer to allow Trevor to experiment with him.
But will Lane's heart be able to handle it if he’s just a test subject for the guy that he has been crushing on for years? He guarded himself due to guilt and shame, and now there is a fear of getting this and losing it. But Trevor is good about pushing him and breaking down his walls.
I loved seeing their shift in dynamics as they began to be more vulnerable and trust, even when they are not sure about what exactly they are doing and what it all means. And their situation has other potential complications due to their family and team. But I loved them together.
Lane's always been kind of the grumpy, guarded, prickly one, while Trevor is the sunshine, sweet, oblivious one. But I loved seeing under Lane's armor and just realizing how long and how hard it’s been for him to curb his attraction and feelings for his stepbrother. He avoided him as much as possible for years, but now they are on the same pro team and in close quarters. And there has always been some hero worship from Trevor to Lane.
Bless Trevor, he's a golden retriever, and he’s a little clueless. He’s always thought he was straight, but now he’s starting to question a little bit, and the person who comes out to is his stepbrother Lane. So now there’s a big elephant in the room, and Lane is shocked to realize that maybe the impossible may actually be a little bit possible.
And Trevor needs the acceptance and support in this confusing time. So the only logical explanation is of course, for Lane to offer to allow Trevor to experiment with him.
But will Lane's heart be able to handle it if he’s just a test subject for the guy that he has been crushing on for years? He guarded himself due to guilt and shame, and now there is a fear of getting this and losing it. But Trevor is good about pushing him and breaking down his walls.
I loved seeing their shift in dynamics as they began to be more vulnerable and trust, even when they are not sure about what exactly they are doing and what it all means. And their situation has other potential complications due to their family and team. But I loved them together.
This is a secret longtime crush, off-limits, grumpy-sunshine, forced proximity, stepbrother and teammates, bi-awakening romance. And of course you’ve got a team of both nosy and supportive players who want to weigh in and push them along and make sure that the team doesn’t suffer for any issues. I am really enjoying this series and am looking forward to more.
Perfect Storm
Book #1 in the Toronto Thunder series
Kim's 4 star review
Available on: Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and audio narrated by Darcy Stark (est November)
Tropes: sexual discovery, best friend’s little brother, hookup pact, roommates to friends to lovers
When the sexy little brother of Aidan’s best friend suggests a hookup pact, it's the perfect storm for a bi-awakening . . .
Toronto Thunder quarterback Aidan Flynn always believed he was straight, until his close friend and favorite wide receiver signs with a team across the country. Distance opens his eyes and unlocks a desire he can’t deny. Even if his feelings aren’t returned, Aidan still wants to learn more about this part of himself.
Frustrated and a little heartbroken, the last thing he expects is for his crappy mood to get called out by his best friend’s little brother. Or for Levi to offer, on one drunken night, a pact: if Aidan never gets together with his guy, Levi will show him everything he’s been missing—and wanting—in bed.
It’s a stupid promise, fueled by booze and heartbreak, and Aidan expects that Levi will never call him on it.
Except Levi does. He shows up at Aidan’s house in Toronto less than two months later, not only willing to fulfill his side of the pact, but now signed to the Thunder as Aidan’s new right tackle. Aidan assumes it’ll be easy to get rid of him, but Levi is charming and persistent, and he not only ends up living in Aidan’s house, but sleeping in Aidan’s bed.
It’s easy and fun and the best hookup Aidan’s ever had in his whole life. It’s so good, in fact, Aidan starts to experience feelings he believed were long gone, traded away with his friend. Maybe with Levi in his life, love isn’t such a lost cause, after all.
They’re great on the field and between the sheets. But when Aidan’s past returns, he must decide whether Levi also has a place in his heart.
Stealing His Thunder
Book #2 in the Toronto Thunder series
Book #2 in the Toronto Thunder series
Available on: Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and audio narrated by Darcy Stark (est February)
Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, veteran x rookie, opposites attract, age gap (ten years), redemption arc
Can rookie Cam’s sunshine steal veteran Dawson’s thunder?
Kicker Dawson Hall is ready to leave his past in the dust. His last season was catastrophically bad, with the distraction of his divorce and discovering that his father-in-law wasn’t managing his money—he was stealing it, instead.
He signs with the Toronto Thunder, poised for his redemption arc, but he’s grumpy and frustrated he has to undertake one at all. He should be better than this. He is better than this.
The new rookie punter’s hero worship might be just another annoyance, but Cameron Green is sweet and kind and more than a little naïve. He’s a country boy suddenly dumped amongst all the skyscrapers, with no idea of how the real world can chew him up and spit him out. It’s practically Dawson’s duty to mentor him and if Dawson soaks up a little of his sunshine, too?
Well, nobody could blame him for that. Not after the year’s he’s just had.
But when Dawson starts craving more and more of Cam, his crush dangerously teetering into passion kind of territory, he’s forced to not just confront his own past, full of disappointment and distrust, but his future, too.
He wants his redemption, and that perfect vision of a season feels just within reach. But it turns out he doesn’t just want Cam for single season—even if it’s everything he believed he wanted—he wants Cam for every season.
Book #3 in the Toronto Thunder series
Amazon
Kim's 4.5-5 star review
Kim's 4.5-5 star review
Tropes: fake relationship, enemies to lovers, football player x hockey player, bad boy settles down
Come hell or high water, Nate’s gonna be Ramsey’s perfect (fake) boyfriend . . .
The night Nate Bishop met Ramsey Andresen, he didn’t know who he was.
Didn’t know he was a hockey player. Didn’t know he’d be sticking around in Toronto. Most definitely didn’t know they’d hook up and Ramsey would walk right out of his life. Leaving him aching for more and hating that he can’t forget him.
They meet again at a Thunder team party and Nate’s not only shocked by Ramsey’s presence, but the way he acts like he belongs. He’s gorgeous and perfect and unobtainable, his existence rubbing Nate’s face into everything he can’t have.
He knows his teammates aren’t happy they don’t get along. But the last thing Nate expects is for Ramsey to suggest a plan to get them off their backs.
Not a fake friendship, but a fake situationship.
As they spend more time together—at first a necessity because of the charade, and then because they can’t stay away from each other—Nate starts to learn more about Ramsey’s secrets.
And each shadowy corner that Nate shines light into makes him like Ramsey even more. Until like slides easily into love, and fake becomes something real. Something precious. When they shatter the illusion, can they face the reality that they want each other, completely and forever, after playing pretend for so long?
A lifelong Oregonian, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband and their sweet kitten, Earl Grey. Beth still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to be just as weird in Raleigh.
Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She’s published twenty novels and six short stories.
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