Release Blitz and Giveaway: Foolish Puckboy: Eden Finley and Saxon James

by - Thursday, April 13, 2023

 
 FOOLISH PUCKBOY
Puckboys - Book Four 
Eden Finley & Saxon James
Release Date: April 13, 2023
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Genre: M/M Sports Romance
Trope: First time dating, hockey

ALEKS

After my divorce, I’m ready to have fun, date around, and not get into anything serious. Then I meet Gabe Crosby, superhero firefighter and a disgrace to the Crosby name. He doesn’t even like hockey!

Yet, there’s a draw to him I can’t deny—something I haven’t felt since my teens. But that’s the problem. I have no idea what dating is like, let alone how to do it with another man. He makes me flakey and nervous, and I’ve never been that guy.

Gabe turns me inside out and upside down in the best possible ways. I only recently became single, but if I continue to chase after him, I might not stay that way for long.


GABE

When I meet Aleksander Emerson during an emergency call-out, there are three things that catch my attention: his sexy tattoos, his kind eyes, and his drunken offer to have my babies.

He’s new to Seattle and recently divorced, so I take him under my wing–and under my sheets. I’m showing him what the world of hookups is like, only those hookups turn into sleepovers and dates and public displays of jealousy.

Aleks is in his casual era, and I’m working my way toward settling down and starting a family. What the two of us have is fun, but not a good idea permanently.

Too bad Aleks has already set my life on fire.

Aleks is newly divorced, newly out as pansexual, and new to Seattle and his new hockey team. His plan was to finally sow his wild oats that he never had a chance to since he married young. He is a bit awkward, unsure, inexperienced with men, and has to watch his image on social media. His friends in the Queer Collective are all about trying to help him get back out there.

And then comes Gabe (who we met in The Husband Hoax). He is a big, burly, caring fireman, who also has his own very close-knit group of friends. A crazy meet-cute leads to an arrangement for Gabe to help Aleks get some more experience. Gabe is a patient teacher and Aleks is an eager pupil and voracious learner. And their sexy times, when they can schedule with their busy schedules, become hotter and they begin to realize that they are actually missing each other. They have fun banter, hot chemistry, and generally like being together when they find the time. 

These two seem to want different things out of life. Aleks has already been married and is supposed to be exploring his new free life. While Gabe is ready to find the one and settle down and make a home. Their schedules are crazy and often conflict. And Gabe thinks maybe Aleks does need to have the opportunity to explore more and that he’s just a filler to help him with his current needs. So there’s a whole mix-up in terms of wants,  needs, miscommunication, and messy feelings. 

I really enjoyed their story and loved both guys. From their trying to out-plan each other for epic dates to them just naturally falling into like and love even when they had no intention of doing so. Aleks is just learning so much about himself and maybe what he thinks he needs isn’t what he really needs, but it’s all new and a process for him. And it’s also a process for Gabe to make sure that they’re both going to get what they do need and deserve and that they can match up their futures.

This was a sweet, steamy new-friends-to-lovers, lessons-in-seduction story about priorities, plans, and finding love when you least expect it. I loved the found family aspects and how their big groups are loyal and there for them.  Most of the Queer Collective guys are back and they are quite outspoken and outrageous as usual. And Gabe's old roommates are his family. But they definitely add humor, but also support to the characters. I liked the new hockey player, Quinn, and hope we see more of him.  I also liked Gabe's firefighter buddy, Sanden, and was glad to see he is getting his own book.   
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EGOTISTICAL PUCKBOY
Puckboys - Book One Add to Goodreads
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EZRA

Partying, dudes, and hockey. What more could a gay NHL player want?
If it weren't for Anton Hayes, my life would be perfect.
Not that he affects my life in any way. At all. That would imply I care what the winger from Philly thinks of me.
Which I don't.
Not even a one-night stand with him can thaw his misplaced animosity toward me.
He says I'm the one with the ego, but he can talk. He rivals me for most egotistical puck boy in the league.
I hate him as much as he hates me. Even if I crave a repeat.


ANTON

When it comes to hockey, I'm all about the game.
I've worked for years to be one of the best in the league, and l've done it without splashing my orientation all over the tabloids.
My hockey image is one I've carefully cultivated, and after one night with Ezra Palaszczuk, I risk it all.
He's cocky, obnoxious, and has an ego bigger than Massachusetts. And okay, maybe he's the sexiest man I've ever known.
We'll never get along. Not when we sleep together. Not even when my possessive streak awakens.
That doesn't stop us from falling into bed together over and over again. 
 

IRRESPONSIBLE PUCKBOY Puckboys - Book Two
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TRIPP

The worst part of being in love with my straight best friend is the fact he’s too oblivious to see it.
Years of pining have left me exhausted, and I need a break from Dex. I need space to get over my feelings. But when his relationship falls apart and he turns to me for comfort, I cave immediately.
If there’s one thing I hate more than being hurt, it’s seeing Dex struggle. I can’t leave him in a time of need, even if my friends say it’s my biggest downfall.
They say Dexter Mitchale is my weakness, but if that’s true, I don’t want to be strong.

DEX

I’ve always been the dumb one. It’s what I’m known for, and usually I don’t let it get to me.
I have hockey, and I have my best friend, Tripp. What more do I need?
To settle down? No thank you. Marriage? Hard pass.
According to ex-girlfriends, that makes me “irresponsible.”
But the solution I come up with to get over my fear of commitment might be my dumbest idea yet. Not only does it have team management breathing down my neck, but it puts a strain on my friendship with Tripp.
This PR nightmare could lose me the only person I’ve ever loved.
Losing girlfriends is nothing. Losing Tripp? It’s not an option.

I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him.

 

SHAMELESS PUCKBOY Puckboys - Book Three
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OSKAR

After a little mishap in an alleyway with CCTV, my public image needs fixing. Oops?

It might have been a stunt to get the attention of Lane Pierce, San Jose’s new PR manager, but I didn’t realize what the consequences would be when I did it. I’ve got Lane’s sole focus now in all the wrong ways.

He has designated himself as my babysitter, and while it’s fun messing with him, being bound by curfews and rules has never worked for me.

The more I push back, the more I realize what’s really on the line. My career, my future, and maybe even my heart.

LANE

Being appointed head of San Jose’s PR department was a dream come true … until I met Oskar Voyjik.

He may be San Jose royalty, but with the stunts Oskar’s been pulling, the team owner is down to his last thread of patience. Which puts me in the firing line. If I can’t turn Oskar’s entitled party boy image around, we’ll both be shown the door.

I have free rein to do whatever it takes, and it turns out whatever it takes is Oskar.

Only, the more entangled our lives become, the more I see the Oskar he’s buried deep down. The one who hurts, the one who’s sensitive and kind, the one … the one I think I’m falling for.

I can’t have him and my career, and if rumors of the professional lines I’ve crossed get out, it’s not only my dream job I can kiss goodbye; I’ll be disgraced from professional sports completely.
Eden Finley

Eden Finley is an Amazon bestselling author who writes steamy contemporary romances that are full of snark and light-hearted fluff.

She doesn't take anything too seriously and lives to create an escape from real life for her readers. The ideas always begin with a wackadoodle premise, and she does her best to turn them into romances with heart.

With a short attention span that rivals her son's, she writes multiple different pairings: MM, MMF, and MF.

She's also an Australian girl and apologises for her Australianisms that sometimes don't make sense to anyone else.


Saxon James unapologetically writes happy endings for LGBT+ characters.

While not writing, SM is a readaholic and Netflix addict who regularly lives on a sustainable diet of chocolate and coffee.

Member of SCBWI.

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