Release Blitz: Perfect Storm: Beth Bolden
Perfect Storm
Book #1 in the Toronto Thunder series
Beth Bolden
Release Date: October 20, 2025
On Amazon & Kindle Unlimited
On Amazon & Kindle Unlimited
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.
But neither of them realizes that in just a few short months, everything will change. Teammates, roommates, close proximity, and a whole bunch of sexual tension. What could possibly go wrong?
There is a lot of Bro-mance with the Romance in this one. There are a lot of side characters between the teammates, brothers, friends, and even hockey guys(I have read the hockey books, so I recognized those names). But I have to admit that it was a lot at first. But I liked it when it got down to more Levi and Aidan alone.
This is a new spinoff in Beth Holden‘s football universe, so there are plenty of cameos as well as a whole new team to focus on, the Toronto Thunder. This was my first book in her football series, so it took me a little bit to get everybody straight, but it’s aupposed to be able to be read as a standalone.
Aidan Flynn is an older brother and Levi Banks is a younger brother. And their brothers are in a romantic relationship together, and their families are intertwined with all of the brothers being friends. Aidan has always identified as straight; however, he’s recently had to bi-awakening and caught feelings for a former teammate who did not reciprocate.
So on a recent boys' weekend, Levi is trying to figure out why Aidan is sad, and they end up connecting on a more personal level that turns into a hot kiss. And they also struck a deal to maybe explore more in the future. Levi is gay and more experienced, even though he’s younger, easy-going, and kind of the life of the party. Aidan is more serious, and this whole bi-awakening is new for him. So Levi offers to be his guide into the physicality of boy love to help him...but wants to give him time to get over his recent heartbreak.
Aidan Flynn is an older brother and Levi Banks is a younger brother. And their brothers are in a romantic relationship together, and their families are intertwined with all of the brothers being friends. Aidan has always identified as straight; however, he’s recently had to bi-awakening and caught feelings for a former teammate who did not reciprocate.
So on a recent boys' weekend, Levi is trying to figure out why Aidan is sad, and they end up connecting on a more personal level that turns into a hot kiss. And they also struck a deal to maybe explore more in the future. Levi is gay and more experienced, even though he’s younger, easy-going, and kind of the life of the party. Aidan is more serious, and this whole bi-awakening is new for him. So Levi offers to be his guide into the physicality of boy love to help him...but wants to give him time to get over his recent heartbreak.
But neither of them realizes that in just a few short months, everything will change. Teammates, roommates, close proximity, and a whole bunch of sexual tension. What could possibly go wrong?
There is a lot of Bro-mance with the Romance in this one. There are a lot of side characters between the teammates, brothers, friends, and even hockey guys(I have read the hockey books, so I recognized those names). But I have to admit that it was a lot at first. But I liked it when it got down to more Levi and Aidan alone.
Aidan's journey of bi-awakening is definitely not a straight line. There are potholes, detours, and surprises along the way. He goes from trying to deal with unresolved feelings and disappointment to surprisingly finding himself enjoying his new reality, but there are a lot of moving parts and messy feelings. They say to get over somebody, get under somebody else, but Aidan didn’t expect that somebody else to be someone who brings light and fun to his life. But they also have to navigate intertwined lives and make sure the past is still in the past, and that it’s not just a fling but something with a possible future.
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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