Release Blitz: Pumped: K. M. Neuhold
January 2, 2025
I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush
I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the massive beefcake who immediately challenges me to arm wrestle or the fact that I kind of want to come back.
I spent years of my life refusing to lift anything heavier than a textbook, and it shows. I never expected that coming to the gym and bulking up would give me more gender euphoria than all the T shots in the world.
The crush I’m developing on my Golden Retriever of a personal trainer, Butch, though? Yeah, I should have seen that one coming.
Butch is a guy’s guy. Jockstraps, armpit licking, Sweat enthusiast… what could he possibly find exciting about a scrawny, book-ish nerd like me?
I’m just going to try not to drool on him too hard while he helps me get pumped. And I’m for sure not going to do anything stupid like falling in love with him…
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Percy Rockton is a nerdy, PHD student who accidentally stumbles into the gym SWEAT and is immediately greeted by a buff, friendly gymbo named Butch. Percy agreed to start training, and it sets them off on a new friendship, situationship, and more.
Butch is such a sweet golden retriever and excellent trainer who becomes infatuated pretty quickly with Percy, but worries he is not intelligent enough to be Percy's type.
Percy has insecurities about his body, but with Butch's support, he turns from twink to confident twunk. They see each other and help push each other out of their comfort zones to be the best versions of themselves, and make each other feel appreciated and cared for. They have great chemistry, and Butch likes sharing firsts with Percy.
This is a sweet and spicy, opposites-attract, nerd-gymbo romance with trans representation and a whole cast of friendly gymbos. I am looking forward to the next book.
Kim's review
I'm starting to think hooking up with my gym bro roommate might be kind of gay…
The thing about guys is that we communicate on a physical, primal level. A hearty slap on the backside just means “good game, bro”. Some good old fashioned roughhousing just means we’re comfortable with each other. Some late night stress relief? Just dudes being dudes…
Right?
If I were gay, I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about what his lips taste like. I'd want to spend all my time with him and miss him when he's not around. I would find his god awful cooking skills a little charming.
But none of that is true… almost none of it.
We’re just friends. Just roommates. Just a couple of guys doing what guys do.
Of course I love him like a bro, but I'm not falling in love with my roommate, no matter how cool and funny and jacked he is.
Nope, not gonna happen…
Jacked is a low angst, double bi-awakening, idiots to lovers with a pair of meat head roommates stumbling their way through falling in love with each other without even realizing it. Lots of wholesome masculinity, an Only One Sleeping Bag moment, and ‘Bro’ as a term of endearment.
Grind (eBook) is currently available on pre-order only, through June 26th, 2026. Files will be delivered to you through Bookfunnel on June 26th, 2026. Grind will be available exclusively through Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited on July 3rd, 2026.
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If there’s one thing I know how to do it’s grind. But my new personal trainer, Callan, gives the word a whole new meaning…
A torn labrum put me on the bench instead of on the ice where I want to be for an entire season, my girlfriend screwed the goalie in the meantime, and if I can’t get back in shape again before next season, it might be my last. Yeah, things are going great.
I guess recommending a gym in Boystown when I mentioned I needed to hit it hard to get ready for the next season was my teammate’s idea of a prank. Joke’s on him though because my new personal trainer is almost as hardcore as I am. If anyone can take my ass from doughy to game-ready, it’s him.
Is it weird that my new personal trainer is quickly becoming my best friend? It’s not my fault that the dude is a great hang and seems like the only person who really gets me these days. Maybe it’s just that I miss feeling like part of my team, and spending all my time working out and hitting the showers with Callan scratches the itch.
If his sports massages are a little more exciting than they’re supposed to be, that’s really not my fault either.
I’ve got too many things to worry about right now to stress about the way my body reacts to the sight of his sweat slicked muscles and constant, friendly touches. So, I’m just going to roll with it. It’s just a little stress relief before I’m back on the ice.
And if it turns out to be more than that… puck it. One crisis at a time, right?
July 3, 2026
Grind (eBook) is currently available on pre-order only, through June 26th, 2026. Files will be delivered to you through Bookfunnel on June 26th, 2026. Grind will be available exclusively through Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited on July 3rd, 2026.
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If there’s one thing I know how to do it’s grind. But my new personal trainer, Callan, gives the word a whole new meaning…
A torn labrum put me on the bench instead of on the ice where I want to be for an entire season, my girlfriend screwed the goalie in the meantime, and if I can’t get back in shape again before next season, it might be my last. Yeah, things are going great.
I guess recommending a gym in Boystown when I mentioned I needed to hit it hard to get ready for the next season was my teammate’s idea of a prank. Joke’s on him though because my new personal trainer is almost as hardcore as I am. If anyone can take my ass from doughy to game-ready, it’s him.
Is it weird that my new personal trainer is quickly becoming my best friend? It’s not my fault that the dude is a great hang and seems like the only person who really gets me these days. Maybe it’s just that I miss feeling like part of my team, and spending all my time working out and hitting the showers with Callan scratches the itch.
If his sports massages are a little more exciting than they’re supposed to be, that’s really not my fault either.
I’ve got too many things to worry about right now to stress about the way my body reacts to the sight of his sweat slicked muscles and constant, friendly touches. So, I’m just going to roll with it. It’s just a little stress relief before I’m back on the ice.
And if it turns out to be more than that… puck it. One crisis at a time, right?
Author K.M.Neuhold is a complete romance junkie, a total sap in every way. She started her journey as an author in new adult, MF romance, but after a chance reading of an MM book she was completely hooked on everything about lovely- and sometimes damaged- men finding their Happily Ever After together. She has a strong passion for writing characters with a lot of heart and soul, and a bit of humor as well. And she fully admits that her OCD tendencies of making sure every side character has a full backstory will likely always lead to every book having a spin-off or series. When she’s not writing she’s a lion tamer, an astronaut, and a superhero…just kidding, she’s likely watching Netflix and snuggling with her husky while her amazing husband brings her coffee.
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