Release Blitz: Stealing His Thunder: Beth Bolden
Stealing His Thunder
Book #2 in the Toronto Thunder series
Book #2 in the Toronto Thunder series
Beth Bolden
Amazon
January 14, 2026
Amazon
January 14, 2026
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.
Dawson Hall is just trying to get his career on track after his life imploded and he was let down by the people he trusted most. He is bitter, grumpy, tired, and feeling off-kilter. His self-worth and belief in his skills took a hit. He is so focused on himself and his worries about his game and new team that he is not paying enough attention to his rookie.
Cameron Greene is his new holder, punter rookie. He is ten years younger, naive, lonely, and nervous about being new in a big city. He has a healthy case of hero worship for Dawson and is one of the few teammates who gets into his personal space.
Cameron is cute, funny, and positive. And his personality and some targeted advice from a team member and coach make Dawson take more notice and begin to support his rookie more.
And along the way to becoming better teammates, they develop a new friendship, a sense of campanionship that leads to flirting and finally a friends-with-bennies situation. I loved seeing them develop a rapport, trust, self-worth, and enjoy life more fully. Dawson is snarky, thoughtful, and protective, but is still dealing with the repercussions of his past but having support is a game changer.
This is a bad idea turned really good one, veteran-rookie, grumpy-sunshine, secret friends-with-benefits, teammate romance about hope, trust, redemption, and found family. I loved these two together and getting more with the other guys. I am so excited for the next book with a football and hockey crossover.
Perfect Storm
Book #1 in the Toronto Thunder series
Beth Bolden
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.
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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