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Old 01-30-2014, 09:21 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by ccowie View Post
I'm new to book club, but I'm looking forward to participating. I've not read much romance - never been interested. But, having read through the spoilers I'm surprised by the range of material there...
That's an interesting thing about this club - basically every month the nominations are so diverse within whatever the monthly category is, so it's always fun to see what everyone comes up with.

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Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Amazon AU
Spoiler:
The most important things in Simon Murray’s life are football, friends, and film—in that order. His friends despair of him ever meeting someone, but despite his loneliness, Simon is cautious about looking for more. Then his best friends drag him to a party, where he barges into a football conversation and ends up defending the honour of star forward Declan Tyler—unaware that the athlete is present. In that first awkward meeting, neither man has any idea they will change each other's lives forever.

Like his entire family, Simon revels in living in Melbourne, the home of Australian Rules football and mecca for serious fans. There, players are treated like gods—until they do something to fall out of public favour. This year, the public is taking Declan to task for suffering injuries outside his control, so Simon's support is a bright spot.

But as Simon and Declan fumble toward a relationship, keeping Declan's homosexuality a secret from well-meaning friends and an increasingly suspicious media becomes difficult. Nothing can stay hidden forever. Soon Declan will have to choose between the career he loves and the man he wants, and Simon has never been known to make things easy—for himself or for others.
This looks interesting but I'm out of votes. I don't think I've ever read a straight romance book (and by straight I mean fits squarely into the contemporary romance genre, though the pun/double entendre is intended ), and I've definitely never read a gay purely romance book, and I like the Australian setting and the football theme, so I'd give it a go.
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