swimming

Review: Making Waves by Christina Lee

Oct 6, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alex Larsen is longtime best friends with fellow swimmer, Bailey Duval. Alex developed a crush on Bailey’s elder brother, Remy, way back in high school. They had one tryst two years ago, the...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, bisexual, Christina Lee, college, Franklin U series, new adult, self published, swimming, young love

Review: Hold Me Under by Riley Nash

Mar 21, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After the first episode of his mother’s cognitive decline ended with his cousin dead, Ethan’s family cut both his mother and him out of their lives. Since then, Ethan has given up...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: athlete, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, Riley Nash, self published, sexual abuse, swimming, water air earth fire series

Audiobook Review: Let There Be Light by A.M. Johnson

Nov 4, 2019 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrators: Aaron Shedlock and Teddy Hamilton Length: 8 hours, 25 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Royal O’Connell worked hard to get a swimming scholarship to college...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, 4.5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: A.M. Johnson, Aaron Shedlock, athlete, college, coming out, homophobia, mental health, musician, new adult, pianist, swimming, Tantor Audio, Teddy Hamilton, Twin Hearts series, virgin

Review: Personal Best by Sean Michael

Jul 18, 2018 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Mike Gauliet is an elite swimmer in his freshman year at college. He’s a world-class athlete, but he’s got emotional issues that plague him and hold him back, it seems. See, he’s got a terrible...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, athlete, coach, college, Dreamspinner Press, mild kink, Personal Best series, Sean Michael, swimming

Review: Medley by Layla Reyne

Apr 30, 2018 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sebastian Stewart let his personal life get in the way of his Olympic dreams four years ago, and it not only affected his swimming, but the success of his medley relay team. This time around Bas is...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, Changing Lanes series, Layla Reyne, Olympics, self published, swimming, tattoo artist, tattoos, virgin

Review: Relay by Layla Reyne

Jan 8, 2018 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel With the Olympics around the corner, Alejandro (Alex) Cantu has taken on the role of captain and leader of the U.S. Men’s Swim Team. It is another piece of his busy life, between swimming,...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, Changing Lanes series, coming out, enemies to lovers, ginger, Layla Reyne, lovers reunited, Olympics, Riptide Publishing, swimming

Review: Truth, Pride, Victory, Love by David Connor and E.F. Mulder

Mar 2, 2017 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Since time immemorial, competition has been in Reed Watson’s blood, his bones, his very breath. There is nothing Reed can’t, or won’t, approach as something to win. From the fourth grade spell-off...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: athlete, BIPOC, class differences, David Connor, Dreamspinner Press, E.F. Mulder, Olympics, opposites attract, swimming

Review: Before Sunrise by Bryan T. Clarke

May 16, 2016 | 0 comments

Rating: 1.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nicky is powering through his swim meets as a college freshman. Academics aren’t his strong suit and he got into college on an athletic scholarship. Nicky grew up in small town South Dakota and...