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Play Mates is book one in the Heart of Goal interconnected standalone series about queer men in football (soccer) discovering the soft core underneath their often hard shells.
Marlon is a professional football player, a millionaire at 21, and a virgin - and he would love for his older sister to stop teasing him about that last bit.
Freddie is Marlon's teammate, bisexual, and more than willing to show Marlon a good time. It's just the one night - what could possibly go wrong?
TROPES
MM sports romance
Mates to lovers
English football (soccer) boys
Gay Awakening
Spice with meaning
Bi4bi rep
homophobic slurs, alcohol consumption, drunk intimacy (consensual)
This was a quick read and I just wanted more... There was an insta-love into a little drama, but it has a happy ending. It just felt a little rushed to me.