3 stars
I’m having a little trouble coming up with the right words here, so I’ll
be blunt. I want you to pretend to date me.”
Faking a relationship with an injured hockey player had never been on Eliot’s to-do list, but when he’s sent by his editor to interview the newly-out hockey legend Danny Harper, he gets a little more than he bargained for.
Eliot has been stuck writing a fashion and grooming column that no one reads since he started at Cocky—a men’s lifestyle magazine—a year ago. Desperate to prove himself, he takes the assignment to interview Harper, even though he couldn’t hold a hockey stick the right way up in an emergency.
Danny turns out to be nothing like he expected—a lonely man who’s missed out on a lot by being in the closet, rather than the overconfident jock Eliot expects him to be. As much as he resists it, Eliot finds himself drawn to the other man.
When Danny proposes they fake a relationship to improve his image, Eliot jumps at the chance—not only does he need the money, but his curiosity about Danny demands to be satisfied.
With Danny struggling to get through the season on a busted knee and Eliot digging up the story that could make his own career, can the two of them bring themselves to admit their real feelings and find their happy ending?
Faking a relationship with an injured hockey player had never been on Eliot’s to-do list, but when he’s sent by his editor to interview the newly-out hockey legend Danny Harper, he gets a little more than he bargained for.
Eliot has been stuck writing a fashion and grooming column that no one reads since he started at Cocky—a men’s lifestyle magazine—a year ago. Desperate to prove himself, he takes the assignment to interview Harper, even though he couldn’t hold a hockey stick the right way up in an emergency.
Danny turns out to be nothing like he expected—a lonely man who’s missed out on a lot by being in the closet, rather than the overconfident jock Eliot expects him to be. As much as he resists it, Eliot finds himself drawn to the other man.
When Danny proposes they fake a relationship to improve his image, Eliot jumps at the chance—not only does he need the money, but his curiosity about Danny demands to be satisfied.
With Danny struggling to get through the season on a busted knee and Eliot digging up the story that could make his own career, can the two of them bring themselves to admit their real feelings and find their happy ending?
A really cute idea of a premise for a cute sweet sports m/m
romance. We really enjoyed Cocky. but
felt that we missed a few conversations that happened off the page.
We are first introduced to Eliot, a journalist, stepping outside of his
normal articles to interview a newly OUT hockey star, Danny. And there are some definite initial sparks
between the two men, neither are willing to step out of their confront
zones. But when Danny needs a partner to
make him seem more stable he approaches Eliot as a hired-boyfriend. Sean Ashcroft creates a fun flirty
relationship between Eliot and Danny, they start off as friends and quickly move
with their feeling involved.
Although Danny and Eliot are sweet and cute, there isn’t much that sets
Cocky apart from other books of the same trope – the fake-relationship. Yes, this version is set through a hockey lens,
but honestly there isn’t a lot of hockey mentioned. Eliot goes to a few games, but other than
that it doesn’t really feature. There is quite a bi that happens off the pages
that feature in the plot of the story line.
Like conversations that are between chapters if that makes sense.
Let’s talk chemistry, and sorry to say we didn’t really feel that pull,
need, want between Eliot and Danny. Eliot
is fun and cute and Danny is vulnerable and there should be some serious
sparks, because hello – hockey player – but they fizzled a bit for us. We missed some passion between the
characters.
Again, this is a sweet cute romance between 2 unlikely men, and if that
is what you are looking for, pour a glass of wine and enjoy Cocky. But, with a name like that we wished there
was just a little more connection and passion to this potentially fantastic
story.
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