Crossing the Touchline

An Auckland Med Story

by Jay Hogan

Amazon

Part of the Auckland Med series:

Editions:ePub - Second

ISBN: 978-0-9951324-5-0
Pages: 306

Paperback - Second Edition

ISBN: 978-0-9951324-6-7
Pages: 306

Blurb

Crossing The Touchline by Jay Hogan

What if you’ve worked your whole life for a dream, to play rugby for the most successful sports team on the planet, the New Zealand All Blacks?

What if that dream is so close you can smell it?

What if you meet someone?

What if you fall in love?

What if your dream will cost the man who’s stolen your heart?

And what if the dream changes?

Reuben Taylor has a choice to make.

Cameron Wano is that choice.

Part of the Auckland Med. series that includes ‘First Impressions’

Can be read as a standalone.

This book is on:

3 To Be Read lists
3 Read lists

Published: December 16, 2019
Publisher: Independently Published
Cover Artists:

Kanaxa

Genres:

Contemporary, Sports

Tags:

author - new zealander, format - novel >100K, format - series, format - shared universe, potential trigger - alcoholism, potential trigger - suicide, what - concept - homophobia, what - emotion - angst, what - emotion - grief, what - emotion - guilt, what - emotion - hope, what - emotion - love, what - topic - pro sports, what - topic - sports, when - season - winter, where - country - new zealand

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 4
Romantic Content: 4
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Tropes: Coming Out / Closeted, Families/Raising Kids, Find Love and Come Out, Love Can Heal / Redemption, Passing as Straight, True Love
Word Count: 120,000
Setting: New Zealand
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters

About the Author

Jay Hogan

2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST IN GAY ROMANCE

Jay is a New Zealand author writing in the LGBTQIA genre in MM romance and romantic suspense.

She has travelled extensively and lived in many places including the US, Canada, France, Australia and South Korea.

She is owned by a huge Maine Coon Cat and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel.

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