role model a gay sports romance rachel reid

It’s within the sports world or just a person trying to figure out their sexuality. The conflicts they face, within and without, are ones so many other members of the LGBTQIA community face, from themselves, their families, and their own societies. I have so much praise for Reid’s writing and characters here. It’s added by a certain Russian player who also helps Troy see that living as a closeted gay man is denying himself a true life. They build their relationship over a puppy, a family, cider, so many elements… it’s amazing to be a part of this sexy, thoughtful romance. He’s also compassionate and sees in Troy an underlying pain that not immediately apparent to others. Harris is open, smart, people oriented, and openly gay. Then we meet the utterly engaging, Harris Drover, team media expert, and we see where Troy’s journey will begin.

We’re with him, certain he’s going to grow, just not sure how. We feel everything this man is thinking, he’s numb, and stumbling. His closeted boyfriend has dumped him, his best friend has turned out to be a monster who Troy has now reviled in public, and a team who he thought would support him has traded him to the lowest winning team in the league.

He’s so conflicted, full of pain, and we meet at at perhaps a time when everything he thought he had in his life that was solid and positive has been lost. But the journey is about redemption for one, courage to recognize and acknowledge your true self, and the heart and passion another will give to understand and support him.

It’s a standout in a truly great series of books as Rachel Reid gives a two remarkable men on a slow path to love and happiness. Now was the time to fix that oversight! I’m so happy I did because Role Model is such a fantastic story. I was getting ready for the release of The Long Game, the 6th in Rachel Reid’s fabulous hockey romance series, when I figured out I hadn’t read the 5th story yet!

Role model a gay sports romance rachel reid