A Nook for Books: Review: Deke by Eden Finley

Release Date: January 9, 2019

Cover Design: Kellie Dennis / Book Cover by Design

Synopsis

Ollie

Word of advice: don’t come out to random guys in public restrooms. Even if they’re charming and adorably nerdy and offer to help. My family believe I can’t be happy if I’m not out to the world. I have a bitter ex-boyfriend and an unstable NHL career to show for it. A fake boyfriend seems like an easy and quick solution to get my family off my back, and this guy is volunteering. I take him up on it without asking his name. I really should’ve asked for his name.

Lennon
Word of advice: learn how to introduce yourself properly. In my defense, I don’t recognize Ollie Strömberg right away. I cover football, not hockey. I’m not supposed to see him again, and he’s never supposed to find out I’m a reporter. That all changes when my editor reassigns me. It’s a lesson I should’ve learned by now. Nothing’s changed since high school. Jocks still hate nerds. But even worse, athletes hate journalists. Especially ones who know their secret.

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My Review:

I had not heard anything about this series before, but as soon as I saw the cover for Deke, I knew I had to read it. I loved it so much! Even though it is book 3 of the Fake Out series, I didn’t feel confused about anything and I definitely will be reading the first two books in the series.

Deke focuses on Ollie, an out and proud hockey player to his family and best friends, but in the closet to the NHL and the rest of the world. He doesn’t want to be the first gay man out in Hockey, even though his family is pushing him to be an example to others who haven’t come out yet. Lennon is a sports journalist who meets Ollie in the bathroom while Ollie was out with his family and pretends to be his boyfriend. The two don’t see each other again until 6 months later and that is when the magic really happens!

OMG, I loved these two characters. Ollie and Lennon were so cute together. I loved the jock and nerd aspect. I seriously could not get enough. Both were written very well and the story overall was sweet, funny and just adorable. Have you ever wanted to hug a book? I definitely hugged my kindle a few times while reading! I loved that Lennon knew Ollie’s secret, but never used it against him in his articles. The fact that he didn’t tell the world that Ollie is gay showed a lot about his character and I really loved that about him.

I also loved all the secondary characters, including Ollie’s family. They were so amazing and real. They had their issues, but it wasn’t written fake or forced. And that scene at Ollie’s home with Lennon? I was DYING!

Overall, Deke was such a sweet story and I highly recommend it. It was everything I could have wanted in an M/M story.

Available Now

Fake Out (Book Boyfriend Book One)

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Trick Play (Fake Boyfriend Book Two)

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About the Author

Eden Finley is an Amazon bestselling author who writes steamy contemporary romances that are full of snark and light-hearted fluff.

She doesn’t take anything too seriously and lives to create an escape from real life for her readers. The ideas always begin with a wackadoodle premise, and she does her best to turn them into romances with heart. With a short attention span that rivals her five-year-old son's, she writes multiple different pairings: MM, MMF, and MF. She's also an Australian girl and apologises for her Australianisms that sometimes don't make sense to anyone else.