The QB Connection

3.75Okay ... I won't whine ... not much. I've already read a couple of [a:Mercy Celeste 4615197 Mercy Celeste https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1504635471p2/4615197.jpg] books and I keep coming back for more. Evidently I like batshit crazy and plot twists out of left field. But where do I begin?Tucker is a hot college quarterback, good enough to be scouted for the NFL. He's also on de DL and tired of boys his age. One night he goes out to a club, all geared up in tight jeans, super tight shirt, and blond streaked hair, to find himself a man. He finds two. Quade and Byron are two thirty-something detectives, work partners, and best friends. Quade, the “straight” one is trying to get Byron, or By as he annoyingly calls him, laid after a long dry spell and bad choices. Suffice it to say that the three meet and nothing will be the same afterwards.I don't want to say too much, but it wouldn't be out of place or spoilerish to say that this turns into a menage, not necessarily because the principals, except for Tucker, want it so, but because Tucker is the bridge via which Byron and Quade can finally come together. He's the link that allows Quade to recognize all the gay lust he's been having and denying for Byron, and Tucker is the only way Byron is able to finally be with Quade, whom he's always secretly and quietly loved. For Tucker it's sort of a win-win, having two hot, rugged, manly-men using him and taking care of him. It's also a bit sad because he doesn't think they'll want anything beyond a night and he'd like more. Also our QB has a bit of a Daddy kink. It seems to be going around. I would beg to differ and say that Tucker just wants one area of his life where nothing is expected from him but compliance. Understandable. The Daddy talk, which Byron accedes to do just seems ... dunno? Not like someone who's really into the kink (which he wasn't) and then when Quade's in the equation ... weird? I'm not sure I bought that any of these guys were into this beyond the occasional, random night, to spice of the daily drudge. So to recap: we have one college sports star hiding his sexuality, two law enforcement BFFs who are steadfastly ignoring/denying their sexual attraction, and we have one potentially good book. But there's more! And this is what's up with MC, she has a gazillion good ideas but she puts them ALL into one book. I'll mention some, but hide them, in case you want to just be surprised. Aside from the aforementioned we have Byron, who apparently besides being dominant, likes his boyfriends to get rough with him, and chooses bad boys to hurt him, in one way or another. We have Quade, who seemingly always had feelings for Byron, to the point of using his image to masturbate, but never thought he was gay! Really?!?! We have Tucker with all the pressure from school, potentially playing at a professional level, and a family who doesn't know he's gay and will perhaps not accept it. Any one of these themes are enough to fill a well reasoned book, but instead they're just touched upon and we move on to another subject. And then comes the final act.If you're sensitive, be prepared to be horrified and angry at the events and the fact that there is no satisfying comeuppance, as far as I could discern. I confess to being a blood thirsty revenge wench and in this case punishment was needed. Also there's no on-page resolution for the Byron/Tucker/Quade triad or even a tender/smexy scene. I've been cursed with this plague in my last couple of reads, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a better outcome in my future reads. According to an author's note this story is related to [b:The 51st Thursday 13481490 The 51st Thursday Mercy Celeste https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1329023015s/13481490.jpg 15703861] and I think (I haven't read that one yet) one the MC from that book appears towards the end, but you can read this as a stand alone.Despite all my nagging I'd still recommend this for whenever you just want to be open to crazy. All of the good daytime soap operas are gone and the night time ones can't hold a candle to the likes of Dallas, Falcon's Crest, or Dynasty. Mercy is here to fill the gap. :D