Don't worry that the story is going to get bogged down with politics. A senator, you say? Well yes, but the author really, really doesn't focus on that part. This book focuses on the relationship between a closeted gay American football player, Anson, and a very non-closeted US senator, Weston. I'll also pick up the other two when and if they're released on audio. So imagine my delight when not one, but THREE excellent books about coming out were released at the same time (this one, 'Concealed Hearts' by Nicky James, and 'The Jock' by Tal Bauer). 'I never even knew I liked guys until I met you!' is a sentence that virtually nobody has ever uttered in the history of the world, and yet somehow it's one of the most common refrains you'll hear in books about 'coming out,' quotation marks intended. Too often they are written by people who have no idea what it's like to come out or even to be gay in the first place. I'm a sucker for a good coming-out book, but good examples of that are few and far between. And I wasn't disappointed-I mean, I knew I wouldn't be, since I know and like Iggy Toma and, as I already said, I was a HUGE fan of the novel.

I don't usually buy an audiobook when I've already read the kindle version of a novel, and even less often do I actually listen to it when I do, but The Endgame was simply one of my favorite books this year and I HAD to have it. He's the endgame in the biggest challenge of my life, the one I'm banking my future happiness on.

The odds are stacked against us, but if there's one thing I know, it's how to win. I have contract obligations to fulfill, and I'm closeted. Now we're all in with each other, but he still has time left in his Senate term. But once isn't enough, and we keep sneaking around together - brief encounters, in California, Georgia, or DC, filled with passionate touches and whispered truths. When he asks for one night together so he can show me what it's like to be with a man, I can't say no. West's the only person who knows all the parts of me, just like I know his. Though my identity doesn't stay a secret from him for long.īetween texts and late-night phone calls, we get to know each other. At least he doesn't know who I am - the best tight end in the NFL, playing for the Atlanta Lightning. No one has ever guessed my secret until the gorgeous man at a bar in DC.

Pretending isn't easy, but it means I can keep playing football. I've always known I'm gay, but never acted on it. So, when I'm in DC and see a beautiful guy at the hotel bar, I don't hesitate to proposition him.right before he runs out on me, leaving his sunglasses behind like my very own Cinderfella. From college, to law school, to the United States Senate representing California, I've done it all as an out gay man. When I left home, I swore I'd never hide anything about myself again.

The Endgame by Riley Hart