True to You by Tony Correia

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Blurb

Jorge Gomez is a gay teen from a working-class family who drops out of school after fighting with bullies on behalf of another kid. He starts training to become a pro wrestler, and finds that he has the talent that could make it a promising career. At the first wrestling show Jorge attends, he meets Thom, who is from a politically active upper middle-class family. It's a case of opposites attracting, but Jorge feels threatened when he learns that Thom's ex-boyfriend is determined to win Thom back.

Jorge tries to reconcile his sexual orientation with the image and loyalty demanded of a career as a wrestler. Looking to jumpstart his career, he switches to a wrestling club that promises to make him a star. When he adopts a flamboyantly gay "bad guy" wrestling persona, Thom calls him out for promoting homophobia. Jorge reacts badly with the result that he is kicked out of the club and is dumped by Thom. The crisis leads Jorge to find a way to be true to himself and who he is, and to reconcile with Thom.

REVIEW
My Rating - 4 Stars!


In True To You, when Jorge is kicked out of school for fighting, he starts training for pro-wrestling, most likely as a way of coping with his sexuality.

Once he starts dating Thom, he is warned that he needs to hide the fact that he's gay from the fans. He's also warned that Thom's ex wants to win him back.

This is a well told story of an up and coming wrestler as he faces many tough decisions along the way. There were times I really wanted to smack Jorge and tell him to smarten up, knowing the crash course he is setting himself on.

The writing style is fast paced, with a lot happening quickly. There isn't much "meat" to the reasons of the events taking place, but it is still a good story.

Overall, True To You is a story about choices. It isn't always easy to make the right choice, and sometimes you need to admit defeat and decide how to move forward. Tony Correia does a good job of telling such a tale.

In His Corner by Christa Tomlinson

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This was my first chance at reading a Christa Tomlinson book.
And I am hooked.
I loved all of it and immediately went back to read the first book.
And I cannot wait to see what happens to these guys in the next book!

Picture the WWE wrestlers and their matches.  That is the equivalent to the world that Christa has created in this series.  I am not a wrestling fan myself, but I am more than familiar with the WWE as my husband and son love it.  But, even if I could not easily imagine this world, I would have still loved these books.

In His Corner is book 2 of Christa's Champions of Desire.
And what do we get in this book?  Well, besides hot wrestlers and some hot sex, that is.

We get Tre and his best friend Brandon.
They have been tag team partners in the ring for a while.
But, secretly, they are both wishing for a more personal relationship.
They are just afraid to say anything to the other.

Both men have things in their past that they continue to struggle with.
One has abandonment issues and mental issues when it comes to sex.
The other in terrified to ever tell a friend that he is gay and in love with him.

First they need to realize that they are indead good together and how to overcome their fear of letting the other man know.   They need to work through the abandonment issues and stop running away from people. And the sexual troubles, that they will definitely need to work through those as a team, out of the ring.

The story was a fast read, mostly because I couldn't put it down.  I was totally engrossed in the whole story, including the wrestling world, the behind the scenes stuff, the rivalry with another wrestling organization.   I found myself totally engrossed in that side of the story, as well as the romance.   And, I must admit that I was surprised by that.  Even though wrestling is watched in my house and often talked about, I do not care for it at all myself.   But, reading this book, I really started to see why the fans would like it, as well as why the organizations stage things the way that they do.  It was very eye-opening for me.

Oh, and don't forget that I mentioned a rival organization.  Someone on Tre and Brandon's side is actually spying for that other organization.  But who?  And will they figure out who the spy is before more damage is done?