Book review: Nothing Ventured by Jay Northcote

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Mud, sweat, and reluctant romance. Can Aiden and Matt sort out their feelings before race day?

When Aiden agrees to run the Mad Mucker—a twelve-mile muddy slog over an obstacle course—he’s expecting it to be a bit of a laugh. The training will be tough, but Aiden could use the motivation to regain some fitness.

Matt is the sexy cousin of one of Aiden’s coworkers and a last-minute addition to the team. When he agrees to train with Aiden, Aiden suddenly finds the prospect of regular workouts a lot more appealing.

Soon attraction flares, and they embark on an intense physical relationship. Matt doesn’t want to fall in love with a man, and Aiden doesn’t want to fall in love at all, but despite their insistence on no strings, they grow closer. As the day of the race approaches, time is running out for them to work out how they feel about each other.

Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He has five books published by Dreamspinner Press, and also self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press. Many of his books are now available as audiobooks.

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Nothing Ventured... a fitting title for this book.

I loved seeing the determination in Aiden to get back into shape and I love how Matt trained him using obtainable goals and encouraged him along the way.

I've read about personal trainers who set impossible goals then wonder why their clients quit on them.

However, while not doing anything illegal, trainer Matt gets sexually involved with trainee Aiden. It's not as unethical as one may think as they're both training for a fun race, no monetary prizes up for grabs.

Aiden and Matt have such great chemistry, and the supporting characters are really cool. When you read Nothing Ventured, in addition to Aiden and Matt, play close attention to Liv. You'll love her almost as much.

5 out of 5 stars and a definite recommendation!