Reviewed by Kat

TITLE: Rebel

SERIES: Ballsy Boys #1

AUTHORS: Nora Phoenix and K. M. Neuhold

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 248 Pages

RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2018

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“I don’t do relationships, I break them.” ~ Troy
If there’s one thing life has taught me it’s that everyone eventually leaves. But that’s okay because I have a strategy: no friends, no boyfriends, limit repeat hook-ups, no sleep overs, and above all leave them before they leave me. I’ve put my break-up skills to work doing others’ dirty work for them.

The last thing I expected when I agreed to do an embarrassing breakup song and dance was to end up on the doorstep of the very recognizable—and stupidly sexy—Rebel. When you meet a man like Rebel you’d be insane not to make a move. And just because he has me tossing out every single one of my rules doesn’t mean I’m in trouble, right?
“I’m everyone’s friend, but no one’s everything.” ~ Rebel
I love working for Ballsy Boys, but when you make the kind of videos I do relationships are pretty damn impossible. Besides, guys find me sexy and want to either be with me or be me, but no one has ever cared enough to see the real me.

Until I meet Troy. He has no problem whatsoever with my job, but he’s determined to keep me at a distance. For the first time, a hook-up alone is not enough. I want more with him. Hell, I want everything. But he resists at every step until I’m about ready to give up. What do I need to do to show him that this is real and worth fighting for?
***Rebel is the first book in the Ballsy Boys Series and is a super sexy MM romance with plenty of good times. While this book and this series do contain some instances of sex outside of the main relationships, they DO NOT contain cheating.

REVIEW:

When I heard that Nora Phoenix had teamed up with K. M. Neuhold for a new series I just knew that I had to jump on it. I am very pleased to tell you I was not disappointed.

Rebel is one of the original Ballsy Boys, “The” premiere gay porn site. He is very comfortable who he is and loves doing what he does. The downside to his occupation is trying to get and keep a boyfriend. Guys want him…that’s never a problem. The problem is when they start dating him. It’s hard to keep a guy as your significant other when they can turn on the computer and seeing you do or be done by a guy, or in Rebel’s case often, or more than one guy. When he gets a singing telegram, in a banana suit no less, breaking up with him that is the crushing blow.

Troy doesn’t do relationships. To be honest, he is lucky if he even does repeats. When you are a “throw-away kid” you learn to never trust or depend on anyone! To help finance his way through college, to be a game designer, Troy specializes in being the break-up kid. For a price, he will go break-up with your significant other for you. But when his latest job winds him up at the door of his most favorite lust, Ballsy Boy’s Rebel he has to think fast! After all, he’s in a freaking banana suit, to break the heart of his biggest fantasy! What the heck? To help Rebel get over the over-the-top bad break-up he offers to hook up. I mean…get paid to break up for some guy with your dream man and then hook-up to make him feel better, what could be better. What he didn’t expect was to really like spending time with Rebel. He turns out to be a really nice and cool guy. But what happens when a Porn star and a self confessed one-night stander build a bond and feelings start to bloom?

I wasn’t sure if I would connect, let alone start really cheering for an HEA, for a porn star but how can you help but want the best when you have someone like Rebel, who is so comfortable and in touch with not only who he is but what he does. But even beautiful stars have their moments of doubt. To ask a significant other to embrace and love that you have sex on camera with many different men is asking a lot and Rebel knows it. But the real Rebel is the boy inside – Hendrix. And he still wants all that deep down inside. And the girl in me fell for this sweet, beautiful man with the weird, hippy family. Then the authors throw Troy at me. The struggling student that turns out to be a throwaway boy. How can you not possibly want this damaged young man to meet his match and to finally make him understand not everybody is going to bail on you. That you deserve someone who care about you and loves you.

I am new to K. M. Neuhold but have become a big fan of Nora Phoenix’s work in the short time she has been publishing. I have come to expect the unexpected with her, especially sexually wise. Although this book did not have the kinkier sex I saw in her last series it is still hot! And from what I read in the prequel, I won’t be surprised if some of the men to come might not be as “vanilla” as Rebel.

This book introduces you to all of Rebel’s Porn Star coworkers. These men are seriously hot and I can’t wait to hear more about each and every one of them! When I was looking for the information on this new series I found a free novella/prequel “Ballsy” for this series on Nora’s page. It gave a brief glimpse into each of the men employed at Ballsy Boys. It was very informative and peaked my interest into several of the upcoming books.

I am thrilled to find this new series and can’t wait for more. A huge thumbs up for me!

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