Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: End Game
SERIES: Brooklyn Kings (Book 2)
AUTHOR: Felice Stevens
PUBLISHER: Good Man Press
LENGTH: 289 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2025
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In a world where winning is everything, without each other, it means nothing.
The first time I see Brody “Blink” Martin in the locker room, I fall hard.
Big blue eyes, ripped abs…let’s just say there’s a reason the position is called tight end.
But I’m Devlin “Devil” Summers—star quarterback, ladies’ man…and closeted.
So I look but don’t touch.
With the National Championship ours, I take a chance and kiss him.
And when he kisses me back, I’m winning for the second time that night.
From that moment on, we know we’re meant to be together.
Different teams and schedules can’t keep us apart.
Ten years later, we’re both playing for the Brooklyn Kings.
Super Bowl champions.
More in love than ever.
Still hiding who we are.
Then I’m forced to make the decision of a lifetime:
Football or love.
My end game is both.
End Game is a “they fall together MM romance” that proves when you love someone, nothing and no one can keep you apart. It’s a big city/small town, hurt comfort, football romance with two big alpha men who are beasts against their opponents, but total mushes when it comes to each other.
REVIEW:
Ten Years!
Ten long years being forced to hide who you really are and who you love with every fiber of your heart. All because sports can’t accept that a gay man can possibly play football. They aren’t macho enough. But Devlin “Devil/Dev” Summers and Brody “Blink” Martin are football superstars!!! They have taken the Brooklyn Kings to the Super Bowl…and won many times. But their personal life had to hide so that they could keep playing the game that they love. And they do it for their loyal fans. But it is such a supreme sacrifice they made. Thankfully they had their eyes on each other and their love and commitment to each other powered them through to get to the End Game!!!
I have been on a sports kick lately and this series was perfect for me. But it made me so angry. Two extremely powerful, caring, generous and gifted athletes having to hide who they are because of toxic masculinity and homophobia. All to provide entertainment on the boob tube (television). It’s just so wrong. And I don’t see any changes anytime soon with how the United States is moving backward on same-sex rights. I know that football was in their blood and how much they loved the game. But to have to hide yourself for 10 years is just so wrong on my mind. It just hurts my heart that pro-athletes have to do this to keep their jobs. This story impacted me so significantly that I have added it to my Best of 2025 list.
Dev and Brody are the epitome of “the good guys of the NFL”. I loved that they saw needs and helped out, either financially or just being there. And being the superstars they are they could get others behind them to help too.
Dev’s two concussions were dirty plays and there should be major consequences when a player is targeted like that. Concussions are no laughing matter. They actually stay with you forever. And each subsequent one makes it worse.
Now that Dev is retired, I am looking forward to his PA’s story next. That looks very intriguing.
You will see a couple faces that you will recognize from the first book too.
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