One pitch ended Alex Payne’s Major League Baseball debut.Coming out as gay… training.
Including jumping headfirst into the world of gay p*rn.
The only catch?
To work with Black Stallion Studios, you have to be straight.
No problem. Until Alex is paired with Elijah Maddox, and Alex discovers he’s not so straight after all. Unfortunately, Elijah refuses to live in the closet.
But when news breaks about Alex’s association with Black Stallion, Alex’s secret is exposed.
Will Alex strike out and lose it all?
Or can he find a way to have his career and his love?
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This book hooked me from the beginning. Anyone needing money is put in a position to do things they might not normally do. That’s the case here with one of the main characters. Alex is working to success as a professional baseball pitcher when an injury changes everything. Elijah is just trying to get through college though he is more likely to do almost anything. Both are in desperate need of money. That’s where Black Stallion Studio comes in. I’m not sure if it’s the story that kept me so interested where the story was going or if it is that both the main characters are both so likable that right from the start I wanted them to succeed. The story has plenty of hot sex yet it’s the emotion of where the characters life is taking them that makes this a stand out story. I really liked this book and can’t wait for more of this series.
This story reminds me of the struggles some people still have. There are so many people who think they have a right to tell you who to love and what your sexual preference should be. They need to get a life and mind their own business. This is a delightful story. Despite all the problems they faced, they found their HEA in the end.
I received a free copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.
If you are looking for a super hot, gay, gay-for-you, first time steamy as hell story, One Shot by Vicki Tharp will click all your boxes. The chemistry between Elijah and Alex fairly jumps of the page and once I started, I didn’t want to stop, right to the end, when my head was weaving and bopping trying to go to sleep lol. Get a behind the scenes look (whether real life or not…it was fun to read) at the world of gay porn, but more than that, there is a lesson in acceptance and forgiveness that is not always easy to achieve. My first Vicki Tharp read but I’d glad read her again.
Elijah need an influx of cash soon. What could go wrong filming porn. He’s mostly straight so he can easily comply with the studio’s only straight actors clause.
Alex lives for baseball, but when he’s hurt and just not healing fast enough he thinks that part of his life may be over. Needing the money, he also decides to go the porn route. Being very straight he’s hesitant to have sex with a man but feels he has no choice.
Both men soon realize they are interested in each other. Their future in adult entertainment becomes secondary to their feelings. When Alex get another chance at a baseball career he may have to pick, baseball or the man he has fallen for.
This was a fairly simple story. Nice characters, I felt like I got to know them with the story told from each mans perspective. Little bit of drama but not real heavy. I liked it.
I really enjoyed the pacing of the book. It was really fast and gripping, with an easy flowing writing style,which ensured that I was always intrigued.
And I liked the build up in Alex and Elijah’s relationship. The way they hit it off the first time they met outside of Black Stallion Studios,their chemistry and the way they grew more in love.
is hot and emotional, low on drama and big on fun. Great main and secondary characters,and I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
One Shot is book one in the brand new series Black Stallion Studios by Vicki Tharp. This is one of those times that I saw the cover and just knew I had to read this one. Once I read the blurb, I was all in! This can be read as a stand alone. The characters will recur in the other two books but each book is about a different couple.
Alexander (Alex) Payne’s only goal in life has always been to be a professional baseball pitcher. He was ecstatic when he got called up to the pros, only to have his dreams die when he injured his pitching arm on the first game. After extensive rehab, his arm still isn’t up to par and the team let him go. He’s out of money, he can’t afford the necessary rehab on his own to keep working on his arm, and he’s seeing his dream fade away. But then an offer to make a bunch of money comes along. Working for Black Stallion Studios. Only he wouldn’t be filming with a woman, he would be filming with a man. Alex is straight but at this point, he’ll do just about anything to make some money.
Elijah Maddox is struggling financially to finish college. Elijah has always known he was attracted to men but has never acted on it. When he found about Black Stallion Studios, it was the answer he needed to get the funds to graduate. Only he hadn’t counted on meeting Alex.
“What was it about this man that had Elijah questioning everything he thought he knew about himself?”
Alex and Elijah’s chemistry is instant and strong. But what happens when the public finds out what Alex has done? Will it ruin any chances he has of getting back on the team? Do they have any chance of exploring their attraction outside of the studio? Alex wants to keep his private life private but Elijah refuses to be someone’s secret.
This book was pretty much love at first sight for me. First of all, I love insta-love and that’s what this was. That zing they feel when they first meet, when they touch. These two burned up the pages. This book was off the charts hot. But more than that, I loved the characters. What they went through, their struggles with the public’s perception, was real.
I devoured this book, couldn’t put it down. Now I just want more. The next book in the series, book two, is Key Grip. It is going to be Grant and Sebastian’s story. It can’t get here fast enough.
One Shot is the first book in the Black Stallion Studios series by Vicki Tharp. An injured Major League Baseball player takes a job doing gay porn to get money for his continuing physical therapy rehab. Black Stallion Studio hires straight men to do gay porn, no problem… until he meets his sexy scene partner. Then, the public find out and the drama and fun really begins.
Alex and Elijah are fantastic characters. I love their interactions, very heated. The book is written from their dual perspectives, so we get to really know how each one is feeling and thinking as the book progresses. The supporting characters are fun as well. The story has drama, steam and romance. I can’t wait to read more.