Hello, Delilah! Thank you for welcoming me here to share my new release! Hot Rucking Canadian is the second book in the Rucked by You series, and I’m hoping readers will love it!

I know — you’re thinking rucking? If you’re a rugby fan, then you’re familiar with the term. I wasn’t. In fact, I knew almost nothing about the sport. Did something like my ignorance stop me from signing up to join this multi-author themed series? Of course not! I love challenges. Immersing myself in rugby enough to learn the game was fun! I especially loved the limited series on Prime – All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks.

Intense. Really freaking intense. I became a fan even as I winced every time a player took a hit. I thought football was violent! Well, football is violent.  But rugby has many of the same hits — just without the padding. Ouch. And plenty of concussions, injuries, and just general chaos.  I loved it.

Now, the All Blacks have a special spot in my heart. I’m half Kiwi (I’m adopted, but my bio dad is from New Zealand). I’m only starting to connect with the NZ side of my family as I met my dad three years ago and have been sporadically corresponding with an aunt back there. Every time I see my dad now, I get a taste of the accent.

Okay — so I’d watched the series. I’d learned about the game. Now…I needed a story. I had some ideas, and I turned to my plot whisperer, and together we banged out what I thought was a really good story about a rebar guy and a rugby player for the fictional Vancouver Orcas team. (Because, of course, I had to set the story in Canada! After all, we have a growing rugby fandom and two amazing national teams.)

Badarse and Marshmallow (you have to read to find out about the nicknames) are polar opposites. Their worlds are never supposed to intersect. Except one night at a gay bar and…yeah. Hookup.

Only Badarse slips out before morning and figures he’ll never see Mallow again. But wouldn’t you know it, there’s the guy on the television screen.

Badarse is intrigued. The one man he’s met who he can’t forget.

I thought this was a cute story — opposites attract, age gap, sports, and gay romance. Something a bit different for me. I’m hoping readers will pick up and fall in love with this novella — with Travis and Isaiah.  There might even be a trip to New Zealand packed in there somewhere.

And…because I enjoyed writing this book so much, I just had to write a second one. That will be book 8 in the series, and I’ll be back to chat about it closer to the publication deadline. I invite readers to check out all of the books in the series. Great romances, all of them.

Thank you, Delilah, for inviting me to visit today. As a thank you to one of your readers, I would love to gift a copy of Hot Rucking Canadian. Just leave a comment — what’s your favorite sport to read about in romance? Or what’s one you haven’t seen that you’d love to see more of? One commentor, selected by Random, will win. Good luck!

Hot Rucking Canadian 

Travis

After a hard day’s work at my construction job, I decide to head to a gay bar to hook up. Then the man of my dreams walks in—tall, dark, handsome, and totally built. Sounds like a fairy tale. And maybe it is. We have one unforgettable night, then I steal away in the night, because I don’t do repeats. But when I see him on television the next day, I realize I haven’t had my fill of the sexy rugby player. He might not want to see me again, after I ditched him, but I have to try.

Isaiah

Waking up alone after a night of spectacular sex isn’t the end of the world. I shouldn’t feel lonely. After all, I’ve got my squad—my best friends on and off the pitch. I’ve also got my mom, whom I love, and my dad’s family back in New Zealand. I’m playing pro rugby for adoring fans in Vancouver, my dream come true. Having one hookup leave me without so much as thanks and goodbye shouldn’t hurt. But when he reappears at a game, I’m in big trouble. No one ever made me want them like this, after just one night. If I let Travis into my life again, am I just courting heartbreak the next time he walks away?

Hot Rucking Canadian is a 26k novella about a rugby fullback who embraces life, a grumpy construction worker who always sees the worst in life, and the love story that spans across an ocean.

Links:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rucking-Canadian-Rucked-You-ebook/dp/B0F7XTX7ZC
Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/Rucking
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About the Author

USA Today Bestselling author Gabbi Grey lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black and Gabbi Powell.

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