Racing to Win

by G.R. Lyons

Mason Kennedy is finally free to cut all ties and start over, but he can't resist when his former riding student, Noah Davies, needs his help to get ready for the biggest racing event of the year. Training Noah brings out the Daddy in Mason, and Noah seems like the perfect boy. But Mason is moving, and Noah is too young for him. Can a short-term fling lead to a Happily Ever After at the finish line?

This short story, set in the fictional world of the Shifting Isles, was originally available as part of the limited-time, multi-author Keeping It Kinky giveaway.

Featuring Noah Davies from the Transitivity series.

Genres: Romance, M M Romance, LGBT, Fiction

94 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 24, 2019

About the author

G.R. Lyons stumbled into writing as a form of trauma recovery when traditional therapy wasn't working.

Then the story ideas just kept on coming.

Pulling from a vivid imagination as well as real-life experience as a trans man, a sexual assault survivor, and a person living with mental illness, Lyons has written multiple, interconnected series set within his fictional world of the Shifting Isles.

When not writing, Lyons can be found belly dancing around the house, studying anarcho-capitalist philosophy, buried in his never-ending TBR pile, or working out at the local CrossFit gym.

Reviews

[Patdbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

in one sense I liked the book. the cover is really enticing. however it brings home to me that this genre of daddy son attraction is not my total cup of tea. but on a whole it is well written and liked the characters.

and so ends my 2019 reading challenge.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daddy Dom/little boy, with a slight twist - the daddy is a smaller guy, with a strong personality. Good story.

Freebie from author as part of kinky m/m author giveaway.

[Denise GremoryKohta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This made me so happy.

This is such a sweet short read. I’m so glad we got Noah’s story. Even though I knew these two were together having read Jayden’s story, it’s so nice to actually see how they got together. Though for a minute there I was thinking I might have to Gibb smack Mason lol.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice read. Age gap. Nice characters. Not too angsty but it did had some emotions portray. The relationship develops a bit too rush for my own taste but, im general, it was good.

[DC · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I missed something because I haven’t read anything in the Transitivity series, but I just couldn’t get into these characters. That things started out with confusing dubious math seemed to set the tone. Dubious, how? We are not initially told how old Noah is but when Mason enters the picture, Noah reasons it has been around three years since he last saw Mason and he was 15 at the time. Then, when the POV switched over to Mason, he thinks that Noah was 13 or 14 when they last saw one another. Ok, so take any of those numbers and add three. You get a range from 16 to 18, yet; when his age is then revealed, he is suddenly 19. I almost believed he 16 because with his father on his back about doing his homework, I figured he was a high school student. It wasn’t until Noah was reminiscing about his affair with the professor that it was clear he had been in college.
And what was with all of the “hells” and “gods”? I’ve read a great many stories and books and this is the first time I’ve read something using “hells” and “gods” that was not a paranormal story. It just didn’t fit and became quite annoying as the story progressed.
There were a few other things in the storyline that just did not add up for me, but suffice to say they all combined to make this a barely average story.

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poor writing, zero relationship development or plot. Just blah

[Diane Dannenfeldt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet no angst read from a new to me author. I can’t wait to read more books by them.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was well written. I wish there had been a bit more character building I think because I never connected with them at all, but overall a good storyline.