Review: Switch Hitter was a hit for me.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
Synopsis: Two hunky major league baseball players are the leads in this story. Sean who is openly gay in his private life, but because of his career he's technically in the closet, has no problems with his homosexuality. He's been in love with Bentley (Bent) for five years and five years ago he thought he had a chance with the man. However Bent is in denial that he is gay or I should say bisexual. Sean is the only man he has every felt an attraction for and it totally freaks him out. So much so that he runs away from Sean and his feelings by trading himself to another team to get away from his desires.Fast forward five and Bent is in a serious relationship with his girlfriend Ashley. Sean is traded to the same team as Bent now so they are teammates once again. But this time there is no running away from his feelings. We then follow their relationship which also involves Ashley because Bent realizes he is in love with both Ashley and Sean but has no idea how that's even possible. Will he choose Ashley and try to live with half his heart belonging to Sean because that is what society dictates or will Bent continue to make Sean his dirty little secret?To be honest I didn't even know this was a M/M romance. I won the book in a contest :) So this is my first M/M romance but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. It was a very emotional read. The author portrays the emotional turmoil of the two lead characters very well. The writing was very good. Like another reviewer I didn't like the fact that Bent hid his attraction and resulting affair from his fiancé Ashley for most of the book. I didn't like it but I understood his motives because he was in such denial of his homosexuality. And you have to love Sean who is true with his feelings from the start. You can't help but root for him and hope that he gets his HEA with the man he loves. I'm usually rooting for the heroines in the romances I read because that's what I'm used to but this really is more focused on Sean and Bent and we only get a glimpse into Ashley's thoughts but I like her too.And to clarify this is definitely an erotic romance. Very, very explicit so it is not for the faint of heart.