Roger could care less Simon is gay, but along comes a serious boyfriend and Roger freaks out. It is interesting to see the effect a serious boyfriend has on a other friendships. His only two friends are Roger and Fran, who play a very big role in this book. Simon considers himself an “arty wanker” running an annual film festival and having a very close relationship with his cat. Only a few select friends know he is gay, he hasn’t even told his parents. He is also very much in the closet, not only publicly but privately as well.

He is not only one of the best players (although having an injury plagued season) but his good looks has earned him many endorsement deals. Declan is a very well-known rugby celebrity in Australia. When he firsts meets Declan Tyler at a party, there is instant physical attraction.

He is self deprecating, sarcastic, very sharp-tongued and lonely in the romance department. Simon is a bit reminiscent of Adrien English, from Josh Lanyon. I absolutely fell in love with the book, the characters, and the amazing writing style of Sean Kennedy. I said, darn it! It is my turn now – and do these girls know what they are talking about. Finally, a week or so ago, Janna from Erotic Romance Reader started tweeting how much she was enjoying the book. Fast forward a few months and the book made Jenre’s “best of” list for 2009. At the time I thought, I definitely need to read this book. The first time I saw Tigers and Devils reviewed was on Well Read last year. I wondered briefly if it made me slightly pathetic to find it extremely sexy, but I decided to go with it. Favorite Quote: His pinky finger stretched out and stroked the back of my hand.

Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy