Release Blitz and Review: The Nothing Collection by Jay Northcote

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Three fantastic books; some of my favorites by Jay.

The Nothing Collection By Jay Northcote

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: June 15, 2020

Publisher: Jay Bird Press

Length: 457 pages

Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

Three feel-good MM romance bestsellers in one box set.

Nothing Serious: friends with benefits, gay first times romance.

What happens when “nothing serious” turns into something more complicated?

Mark O’Brien is finally being honest with himself. His relationship with Rachel is over and he’s moving out of the home they’ve shared for six years. They get along, but he can’t fix a relationship when the person he’s with is the wrong gender.

Jamie Robertson, one of the removal men, is huge and ridiculously gorgeous, and Mark is smitten at first sight. When a cardboard box splits, revealing items of a personal nature that Mark never wanted anybody to see, he’s mortified. But it sparks the start of a beautiful friendship with benefits.

As Jamie initiates Mark into the joys of gay sex, the two men get increasingly close and “nothing serious” turns into something rather important to both of them. But communication isn’t their strong point. Will either man ever find the courage to be honest about his feelings?

Nothing Special: meet cute, MM romance.

When Noah’s insecurity threatens their fledgling relationship, can Sol convince Noah that he’s enough?

Noah thinks he’s nothing special. Average height, a bit on the skinny side, and cute but rather geeky, he’s relentlessly ordinary. He certainly doesn’t expect to be noticed by Sol, the gorgeous dark-haired stranger Noah usually sees on his commute home.

When a friend persuades Noah to take a big risk in a bid to get Sol’s attention, things turn out better than Noah dared to hope. But Noah doesn’t believe he’s interesting or sexy enough to hold Sol’s attention.

As Sol tries to get closer, Noah tries to protect his heart by pulling away. If their relationship is going to survive, Noah needs to accept that Sol sees him very differently to how Noah sees himself. Because to Sol, Noah is something very special indeed.

Nothing Ventured: enemies to lovers, sports, out for you, bisexual romance.

Mud, sweat, and reluctant romance. Can Aiden and Matt sort out their feelings before race day?

When Aiden agrees to run the Mad Mucker—a twelve-mile muddy slog over an obstacle course—he’s expecting it to be a bit of a laugh. The training will be tough, but Aiden could use the motivation to regain some fitness.

Matt is the sexy cousin of one of Aiden’s coworkers and a last-minute addition to the team. When he agrees to train with Aiden, Aiden suddenly finds the prospect of regular workouts a lot more appealing.

Soon attraction flares, and they embark on an intense physical relationship. Matt doesn’t want to fall in love with a man, and Aiden doesn’t want to fall in love at all, but despite their insistence on no strings, they grow closer. As the day of the race approaches, time is running out for them to work out how they feel about each other.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Three fantastic books; some of my favorites by Jay.

I loved each of these books when I read them over a year ago and it was fun skimming through them once again now that Jay has published them in one bundle.

Nothing Serious:
Mark and Jamie are really sweet together. Jamie is having fun showing Mark all of the pleasures of a gay relationship. These two really burn up the sheets! I loved how Jamie takes care of Mark, not only while teaching him about gay sex, but also when he comes down with a nasty virus. But Jamie doesn’t really do relationships and balks when people close to him keep telling him that he’s fallen for Mark. When these two finally start to communicate with one another, nothing serious turns into much more.

Nothing Special:
I LOVED this book. I think I connected with it so much because I could really sympathize with the insecurity that Noah felt about his relationship with Sol. I suppose everyone has had at least some bit of insecurity when it comes to a relationship but Nothing Special just really got to me.

For the most part this was such a sweet story; so sweet that I kept waiting for the thing to happen. This anticipation kept me glued to my ereader until I finished the story. I knew there would be an HEA but still, waiting for the something to break them up caused a bit of anxiety. Not bad anxiety, rather the good kind when you are loving a book but know that something has to happen before you’re rewarded with an HEA. And rewarded I was! Books that bring me to tears are among my favorites and Jay managed to wring more than a few tears out of me while I read this one.

Nothing Ventured:
Matt is helping Aiden train for a 12-mile run. Aiden is attracted to Matt. As they spend more time together Aiden begins to believe that Matt is attracted to him, too even though he supposedly straight. Eventually they give into their mutual desire for each other and begin a no-strings-attached relationship (and boy is it hot!). Neither of them wants anything long-term – or do they?

Wow! I really felt the connection between these two guys. Matt tried hard to fight his feelings for Aiden but a near catastrophic accident during the race finally makes him realize that he can’t let Aiden go.

There are definitely rocky places along the way for Aiden and Matt, and I shed more than a few tears – both happy and sad, but I’m not giving anything away by telling you they do get an HEA and I thought it was pretty wonderful.

In conclusion, The Nothing Collection contains three fantastic stories. It’s a great value and a significant cost saving vs. buying the books individually.

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About Author

Jay Northcote

Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press.

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