Beauty and the Beefcake

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ares Berger is completely totally and in all other ways off-limits.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's my brother's teammate. He speaks even less than his pet monkey. (Yes I mean </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>monkey</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. That's not a euphemism.) He's stubborn injured silent broody and unfortunately my new roommate.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Yes yes it's lovely to have another person in the house when my ex-boyfriend starts making threats. And fine the monkey is amusing. But my real problem with having Ares Berger right down the hall?</p><p><br></p><p>He's intriguing. And undeniably attractive. And the more time we spend together the more I realize this silent giant has more to say than anyone gives him credit for.</p><p><br></p><p>And his sense of humor?</p><p><br></p><p>Someone catch me.</p><p><br></p><p>I'm falling.</p><p><br></p><p>I'm falling <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>hard</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p>But how can I convince a man who's never truly been seen that I'm the one who wants to not only know him but also love him?</p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beauty and the Beefcake is a vegan-friendly standalone romantic comedy featuring an athlete whose vocabulary is the only thing smaller than a hockey puck a book smart but aimless hockey lover a dilapidated old house that may or may not be haunted and no cheating or cliffhangers.</em></p>