Title: Your Pace or Mine

Series: Running for the Romance, Book 1

Author: Kim Stephenson

Pages: 323

Formats: e-book

Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

Acknowledgment: Thanks to Gay Romance Reviews for providing an ARC

What caught my eye was the blurb and the cover, but man this turned out to be quite an interesting read!

Jamie is a down on his luck West End performer- for reasons later shown in the book, he has decided to enter the London Marathon both to get some good publicity for himself and to show to the West End world that he can still commit to something, after walking out on his latest West End show.

As part of his preparation for the London Marathon, he avails himself of a running clinic, where one of the coaches just happens to be Darius Hewitt; the next big thing in the British athletic scene and in need of his own public image rehabilitation.

The great thing about this book is that you can never quite see the reasoning until it is spelt itself- initially we are shown the Jamie is a bit of a flake but is he? And Darius, is he really a homophobe or is there more to it under the skin of the rich boy?

It is a bit of a slow burn to read, but it is brilliantly plotted out and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series