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This is the ARC list for Blake Allwood's Cleats and Pumps, which comes out on June 1st, 2025.
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Signing up for this ARC is a PROMISE to ARC the book.
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Even if you aren't a fan, you agree to at least mention it on the socials. In the past I've had people take ARCs and never read them.
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PLEASE, do NOT take an ARC unless you have time to read it wihtin the next 3 to 4 weeks and agree to either post about it on social media, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookbub, or some other review site.
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Blurb: Amos Clark has it all: fame, fortune, and a promising career as a star NFL player. But when a night of innocent fun performing in drag leads to his being benched, everything he’s worked for hangs by a thread. As he grapples with the fallout, he’s forced to confront not just his career, but the deeper truths of his identity.

Amos’s former college roommate Tommy Sanders has loved him since their college days. As a journalist, Tommy has watched Amos' career spiral into a media frenzy, directly impacting Tommy’s life and career. Linked to their turbulent past, both men find themselves face-to-face with a love they’ve never been able to forget.

As fate intertwines their lives once more, Amos and Tommy must navigate the complexities of their past and the pressures of the present. With love on the line and their futures uncertain, they must decide: will they fight for each other, or let their chance slip away forever?
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If you are uncomfortable sharing your information below, you may speak to Blake privately about this. Just write ANONOMOUS below, and I'll manage the rest.
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ARC Reader's nameEmail/FB Name (How I can get in touch with you.) FYI, I need emails to send the book to you via Bookfunnel.I understand this isn't a free book to stick in my TBR pile and ignore!I promise to read AND review this book within the 3 to 4 weeks after receiving it.I undertand I'm to review this book in an honest way. I understand I don't have to tell Blake (the author) how I felt about the book. I just have to review it.Please state which review sites you intend to leave a review. Facebook, X, Bluesky, Bookbub, Goodreads, Amazon, or other (please state what the other is, if you aren't using one of the ones listed here.)Do you have experience ARCing? If so which author(s)?Blake's Notes
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(example) Blake AllwoodBlake@blakeallwood.comyesI promise I doI understand Amazon, Goodreads, Bookbub, maybe others after I read it.
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Dan Alveardtmlvr4u@gmail.comyazI promiseI understandI understand(potentially) Amazon, Goodreads, maybe FBSent
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D.A.DoughertyDavid Alexander Dougherty / doughritomail@gmail.comyesI promiseI doI understandAmazon, Goodreads, Tumblr, queer reading groups on Discord, I can on Bluesky but i have way fewer followers there. Can also review on FBSent
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Leroy Richardsonrichardsonleroy92@gmail.comAgreeAgreeAgreeAgreeGoodreads, amazonSent
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Claire Louisa Holderness beachandbooklover@gmail.comAgreeAgreeAgreeunderstood Goodreads, Amazon AU & Amazon, bookbub, Instagram and blueskySent
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David Paulkdavdpaulk@gmail.comUnderstoodAgreeAlwaysunderstood Amazon, Goodreads, facebookSent
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Patrick Martinp.martin830@gmail.comYesI promiseI doI understand Amazon, Facebook, Fable, GoodreadsSent
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Christy Lubecalalene@gmail.comYes! Absolutely.Yep.Understood! Facebook, Amazon, BlueSky Sent
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Roger Robbrrrobb1967@gmail.comAgreeAgreeAgreeUnderstoodAmazon, Goodreads, BookbubSent
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Thurman Jamisonthurmanjamison@gmail.comagreeagreeagreei understandgoodreadsSent
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Kelly Christine DelaneyKellychristinedelaney@gmail.comCouldn't use form, so I filled in for them.Sent
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Brock ArcherBrockArcher@yahoo.comYesYesYesYesAmazon, Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, Goodreads
Not an ARC per se, but I have reviewed lots of material as an instructor
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Ryan TalamantesRyan.p.talamantes@gmail.comYesYesYesYesAmazon, Goodreads, bookbub
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James Wrightmomentsnthewoods@gmail.comYasYasYasYasFacebook, Goodreads
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Elliott DeWittelliottdewitt91@gmail.comYesYesYesYesFacebook, Amazon, GoodreadsNo ARC experience
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Amanda Reeveskjnrose@gmail.comyesyesyesyesAmazon, Goodreads, bookbubmultiple authors
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