Night Games

In the year 2502, sex is a spectator sport, and Brian Byrne is its undisputed champion. He plays with a passion for the game, never for the woman. So why does he feel burned out, used up, and in need of a vacation? A few weeks in a simpler time where he doesn't have to think about sex sounds great.

She wants a perfect night of pleasure.

Ally O'Neill is having a career crisis. She is the best-selling author of a series on how to be the perfect wife. She is also recently divorced, so her perfect wife theory obviously needs fine-tuning. Her publisher now wants Ally to write about a night of sexual pleasure from a single woman's perspective. What does she know about sex and today's single woman? Nothing. Ally requires a consultant with sex-god credentials.

Ally and Brian meet in 2002 beside the ruins of an Irish castle. Ally believes she needs Brian for only one night, but soon realizes she wants him to be her forever-man. Brian thinks no woman can tempt him, but Ally quickly has him trying to renegotiate the no-sex clause in his contract.

In a world where no one has ever heard of the Testosterone Titans, Brian is about to discover that scoring is a lot less fun than falling in love.

Brian Byrne is the undisputed champion of the league. Known for his unbelievable game and mastery over a woman's body he has even taken four woman at once and brought them to fulfillment at the same time in less than two minutes. What he calls his 2 Minute Drill.
Burnt out and tired from a tough season he decies to take a much needed vacation back to a simpler time and place for a few weeks to get his head in order. 2002 Ireland is his goal, his ancestral home. What he gets is alot more than he the champ can handle.
In the dead of night, Ally O'Neill and her aunt take a trip to scout out a vicious vampire known to roam the area of the old castle, what they find is a incredibly tall man with a body to die for and an attitude. Definately not a vicious vampire...
Things go from bad to worse when this weirdo tries to convince her that he is from the year 2502 and is the MVP of some sport involving sex and even makes up a team he plays for! The Testosterone Titans of all things! The man is nuts! Certifiably nuts! Well, maybe not. Ally starts to see things that she can't explain and her mind begins to comprehend that if her and her aunt can believe in vampires ans ghosts and even take a trip to Ireland to find them, then timetravel is also possible.
Especially when some of his managers, etc., start showing up and make sure the women keep their hands off their most valuable player and that he keeps his contract's 'no sex clause'.
But Ally figures that should be easy, he's packed full of testosterone and male dominance, she doesn't need another loser in her life after ridding herself of her husband.
Things do not go as planned and Brian feels his heart engaged for the very first time when coming in contact with a woman and the vacation of rest and enjoyment just turned into a nightmare. Ghosts, banshees, merrows and the like are all out to play and his emotions are in overdrive. Not to mention someone seems to be trying to kill them or him?
His manager will not leave him alone to save his life and the future isn't looking too exciting for him anymore, not with Ally in the past...

Funny and well worth the read. A mix of future sci/fi, paranormal, comedy and plain fun romance, a sure winner!

Tracy Talley~@


Not as Good as it Should Have Been   April 3, 2003
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

From the synopsis, this book had great potential. It is definitely an enjoyable read, and a light read, but with such a great premise, it should have been so much more. I felt there was too little chemistry between Brian and Ally, and that his profession--the way it was explained in the begining of the book--was very unerotic and belittling of women in general. Still, if you stick with the book, it gets better (especially after Ally experiences a virtual reality replay of Brian's latest game -- at least you can understand why a woman would play the game.) Try it if you've run out of things to read.