REVIEW: Playing It Safe by Kristian Parker (Love Goals #3)

- February 06, 2026

PLAYING IT SAFE

Love Goals - Book Three

by Kristian Parker

Release Date: January 5, 2026

Review

You can’t live a full life if you are keeping huge pieces of ourselves from our loved ones. That doesn’t mean it's easy to carve yourself open and risk your heart.

Carmine and Noah may genuinely enjoy and care for one another, but if they want their relationship to last, they must decide if they are willing to open themselves fully to one another.

Two seriously lovely guys who live in their heads and fear a little too much. But they are cute together and could be really good for one another.

Their lives are doing really great. Noah’s football dreams are happening, and Carmine’s Architecture firm is taking off, but living in the closet isn’t easy.

It’s a touching story with a warm happy ever after.

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Synopsis

Noah Farman has a lot on his plate. Being an out and proud Premiership soccer player is demanding enough, but he’s also the guardian of his beloved younger brother.

He’s just about mastered the balancing act, even if it leaves no space for love.

Architect Carmine Amato isn’t looking for a relationship either. Recently returned home from years in L.A., he’s focused on reconnecting with his tight-knit family… who have no idea he’s gay.

Carmine knows how sad it is to still be in the closet at nearly forty. It’s just never come up. He’s always kept his worlds carefully separated. There’s no reason why that should change, right?

Two men focused on what they need.

But what happens when what they want becomes impossible to ignore?

About Kristian Parker

I have written for as long as I could write. In fact, before, when I would dictate to my auntie. I love to read, and I love to create worlds and characters.

I live in the English countryside. When I’m not writing, I like to get out there and think through the next scenario I’m going to throw my characters into.

Inspiration can be found anywhere, on a train, in a restaurant or in an office. I am always in search of the next character to find love in one of my stories. In a world of apps and online dating, it is important to remember love can be found when you least expect it.

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