“Intercepted” is a jolly good debut from Alexa Martin. It was fun, sexy, uplifting, and well-rounded; portraying Marlee, a biracial young woman in a long-term relationship with her high-school sweetheart who got drafted by NFL team Denver M...
3½ StarsMs. Burton takes her fans back to Hope, OK. This book does stand alone and can be read without having read any other book in this series. However, most, if not all, of the characters from previous books are in this one. This is a sweet roma...
4 StarsMolly is a romance writer who has joined the cast of The Real Werewives of Alaska hoping to find not just inspiration for her books but to find a happily ever after that she doesn't really believes exists. Graham Chase is the wide receiver...
4½ StarsAmy Andrews kicks off the excitement right from the beginning with this fun and flirty sports romance. Valarie King and Kyle Leighton have combustible chemistry and I couldn’t wait to see what would happen from the moment they first met. I...
4 StarsSummer makes so many sacrifice in "Come Home to Me" that it makes me angry and a little emotional. She’s such a good mother and the sacrifices she makes so that David can have a good life nad get to know his father, but it works. Hunter is...
4 StarsOnce again, Kristen Strassel does not disappoint with this newest installment of her "Real Werewives of Alaska" series. This book was hawt hawt hawt with some laughs and a full throttle on one heck of a plot line. Fiona Fox is the daughter...
4½ StarsBetween the pages of “Catching Zia” there is indeed a good love story featuring Brett and Zia. I will say that these two had issues, ones that will keep you turning the pages to see what is coming next. Zia definitely had the strength of en...
5 StarsI really enjoyed reading "Scoring with the Wrong Twin" and I read it within a couple of hours. I was hooked! Giovanna asked her twin Sophia to take her place in a photo shoot so that she could go to a fashion show in Italy. Reluctantly, Sop...
4 StarsWhere to start... I shouldn’t be surprise that I love “Undone by You”. Cade “Alamo” Burnett is one of my favorite of the Rebels guys. It’s only fitting that I’d also love his book. Just color me wary after the last time I read a Kate Meader...
4 Stars"Losing It" is a gay romance that shows that sometimes you have to look under the skin to see what a person really looks like. It also deals with fresh starts and friendships. There are a lot of characters in this story and they all interac...
4½ StarsWith the Olympics coming up, "Shot on Gold" the perfect book to get you ready to enjoy them, or remember them. Though this book is totally fiction, the intensity for perfection and the drive for first come across and you know that these cha...
4½ StarsGet a bucket of ice nearby and turn your fan or air con to low temperature as it’s getting HOT in here. The second entry in “The Barons” series had former NFL teammates Simeon and Adrián clashed in a tangle of limbs and senses. I’m new to S...
3¾ Stars"Take Down" is book two in the Blood and Glory series, but can also be read as a standalone. I really enjoy a good MMA fighter book, and this series is one of the better ones that I have read. Our main characters are Megan and Gabriel. The...
4½ StarsThis is the second book in a new hockey series about three sisters who inherit a down and out hockey team from their father. The women band together to rebuild the team. This story focuses on sister Isobel who ends up having to coach her te...
4 StarsMysterious things that go bump in the night fuel this romance right into a blaze. In "Close Contact" Maxi has dreams and memories as well as a pushy family. Miles has left a sport he loves to try a new career. Together, they aren’t sure exa...
5 StarsWhether it is vampire rock stars or wolfy football players, Kristen Strassel has struck gold. "Running Wild" is a sexy sweet passion driven story of two unlikely characters who end up falling for one another on a reality show called, The Re...
4½ StarsI was excited to see a book from a new author and I tend to enjoy sports books I decided to give "The Quarterback" a try. Matt is a closeted football star who comes from a homophobic family. He meets a fellow student, Trevor, who is his tot...
3 StarsJules Darcy had an unstable childhood. As a child she saw the risks of falling in love. As an adult, she will never let that happen to her. That is what prompted her to run away from MMA fighter Nick Giannakis when things were getting serio...
4 StarsLucas is one of the newer members of the Cold Fury hockey team. He's easy going and good natured and he just wants to play hockey and have a good time. He meets Stephanie who is a museum fund raiser at a gala. The two are attracted to each...
4 StarsWhile part of a trilogy, this story stands alone and can be just picked up and read. It will take you no time at all to fall in love with the characters. They come alive and bring real world problems with them. Max loves his bar but hates d...
4½ StarsHow far is too far? This is the question Zack has to ask himself in this office romance. Zack is the boss. Nolan is his employee. This romance is set within corporate America where sexual harassment is a real problem. But these characters a...
5 Stars“Playing Fast” by Melanie Scott follows disgraced baseball player Finn Castro who has been relegated to the minors until he can clean up his act. His incandescent and mutual attraction with Eva Harlowe complicates matters considerably, espe...
4¼ Stars"Making It" is a story that anyone who has wanted a family and has had difficulties making that family will relate to. Even if you haven’t had issues, the emotional roller coaster comes through and you can feel the heartache and anguish. Bu...
5 StarsOh my gosh, this story in Ms. Burton’s Play-By-Play series really reminds you that time is passing by. I can remember when Nathan is introduced as a child and now the book is about him and his father is retired from football. But, all that...
4½ Stars"Sister of a Sinner" is book three In the Sinner's Legacy series. It features the great football team the Sinners and the family that makes up the team. Xochi and Junior have a long history from childhood until now. You have Junior having f...
4 StarsCarmina, Tom and Danny just work together - I don't know how it all meshes together, but it does. Tom's the good-time-boy next door, but when he starts dominating Carmina and Danny, watch out. Danny's surliness just turns to sheer adorablen...
4½ StarsEvery school had one - that golden boy who was gorgeous and talented and most of all, nice. Kyler Tate is his name and he found his soul mate in high school. Bree Justice is his other half and he sees a long happy life together. How could t...
4½ StarsFrom the outside looking in Jensen Lund is living on easy street. There is no easy street when injury sidelines your career and leaves you doubting yourself. Determined to fight his way through the storm, he sets out to gain back his losses...
4½ StarsChildhood friends who evolve into more is some of the theme in this hockey romance. Each of the main characters, Jude and Zoey, remember things a bit differently but they both remember being very attracted to each other. Each chapter shows...
4½ StarsPipe Dreams was a slow burn for me - I started out really disliking the hero for what he did, and I don't usually like flash-back sequences when I just want to know how what happens next rather than what happened before. It gets better thou...
4 StarsThis story has to one of Elle Boon’s best story yet. She just seems to improve the more she writes. The characters come alive and it was easy to fall in love with them. I really enjoyed this story. Now, a few things struck me as slightly of...
4½ StarsA hunky MMA fighter and his fighting friends will be sure to keep your interest in this contemporary romance that is filled with danger as well as lust. This is part of a series but it can also stand alone…..that means you can pick it up NO...
4½ StarsThis contemporary western has it all; shattered lives, child out of wedlock, past exes, families and just about anything you can think of including a story that you won’t want to put down. It took Delon 32 seconds to shatter his dreams but...
4½ Stars"Jacked Up" was funny, hot, and somehow managed to be warm and fuzzy as well. I went in expecting a steamy love story and got so much more. The Birmingham Rebels have really started to hit their stride with this book - the team is now start...
4½ Stars“Hard Hitter” is the second book in the Brooklyn Bruisers series. This one features the teams captain, Patrick O'Doul and yoga instructor Ariana Bettini. I enjoyed this well written sports romance because it was filled with tension, chemist...
4½ StarsThis is a romance that everyone should be able to cheer for. While part of a series, you don’t have to have read any book in the series to thoroughly and completely enjoy this book. For those that do read the series, several members of the...
4½ StarsThis was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I'm glad to say that it didn't disappoint. This story picks up with Flynn and Laurel about a year down the road. They're doing pretty well together and their relationship is stable....
4½ StarsThree totally independent stories in one book makes for some great reading! It doesn’t matter if you like sports or not, these sexy guys will have you panting. The first story has characters from Ms Burton’s Play-by-Play stories but it defi...
5 StarsTwo of my favorite things in the world are hockey and books. When you combine them together I'm in heaven. This was the fourth book in my favorite hockey romance series. At the end of the last book there was a pretty ugly game between two r...
4½ StarsThis is the third book in this series and it’s just as good as the first two! BUT, you don’t have to read the first two to thoroughly and completely enjoy this story. The characters from the first two books are in this one but this story is...
5 StarsThis book is a great sports romance. It was entertaining and I loved Leo and Georgia. I don't read many books in this particular sub-genre but I happen to have loved this one. At heart, Rookie Move is a sweet second chance at love story and...
4½ Stars“Moonshot” is one of those stories that is very hard to rate. Because on the one hand the writing is amazing and it keeps you reading, but on the other the story is not so good. It is legitimate to ask how that can be. Let me start with the...
3 StarsLaurel’s been hiding out from her own life. She has a degree she worked hard for but doesn’t use, and takes the path of least resistance. When she witnesses a couple getting into a physical confrontation in public, she’s a...
4¼ Stars“Locked, Loaded & Lying” by Sarah Andre is an exciting story that gives a glimpse of the other side of the fame and pressure attendant upon being a top athlete even as it gradually reveals clues about a murder mystery. There are very compli...
3¾ StarsHeat It Up is a sweet and sexy second chance romance. It was full of emotions and well STEAM! I did feel that the story could have been just a tad shorter as it did drag a little bit in the middle area. The characters and story itself were...
4 StarsThe story starts with our two main characters both in bad relationships. A series of events cause the two men to leave those relationships and end up dating each other. Both go into it thinking that it will just be a fling but they soon rea...
3½ StarsCompleting The Pass is the third book in this fantastic sports romance series by Jeanette Murray. It was a very heartfelt romance with lots of family drama and steamy encounters thrown in to make it an even more delightful read. I enjoyed t...
4 StarsCalling It, the debut novel for author Jen Doyle, is a sweet and sexy story with fun characters and charming banter. The sudden yet simmering attraction between the leads starts from the beginning, even though they come from different world...
4 StarsThis book was too sweet for words. Jagger is the main character of the story that rescues a damsel in distress. A damsel by the name of Tatiana or A.K.A Totty that is being abused on a daily basis by her father! Tatiana’s father is also Jag...
4 StarsFair Trade is a Las Vegas Sinners hockey book. The Sinners are a progressive team and Grayson Gunn has just been traded to them. He is in his forties and this might be his last opportunity for a playoff win. Olivia is the new assistant doct...
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