Synopsis
from Goodreads:
This
hard-bodied football star is used to scoring. But he needs all the
right moves to get past a fiery redhead’s defenses in a steamy
standalone novel from the bestselling author of Ruined.
Emerson: Talk about bad first impressions. I have too much riding on this job to show up late on my first day looking like the winner of a wet T-shirt contest, all thanks to an arrogant quarterback who drives like he owns the road. Hunter Browning thinks that because he’s famous, he can fix everything with a smile and a wave of his hand. He’s too bronzed, buff, and beautiful for his own good. Or mine. I can’t let on that I’m a fan . . . no matter how much fun we’d have in the sack.
Hunter: Hitting that puddle was my best play since winning the Super Bowl with a touchdown pass. Sure, it’s not my preferred way to get a girl wet, but I’ll make an exception for Emerson Day. She’s got a sharp tongue and a red-hot temper, even with her soaking clothes plastered to her every curve. Now I know exactly what my next play will be: hire Emerson as my personal real-estate agent, save her job—and see if I can take her off the market.
Emerson: Talk about bad first impressions. I have too much riding on this job to show up late on my first day looking like the winner of a wet T-shirt contest, all thanks to an arrogant quarterback who drives like he owns the road. Hunter Browning thinks that because he’s famous, he can fix everything with a smile and a wave of his hand. He’s too bronzed, buff, and beautiful for his own good. Or mine. I can’t let on that I’m a fan . . . no matter how much fun we’d have in the sack.
Hunter: Hitting that puddle was my best play since winning the Super Bowl with a touchdown pass. Sure, it’s not my preferred way to get a girl wet, but I’ll make an exception for Emerson Day. She’s got a sharp tongue and a red-hot temper, even with her soaking clothes plastered to her every curve. Now I know exactly what my next play will be: hire Emerson as my personal real-estate agent, save her job—and see if I can take her off the market.
Stats
for my copy:
.pdf ARC, Loveswept, 2017.
How
acquired:
Instafreebie.
My
thoughts: This
story combined elements that I like with elements that I'm not crazy
about, and it all worked. I love an alpha hero. Cocky, arrogant,
bring it on. Professional football player and star quarterback Hunter
delivers. Witty, cutting banter will always draw me in, and Hunter
and Emerson delivered. I laughed out loud several times at their
exchanges. A hero who enrages the heroine. Score another point for
Hunter. A hero with young kids. Ok, they aren't actually Hunter's
kids, but a niece and nephew are close enough. A heroine who turns
her nose up at the hero's money and fame. While secretly awed
(because she is a football fan), Emerson refuses to let that show,
which of course makes her different from every other woman Hunter
knows, and therefore more desirable. (Although there is a scene
involving a hundred dollar bill that was hilarious.) Characters
falling deeply in love in a very short period of time. Not a big fan
of instalove, as I like watching a relationship grow, but doesn't
bother me too much. First person point of view, present tense. My
least favorite tense. But Ms. Wolff does it so well it didn't bother
me at all. So score one for her.
Throw
in some mega sexy times, and a lot of heart. I cried. More than once.
Hunter is the kind of man I would find insufferable in real life, but
as I got to know him, and to understand him, I adored him. The
narrative alternates between Hunter's and Emerson's points of view,
but I felt it was a little more his story than hers. Which was just
fine by me. I loved this book.
Sounds like a good read! I'll add it to my ever growing reading wishlist. :-)
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