Journalist Samantha Jameson always wanted to be one of the boys, but Ryan Terell won’t let her join the club. Fresh from the battlegrounds of Iraq, reporting on a bunch of overgrown boys playing pro football is just the change of scenery she needs. If trying to be taken seriously in the world of sports writing wasn’t hard enough, Ryan, her college crush, is only making it harder. As a tight-end for the team she’s covering, he is strictly off limits.
Ryan Terell is a playmaker on and off the field, but when Samantha uncovers his moves, he throws out the playbook. Just as he claims his sweetest victory, Samantha’s investigation into a steroid scandal involving his team forces him to call a time-out to their off the record trysts. But then a life threatening injury on the field will force them both to decide just how far they’ll go to win the game.
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I loved this story – I’m was a cheerleader when I was 8 – my brother played football and my dad was the coach for a few years.Â
Light, fluffy, and enjoyable read but nothing outstanding “Football is an honest game. It’s true to life. It’s a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.”Â
A Great Contemporary Romance This is the second book I’ve read from Matis, and she does not disappoint. A hunky football star has the hots for a sports reporter who refuses to get involved due to her career. The characters have great chemistry, the sex scenes are fantastic, and there are some issues that deepen the book along the way, like a steroids plot and PTSD. I was cheering for this couple the whole way and the ending was satisfying. I also loved the secondary plot with the hero and heroine’s best friends, and that…