Love Game

This was a really enjoyable story with a really great and original theme. I really suggest it it if you love sports romances.

Kate is a WBNA star, she is a winner with many awards and accolades but her salary does not reflect that, though her contract is up. Danny is a new hire and he had everything as a coach, until he mucked it up with a college student romance. Now his friend has hired him to coach the college football team, where they have never won any awards. In football that is, because Kate's basketball team has won many awards.

For Danny it is lust at first sight. I loved Danny, no matter what he is totally into Kate and he pretty much gives it his all. Kate was harder to predict as she gets attracted to Danny. But I loved that she was this really strong woman and I could understand that made her one tough cookie.

The big issue in this book is that the college does not want its coaches to date. Danny especially, its actually written in his contract. So they hide from everyone, until Danny decides to take a huge risk for Kate. I am not spoiling anything else, but this story was well written, original and one I had a hard time putting down.

Both Danny and Kate are very competitive. Either not willing to give an inch. They just have to find a way for them to each get what they want and need. When they finally do, it's very steamy.

In their hay-day, Danny and Kate were both pro athletes at the top of their game. Kate has continued her success as a basketball coach at her alma mater. Danny was a successful football coach who got caught up in a scandal with an extra side of taboo. This has left Danny working his way back to coaching at a Division 1 school. Finally, with an offer from Wolcott University he's made his way back to D1, but nowhere near the top. What he soon realizes is that Wolcott is Kate's school, where women's basketball reigns supreme and she is its queen. Not surprisingly, his obscene salary and ability to steal the spotlight, coupled with his past and a PR stunt, has put Kate on edge. Their chemistry is evident from the beginning, so it’s only a matter of time before things heat up. What follows is a romance that begins with a slow burn and turns pretty hot, pretty fast.

This is an enjoyable read that offers a HEA, but also leaves some dangling unanswered questions. I assume that means this is the beginning of a series that will offer more answers and happily ever afters. I look forward to reading the next offering.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.