Book Title: Boyfriend Bargain
Genre: ROMANCE
Series: Hawthorne UniversityAuthor: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Book Overview
Wanted: one hot guy with rock-hard abs and a big stick.
Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad boy athletes . . . until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.
If only he knew she was alive.
Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible.
Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom—but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does—frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.
But after one (um, two) smoking-hot hookups, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.
Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their Boyfriend Bargain end in heartbreak?
A standalone hockey romance.
My Review
This is my second book from this same author this month and my third book of this genre and storyline, this month! I would not have found this one if a chapter wasn’t even extended on the previous book I read which was Ilsa Madden-Mills' I Hate You from her I Dare You series.
What a whirlwind read. This book wasn't just about a love story, it was all about a lot of things. Heartbreak, Family, Sports, Mental Illness, grief and more. What really stood out for me was the fact that despite all that was going on in both of the cast’s past and present lives, their stance and personalities stood out strong and positive.
Book Title: Jock Road
Genre: Sports Romance
Series: Jock HardAuthor: Sara Ney
Book Overview
EAT. SLEEP. FOOTBALL.
Those are Jackson Jennings, Jr’s three mantras . His entire life, he’s been a trained athlete with only one end-game: the Pro’s. No girls. No parties. No alcohol.
EAT. SLEEP. FOOTBALL.
Repeat.
Every Friday night, Triple J cruises the strip on campus, bored, lonely and conditioned not to party. But the night he meets Charlotte Edmonds on the side of the road, he wonders if his three mantras will ever be enough.
BIG. DUMB. JOCK.
Charlie has no time for Jackson’s antics. Not when he’s stealing her food or teases her to no end, making her tingle in all the right places. But if she’s ever going to have a boyfriend, she’d choose one who isn’t a Neanderthal. One with manners and actual time to spend with her. Not a hulking man-child who cruises the strip at night, in his Big. Dumb. Truck.
My Review
How is it possible that this series just keeps getting better and better? It was not too long ago that I rated the first book in the Jock Row series with 5-stars and now here I am again, putting up a 5-stars flag on this freakishly well written third installment.
Book Title: Switch Hitter
Genre: SPORTS ROMANCE
Series: Jock Hard # 0.5
Author: Sara Ney
Book Overview
I knew something was wrong the second she walked in the door tonight; I just couldn’t put my finger on what it was.
Same hair color.
Same legs.
Same face.
Except… I look harder.
At the small dimple beneath her lip that wasn’t there the last time we went out. And her laugh — that laugh isn’t as loud.
This isn’t the girl I’ve gone out with the past few weeks.
It’s her twin sister, and they’ve switched places on me.
Only I’m not quite ready to let them switch back.
My Review
It's JOCK HARD Week and it's Sarah Ney Week!!
Such a quick and easy read. I did wish for Dash to have his own book but I didnt want it to be short nor did I expect it to be very short. Regardless of the pages, I loved this. it was such an interesting scene to imagine a twin with different personality sit in front of a guy who is much smarter than they expected. Not only that but My goodness did this end well with an intense scene. Whew. Definitely worthy to ready when you need something short and enticing.
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Book Title: Jock Rule
Genre: ROMANCE
Series: Jock Hard # 2
Author: Sara Ney
Book Overview
Kip Carmichael is no pretty boy.
He's a rough. Dirty. Giant. Hair so unruly, and a beard so thick, his friends on the team call him Sasquatch.
The first time Sasquatch lays eyes on Theodora "Teddy" Johnson across the keg at a party one night on Jock Row, she'd been relegated to the sidelines by her jock hungry "friends."
Week-after-week, he watches beautiful but bashful Teddy getting overshadowed, and overlooked. Sasquatch finally broad shoulders his way through the crowd, offering to to be her hairy godmother. But the minute their eyes meet? He's a goner.
Teaching her the RULES for winning a jock will be the easy part. Not falling in love with her is going to be a losing game.
My Review
Sadly this wasn't as appealing as the first one but despite that fact, I still managed to complete the book with no problems. I just hoped that the whole plot and story-line was at least extended. I don't know, it kind of felt like there should've been more to their story for me to feel more at ease about them actually ending up together. But that's just me. I loved Jock Row, it felt like it was a complete whirlwind while this one seemed like it was all in the safer side.
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Book Title: Jock Row
Genre: ROMANCE
Series: Jock Hard
Author: Sara Ney
Book Overview
Scarlett is always the sensible one: The sober driver. The planner. The one holding your hair back while you're worshiping the porcelain gods.
Week-after-week, she visits Jock Row with her friends — the university's hottest party scene and breeding ground for student athletes. And if keeping her friends out of trouble, and guys out of their pants, was a sport, she'd be the star athlete.
Being a well known jock-blocker gets her noticed for all the wrong reasons; just like that, she's banned from Jock Row. NO GUY WANTS A GIRL AROUND WHO KEEPS THEIR JOCK FRIENDS FROM GETTING LAID.
"Rowdy" Wade is the hot shot short-stop for the university's baseball team — and the unlucky bastard who drew the short straw: keep little Miss Goody Two-Shoes out of the Baseball House.
But week-after-week Scarlett returns, determined to get inside.
My Review
This had all of my feelings ringing. I couldnt, for the life of me, concetrate on doing anything unless I finished the book and it took me less than a Day. LESS THAN A DAY! (I have a full time freaking job) I feel like I was just washed over by Waves after waves when I finished the book. Damn.
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Book Title: Worth The Chase
Series: Worth It 1
Genre: New Adult
Author: JL Beck
Book Overview
Gia King was more than tired of living under her father’s thumb. The Mafia King turned FBI agent was overly protective of her every move and college was her one and only savior. Going to Auburn University was her dream, and she couldn’t wait to be free. She was going to let her hair down and shuck the good girl appearance for a new side—a darker, sexier, and ten times worse, Gia. She was ready to push the boundaries.
Chase Winchester was a God. No, seriously. Women all across campus sighed heavily when their eyes stumbled across him. He was arrogant, sexy, and he knew it. AU was just another reason for him to spread his feathers and dip his fingers into some prime sorority girls.
Until Gia King came into his life, knocking him right on his ass. She was everything a man would want and yet, somehow, she was off limits. There was no way he could force himself to take her, unless she truthfully wanted him.
College, romance, and two families who were hell bent on being enemies. Can love between these two really transpire or will everyone else have the last say.
Sometimes you have to chase what you want.
My Review
This was more of an 'Yeah Okay' read than a 'Good' read. Yeah it was all hot and rough but the overall story didn't satisfy me. It kind of felt a bit fast and forced for me like I just read the book in one sitting, watch as they try to push and pull each other then in the cheesiest way possible fall back to sex
Book Title: RIKKI
Series: Hart University 1
Genre: New Adult
Author: Abigail Storm
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Book Overview
Ever since junior high and an ill-fated game of seven minutes in heaven, Rikki Eisendrath and Sam Payne have hated each others’ guts. But when they end up at the same college—and the same dorm—they figure it’s time to declare a truce.
They even become friends… sort of. But when Sam asks Rikki to model for his sculpting project, they start spending more time together—and her feelings for him get more complicated.
She tries to focus on the guy she’s been crushing on instead. But Sam’s the one she can’t stop thinking about, even though their arguments are starting to heat up as much as the chemistry between them.
With antagonism and attraction this intense, there’s bound to be an explosion. But when the dust settles, will Sam and Rikki be enemies, friends… or something more?
My Review
This book has the same vibe Fangirl by Rainbow has given me. Though the story is so much different, the feels of it is
