I’m excited to highlight the next book in Jen Frederick’s Gridiron series. This is a fabulous cover and it makes me even more excited about the book. I’m hoping that the contents of the story match the cover! Here is my review of Sacked, the first book in the series.
She’s always played it safe…
College junior Lucy Washington abides by one rule—avoid risk at all costs. She’s cautious in every aspect of her life, from her health, to her mock trial team, to the boring guys she dates. When a brash, gorgeous jock walks into the campus coffeeshop and turns his flirt on, Lucy is stunned by the force of attraction. For the first time ever, she’s willing to step out of her comfort zone, but can she really trust the guy who’s determined to sweep her off her feet?
He’s always played around…
Entering his last year of college eligibility, linebacker Matthew “Matty” Iverson has the team captaincy in his sights. And it’s his for the taking, if he can convince his quarterback Ace Anderson to give up the starting position. Luckily, Matty already has an edge—the hottie he’s lusting over just happens to be Ace’s childhood best friend. Getting Lucy on his side and in his bed? Hell yeah. Matty is more than confident he can have both, but when he falls hard for Lucy, it’s time for a new game plan: convince the woman of his dreams that she’s not sleeping with the enemy.
Here’s a little teaser to get grab your interest even more:
He leans toward me again. “How about this. I’ll take all the risks and you just come along for the ride.”
“Matty, dating isn’t the risk. You’re the risk.” I lay down a few bills for my meal. “I’m not unhappy with how I live now. There’s nothing wrong with making measured decisions and weighing the risks versus the benefits.”
He watches me while I pull on my coat. “You’re right that there’s nothing wrong with how you’re living. I’m not judging that. I’m just saying maybe your life could be happier. And that sometimes taking a risk gives you big rewards.”
“And you’re that big reward?”
He smiles wide. “You won’t know unless you give me a try.”
always only loud on paper. She has been writing stories and creating characters for as long as she can remember. After living on the west coast for many years she recently moved to Virginia Beach, VA.
The story goes like this: While on pregnancy bed rest, Lauren Dane had plenty of down time, so her husband took her comments about “giving that writing thing a serious go” to heart and brought home a secondhand laptop. She wrote her first book on it. Today, Lauren is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 60 novels and novellas across several genres.
the story takes off from there. Eve and Asa are about as different as it is possible to be. Eve is practical and efficient. She is the bastard child of a Duke and lives a simple, quiet life. Her only support is the Duke of Montgomery, her brother and protector. When Eve meets Asa, she is immediately drawn to him. But she also knows she has to protect her brother’s investment in Harte’s Folly, the theater Asa runs, so, despite her initial attraction, Eve concentrates on business. And that isn’t hard to do necessarily because while Asa is passionate about theater, he is not a natural businessman by any means. Eve is however and gets the theater’s books in order. The closer she works with Asa, the closer their bond grows.
n contemporary romances under the name Julia Harper. 
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