Synopsis
Pitching phenom Bruce "Jilly" Gillette has a hard time talking to women. His hulking presence of tattoos and muscles is what makes him an intimidating closer on the mound, yet off the field, he's painfully shy, uncomfortable in his own skin.
Desperate to revamp his loner image, the New York Kings hold a dream date contest, granting the lucky winner a night on the town with their surly reliever, doing whatever it takes to force Jilly out of his comfort zone.
Hailey Halpert enters the contest on a whim, looking for answers as to why her high school relationship with Jilly hit the skids. Now she’s a popular romance author writing under a pen name, and her reappearance in Jilly's life is no accident. It turns out that her novels are all about the sexy players on the Kings, and Jilly has no clue that he's about to become her new leading man.
~REVIEW~
Jilly is not your typical hot romance book male- yeah he has tattoos and he's hot but he's very shy and not a player. Because he is so closed off he is being forced to get out in the public and go on a dream date. Hailey has been in love with Jilly since high school, but she too was a shy girl, so they didn't quite get it back then. She has kept a close eye on him all these years and takes a leap of faith and moves to the big city to be near him. When she enters a contest to go on a dream date with him, she didn't thing she would win, but she did. Now that Jilly is back in her life, she doesn't want to let him go but when he finds out about her books, she knows we will drop her like a hot potato. Things are up and down with these two and there's some serious miscommunication. There's a manager, her romance books, ex's and assumptions that get in the way at every turn. Eventually, they both decide that they need to stand up and fight for one another. There's not a whole lot of sex scenes, and when they are, they aren't detailed. Fabulous ending.
~Excerpt~
"Practice
makes perfect. Isn't that what all you athletes say?" She gives me a saucy
wink, and I know then that everything's going to be okay.
"Yeah, but I
think I’m gonna need you to help me work on my stamina." I give her what I
hope is a sexy look.
She chuckles,
blushing a little.
"I wanna
learn every noise you make when I touch the places on your body that get you
going. I wanna memorize the look I put on your face when you throw back your
head, begging me with your last breath not to stop what I’m doing to you,"
I reply, watching her face turn a highly arousing shade of pink.
She pouts, her
lips full and plump. “Do you know that I spent three hours picking out my
underwear for you?"
"Really?” I
ask, laughing.
"Too
much?" She crinkles her brow at me, and it’s so fuckin’ adorable.
"Hailey…I’m very appreciative." I kiss the tip
of her nose, getting her to smile back at me.
"I didn't
know if…" she trails off.
"You never
have to do anything more for me." I reach down and stroke her face.
"I just wanna
measure up." She holds on to
my shoulders, resting her forehead against my chest.
"Hey…" I
say gently, meeting her eyes as she gazes up at me. “I don’t want anyone…but
you.”
She swallows hard,
her smile returning to her face, as she grabs my bicep. I feel the heat of her
gaze. Maybe I do want to see that naughty side of her after all.
About Collette West
Collette West grew up as somewhat of a jock-nerd hybrid. Entering the world three weeks premature, her dad nearly missed her birth because he had seats behind the dugout for a sold-out, highly-anticipated match-up between two of baseball's biggest rivals. Not to be outdone, her book-loving mom taught her how to read by the time she was three. A love of the game coupled with an appreciation for the written word were instilled in Collette's impressionable brain from a young age. No wonder her characters believe in the philosophy: sports + romance = a little slice of heaven.
Splitting her time between the Pocono Mountains and Manhattan, Collette indulges her inner fangirl by going to as many games as she can from hockey to baseball and downloading every sports romance novel in existence onto her iPad. When she's not clicking away on her laptop, she enjoys walking her dog in Central Park, satisfying her caffeine craving at the Starbucks on Broadway and keeping an eye out for Mr. Right. But above all, she loves dishing with her readers. Email her at collette_west@yahoo.com.
She is the author of NIGHT GAMES and GAME CHANGER.
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