Review: Awesome Passionate Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
Two characters that have one thing in common, football, can they choose the right path in order to be together.I do have to say that I really am not a sports fan; I'm not one to sit down for Sunday football or Monday night football or any other sports.  But I do have to say give me a story about a sexy football player, an MMA fighter, a baseball or basketball player and I'm all in.  To me all I'm seeing is lots of hunks trying to get a ball or beating the crap out of each other but in a story you get to know the person what they want in life and hopefully fall in love with a wonderful woman.  Skin in the Game is about just that a football player that has come home to help his father figure coach the high school football team until he can get back into the NFL after his tragic accident.Cade Reynolds was the high school quarterback and then the NFL quarterback for the Texans until his caused him out of the game.  From the moment that he saw this beautiful woman walk into the coffee he was intrigued with her it seemed that his body was calling for her.  He needed to get her attention he needed to get her to notice him and the moment that she did he knew he needed her.  Cade realized that she recognized him finally someone from his hometown recognized him.  Only she looked familiar but he couldn't for the life of him remember if he knew her.Angela "Angie" Peterson is a high school math teacher and also the assistant coach for the high school team, Eagles.  She loves math but she also has a knack for developing plays that work wonders since she spent lots of her time with her father seeing football games.  When she was just a freshman she gave pointers to the high school quarterback, pointers that helped win the championship.  Now here she was sitting in front of the man that she had a crush on since she was in high school and now he wanted to go out with her.  Only he did not recognize her how could he she had totally changed she was no longer the geeky girl that she was in high school.  Only that she doesn't know the true reason why he is back home and when she finds out she is not going to like it.When Cade and Angie get together for their so-called date they ravage each other.  They can't seem to keep their hands off each other but Angie flees in the early morning.  When Cade meets with the head coach that is recovering from a heart attack he finds out that even though the assistant coach is more than capable of being the head coach for three weeks it's not possible.  The other assistant is known for harassing and doesn't want any problems while he is out and the football players will love to have an NFL quarterback as their coach.  As the coach tells Cade about his assistant coach and how she is the one that develops the plays he learns her name and also that she is the math teacher but most importantly she is the one that helped them win the last Championship that the Eagles won since he was the high school quarterback.  That's the same woman that he slept with now he was going to be her boss and it was going to ruin everything.Skin in the Game is an awesome read that had me enthralled from beginning to the very end.  These two characters understood each other; they both had a passion for the game.  Only that Angie needed to understand that at times the plays she put into play could have consequences they were not her fault that is part of the game.  Cade was a very sweet caring man that wanted to get his career back but could he do it and take another dears friends job.  The characters in this story are strong, fun, sexy and are made for each other.  There are moments that I found myself laughing out loud and at times I wanted to strangle one of the characters.  His comments to Angie were uncalled for clear harassment but the school systems are bizarre on how they handle situations.  The story moves at a steady pace with highs and lows but it was all good.  The internal dialogue of Cade and Angie was enlightening and sweet.  The dialogue was great and the romance was perfect.  The sexual chemistry was sizzling hot and so passionate.  I loved how I was able to get lost in their romance and just shows the writing talent of Ms. Barbosa.Skin in the Game is a wonderful journey where two people are so compatible that it was only a matter of time before they would get their happily ever after.  I can't wait for the next book in this series.