Review: Great Way to Check out Authors
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2013
I'm not always into the sports romances, but I figured for 99 cents and the chance to see if any of the author's work for me, what do I have to lose?  Turns out, I had everything to gain.  All three of them worked REALLY well for me.Fastball by V.K. Sykes was my least favorite out of the three offerings, although that's not saying much because it was still a really great romance.  I loved the fact that the characters had their own issues to overcome as well as the roadblocks set up by the fact that Jake is a baseball player and Maddie is one of the reporters covering him and that is SUCH a conflict of interest - esp when she gets an unauthorized interview with him.  The only downside (in my opinion) was that there was a little bit of a "danger/action" sideplot thrown in that's not mentioned in the book description and that I really didn't think was necessary.  Fortunately it doesn't take up too much time and I could just roll my eyes over it and move on.  But that's why it was my least favorite... still definitely worth a read.Offside by Juliana Stone was utterly fantastic.  There's some major family issues going on between the three triplets, Billie, Bobbi and Betty; major heat going on between Billie and Logan; and major things going on in town when Billie steps up to show the guys that girls can not only play hockey, they can do it just as well if not better then men.  There's secrets, hot sex, hot alpha protective men, plenty of girl-power and all the happy ending a woman could ask for.  Even better, there's two more books about Billie's two sisters and you'd better believe I bought them ASAP.The Proposition by Jennifer Lyon features a UFC fighter named Sloane, and I totally get Kat's hesitation towards him.  I'm not a big fan of violence myself (despite my hockey preoccupation) and I can't stand the UFC fights or boxing... but just like Kat I'm completely drawn in by Sloane.  He's just... so yummy.  And just broken enough that I want to fix him.  Not that he's shown her that yet, but it's coming.  This ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, but the good news is the series is already finished and available and not expensive... so I bought those too. I just HAVE to know what happened with Kat in the past, what's going to happen between her and her ex and her family in the future, and what's going to happen between her and Sloane.  Gotta love an alpha male who's super protective and yet also wants to build his woman up to be able to protect herself.All in all, this is such a fantastic buy for people who want to try out these authors at a cheaper price... 2 out of three had me immediately buying their follow-up books.  There's something here for everyone... go ahead, take a taste ;)