Review: Sexy Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
love Entangled Publishing's Brazen books, so I was excited to be able to read Skin in the Game.  This is the first novel I have read by Jackie Barbosa, and I really did enjoy it and look forward to reading more from her.  When Cade Reynolds, former high school football player and NFL superstar finds himself back in Harper Falls to help his old coach out for a few weeks while recovering from an injury, the last thing he expects to see while at the local coffee shop is a beautiful blonde who definitely could be a supermodel, and is most possibly the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.  The last thing Angie Peterson expects when she walks in the coffee shop is to see Cade Reynolds, NFL superstar, and her secret crush when she was in high school, and she certainly doesn't expect him to ask her out.  Cade obviously doesn't remember her, and Angie wants to keep it that way, thinking if he remembered the geeky, ugly girl she was in high school he wouldn't want anything to do with her.  Cade has always remembered a geeky girl from high school who knew football and was quite the strategist when it came to plays.  In fact, he credits her as playing a big part in his getting into the NFL to begin with.  After a night of passion, Angie sneaks out while Cade is asleep, having convinced herself that is the best thing to do because their worlds are too different for it to be anything else.  When Cade shows up at "her" high school as interim coach of "her" team team, things really begin to get interesting, and they both find themselves part of a game that has a whole lot more to do with it than just football.  Who will be the victor, however, is something that remains to be seen.Skin in the Game is a hot, sexy, romance, and also a really great story.  The plot was great and Jackie Barbosa certainly knows how to deliver the sizzle.  Cade Reynolds was one of those dream guys you would just die for.  He's is super hot, oozes with sex appeal, and  knows how to talk dirty in the best of ways.  Angie Peterson is beautiful, smart, talented, and knows football better than most men.  She doesn't realize just how beautiful she is, which makes her that much more attractive to Cade, who has dated more than his share of supermodels.  Their relationship on and off the field is intense, to say the least.  The sports them combined with the romance makes Skin in the Game a interesting, fun, and really sexy read, and one that I would definitely recommend to all romance fans.