Review: Championship Caliber
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
Although The Winning Season isn't technically part of a series, its characters were first introduced in Love in the Afternoon. Kelly Maxwell is the sister of Kayla Maxwell, hot shot soap actress and Matt Scanlon is best friends with Kayla's co-star and boyfriend Sean Barrett. When Kelly and Matt are first introduced in Love in the Afternoon sparks fly and they aren't necessarily the good kind. When The Winning Season started I was happy to see that the sparks were still very much there.Matt is a professional baseball player that after a very rough year was traded from the LA Dodgers to the San Francisco Blaze, which is the very team that Kelly works for. Although Matt is trying to be a better person, he and Kelly still clash on almost everything. Of course underneath that clashing is the good kind of spark and boy was it great watching that spark build into an all consuming fire. Matt and Kelly are ridiculously hot together. Their first two kisses were amazing and nearly lit my Kindle on fire.Both Kelly and Matt have secrets from their past that they don't share with anyone. Eventually, they break down each other's walls and secrets come out. Of course there has to be some kind of turmoil, but thankfully that wasn't drawn out too long. There were some amazingly sweet moments in this book and look forward to reading it again someday. Matt and Kelly both surprised me at times, which is difficult to do.I'm a sucker for ball players and loved Matt from the moment I met him, even if he was a jerk. I know that Alison Packard is working on another book in this world that features J.T. another ball player who I loved upon meeting him. I can't wait for his story and to read more by Alison.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley