Review: Play Hard
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
I give the overall set 3 stars, it was free after all...Individual ratings..Book one Fast ball 3 stars..My problem with this book is that I never bought that these two were in love. From their first meeting they were instantly in lust which is fine, after all we are wired to feel physical attraction first but with these two that is all I ever felt they had. Inside Maddie's head we find out her and Jake talked until the we hours of the morning after their first night together but we readers didn't get to feel their connection. Then soon after Maddie eavesdrops on a conversation between Jake and his team-mate/friend which she had no business doing. Her reasoning was that she was concerned for Jake's safety as his friend (who was considerably smaller then Jake) was irate but she herself later confronted Rob on her own and had no fear for her own safety nor did Jake. Rob has been betting on baseball and is in debt to his bookie. Jake wants to keep it quiet, pay off the bookie and enroll Rob into gamblers anonymous. Then we get the confrontation with him trying to protect the teams reputation as well as save his friend from the bookie and her worrying about her job, his job and the ethics of it all. There was no tender heart to hearts or meeting of the minds, I think my favorite part of the book was when they both got their behinds reamed for conducting a private interview instead of going through the proper channels. That at least was realistic.Book 2 Off-sides 5 starsI loved every thing about this book and hated when it ended too soon. I loved the characters. The story revolves around Billie-Jo Barker. one third of a set of triplets. I loved that Billie was a strong willed character but was also extremely vulnerable as well. Billie made her career out of playing ice hockey but due to a head injury had to give up her pro status. She comes home to her small town and joins the men's no contact hockey league thus setting off a chain of events that pits the the entire town against each other. I love the small minds of a small town who don't think men and women should play together on the same team. Her team captain is Logan who she has always been secretly in love with since she was about fourteen years old but Logan only had eyes for the other triplet Betty-Jo. Logan wrestles with whether or not to tell Billie that he once slept with her sister but Billie as her own secret about that night and is afraid to tell Logan the truth..This was a sweet romance with engaging characters. Even Logan's perverted cat Weird was a nice addition, LOL.Book 3 Proposition 3 starsI loved this book an would have given it 5 stars but for the act that it isn't a stand alone book. This is book one in a three book series and leaves you hanging big time at the end. In order to get the entire story you then have to purchase book 2 Possession and book 3 Obsession. The story is extremely engaging and I did buy the 3 book set for $3.99..