Review: Curve ball ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
Tempting the Player is the second novel in the The Gamble Brothers series by this author. The first novel was kind of lackluster for me, but the second had a little something more to it. This novel involves Chad Gamble, all-star baseball player, with a bad rap in the media for being baseball's ultimate player on and off the field. Bridget (yes, Maddie's assistant) is broke and in a rut. Looking for excitement in the exclusive Leather and Lace nightclub she finds it in Chad Gamble. After one steamy encounter neither one can get their minds off it. And one steamy photo leads to a fake relationship with very real feelings in the game.The Good: Chad's character was nice. He's more serious and sexy than his brother Chase in the last novel. But he kind of needs to grow up a little. Bridget's character is very easy to connect with. She actually has real world problems in a not so real world situation. This novel also sets up the characters for the next novel which should be interesting to see. It was a fairly well written book with an ending I actually didn't see coming.The Bad: The sex scenes are few and just ok. Yeah they had steamy moments but at some point you just want to shout at them to stop over thinking it and just do it already. Those parts of the novel got kind of old. Yes they will, no they wont, oh wait I have to stop and think about again.Final Note: All in all this novel was better than the first. The characters were better in general, but the heroine was easy to connect with. The whole relationship seemed a little dragged out but the ending was a curve ball (baseball pun intended).