Review: Josie's 4 Star Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
I am a football lover and a football mom, so this story was enjoyable for me.  This story is about Tamar and Abraham, they have known each other forever. Their parents are best friends and they live on the same block.  Tamar has been in love with Abraham for as long as she can remember.  Years ago at the age of 19 Tamar got enough guts to finally tell Abraham how she felt about him. However, she did not get the response from Abraham she had hoped for. In fact I really did not like him at all.“Abraham.  I like you.”“Tamar don’t.”“I really like you.  I have always liked you.  I look at you I can feel it in my chest and I love you.”“Tamar, don’t.  I didn’t expect you to say anything.  Just – you’ve never brought it up before.”“What does that mean?”“You knew.  You knew I was in love with you.”“Come on Tammy.  It was impossible not to know.”“Just forget it, okay.”Fast forward 4 years, Tamar has not seen or spoken to Abraham since that night.  As luck has it she is offered a job in New York City for Sports Today and Abraham is the linebacker for a professional New York City football team the Leopards.  The two meet again, and the start to hang out together.  Tamar’s job is to report on sports..in this case football. Abe is a football player so there are problems with their relationship.This book does not have all the angst in it that would come with a big football player or sports icon. It deals with the two trying to move on from the past and explore a new kind of relationship.  Tamar is not interested in putting her heart out there again, since Abe crushed it all those years ago. Abe has also been keeping his own secret form Tamar.“You know what I was thinking, before you got here?”“Before I got here?”“That I was restless.”“How so?”“Like I’ve been waiting for something but I don’t know what.”I loved how Abe knew it would not be easy for Tamar to trust what he was offering seriously.  For Tamar she did not want to jeopardize their friendship for a fling. she has a plan…a list. She wants to find a man that loves her and wants her forever.  Abe is not having any of that. He gets in the way of everything she has going on to make sure she does not find that man.“I am afraid that loving you is like riding a bike.  That if I let myself fall so hard and fast that I’ll never be able to recover.”“I don’t want you to be able to recover.”The author happened to approach a subject that has been discussed in the professional athletic field and I was pleased that it was done.  So besides getting a love story we get a touch of issues that happen with the sports community that is left alone.  Tamar has a decision to make that will bust this issue wide open.  She has to keep quiet or go to press and risk her relationship with Abe while possibly ending his career.  Will Abe stand by Tamar or will he choose his career over love?  I loved the ending of this story. It will make you smile.  Tamar and Abe have a really good relationship that spans years and you can see that in this story.“Just so you know, I’ve never done this.”“Never.”Tamar, were you waiting for me?”“I’m broken.”“I’m right, you did wait for me.”I trust you.  And I have very deep and long-lasting feelings towards you.  So do I want you to be the first person I have sex with you, yes. My roommates think it will get you out of my system.”“That was to let you know that you will never get me out of your system, Tamar Rosenfield.”“I don’t want to hurt you.”“You won’t I need you. Tamar don’t move if you don’t want me to loss control.”