Review: 4.5-5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
Aynslee Shaw moved to Nashville to start a new life/job after a break up.  While flying back home to Nashville after being a bridesmaid in a wedding from hell, she meets Jordan Ryan and his sexy smile and laugh completely charm her.Jordan Ryan was the Assassins starting goalie, until he got hurt. To make matters worse, the goalie that they brought up to cover for him while he was injured turned out to be a really great goalie.  So now that he has recovered from his injury he has to play backup to the new rockstar goalie.  In addition to losing his starters spot, he has also lost a lot of his self esteem since his girlfriend left him while he was injured.  Aynslee and Jordan feel an instant connection, but Jordan's self esteem issues and the fact that he might have to leave Nashville because he doesn't want to be a backup anymore stop him from doing anything about their attraction.Aynslee thinks that she may have let the one get away and Jordan can't stop thinking about the woman he met on the plane.  When they happen to meet up again they both have to decide if some things are more important than a job.Falling for the Backup is a novella in the Assassin Series by Toni Aleo.  I can't say enough about how much I love Ms Toni's writing.  She brings passion, humor and sassiness to her writing in basically perfect amounts.  This book didn't have as much conflict as her other books, but being as it is shorter it works out just fine. I don't always like novellas because they can be rushed, but this one didn't seem to be rushed.  They had lust at first sight and of course they have their HEA, but it wasn't like some books where they meet and two days later they are in love.  They had ups and downs in their relationships just like everyone else.  All in all it was a perfect companion to the rest of the Assassin series.