Review: Good contemporary romance :)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
3-3.5 starsThis was a good story. I liked both Kyran and Anna and enjoyed their story. This is the first story I've read by this author and based off this I may try more of her work in the future.Anna is 40 years old, a phys-Ed teacher and assistant coach of the high school's JV football team. Anna hasn't had much luck with men in her life and all have been lacking. Her last relationship was a college professor, Will, that she was engaged to until she found him cheating on her with a grad student (that he was screwing over his desk at the time). Anna hasn't been involved with anyone since then. Anna recently got a job working part time as the mascot for the local professional football team.Kyran is a 30 year old quarterback on a professional football team. He has a good career but his playing days are coming to an end soon and he's interested in getting in to coaching. Kyran used to date a lot of women (more serial monogamy rather than many woman at one time) but after he blew out his knee and had to go through recovery, he's settled down and concentrated on the end of his career.The story begins a bit confusing because we come in to find Kyran coming in to the mascot dressing room to avoid a reporter that wont leave him alone. It soon becomes apparent that he also came in there with every intention of seducing Anna. As the story progresses, we find out that apparently at the end of last season, Anna got the job as the team mascot and met Kyran then. He asked he out and they went and talked for hours over coffee and then had some heavy petting at her car before they split ways. Kyran got Anna's phone number and intended to call her but she had just changed her # and ended up accidentally giving him the wrong one. He thinks she did it on purpose but likes her enough that he fully intends to find her and see her again in the future. Anna doesn't realize she gave the wrong # and is hurt when he doesn't call. Kyran had to spend pretty much the whole off-season working on a knee issue and doesn't get back home until the pre-season games are starting and the book starts right after the first pre-season game...the first time Kyran has been able to find Anna. He comes in to her locker room to find her and doesn't realize it's her 40th birthday. She has plans to go out with friends but Kyran soon derails those plans and seduces her in to staying with him instead. They have sex in the locker room, on the way home and then a number of times once they get to his place. Obviously there's a strong attraction between them. It seems to have been brewing since they first met months before and once they get back together it explodes. The night proves to both of them that they want more together. Kyran is all for exploring what they have and what they could have. Anna is a bit freaked because do their age difference but Kyran makes it quite clear he wants her and she wants him enough that she decides to risk the heartbreak if things don't work out.Unfortunately, Anna and Kyran have to face issues by the very next morning as a reporter that wont leave Kyran alone managed to get a picture of them kissing and printed a story that was inflammatory at best. This ends up causing problems for Anna because her Ex, Will, (who happens to be on the school board) gets her called before a hearing about how her relationship and the article about her and Kyran might cause problems for the school and her students. Thankfully, Anna doesn't let this push her away from Kyran and Kyran stands behind her, even going to stand by her during the hearing. The complaint against Anna is dismissed but that isn't the end to their problems. While Kyran and Anna seem to do great together (and quickly fall in love...yeah, it's an insta-love story) they get lots of problems from others, specifically their Exes and reporters. Kyran's Ex keeps calling him and trying to get them back together, even to the point of lying to the press about their relationship. In addition to the original reporter, another one tries to cause them issues as well (taking pictures of them in private moments through cracks in the curtains) and it seems like more might be going on than what they see. While trying to figure these issues out, Anna and Kyran are together and building their relationship. To be honest, there's a lot of sex. This story has a plot and I liked it but just about every time something happens in the plot there's lot of sex between the plot twists. Sometimes it almost felt like too much sex (and very descriptive) because it overshadowed the plot at times and I like things to be more balanced. The sex was a bit on the kinky side as they use some toys on each other (Anna even uses a strap-on on Kyran) but it's not BDSM. Between all the sex and such, Kyran and Anna have to deal with issues that end up being tied together in an overall plot that no one expected. I actually liked how Anna reacted when things got bad. She didn't have the typical reaction and I was glad she wasn't stupid about things. Everything gets worked out in the end and Kyran and Anna get engaged and start planning their HEA.This was a good story. I had some problems rating it because I was torn between 3 & 4 stars. The writing style wasn't my thing and after a while I started skimming the sex scenes because they just kept coming so that's why I dropped it to 3 stars. Regardless of this, I thought the story had a pretty good plot and I liked both Anna and Kyran. Overall it was an enjoyable story. :)