Review: Wow! Very intense reading from beginning to end.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2012
Jennifer Gardiner is a Publicity Director for the Philadelphia Football Team and she's also a lawyer. It's sort of ironic that she has a job dealing with the macho men and jocks, when those are the men she steers clear of these days. She's been burnt once already by a stupid jock, so that's the last kind of guy she would ever consider dating.That is until Bradley Youngson walks into her office one afternoon. The man is totally gorgeous, so much so that she can't seem to concentrate or take her eyes off him. She's not the only one that is smitten, it seems the strong attraction goes both way.Bradley Youngson is a Blackfoot Indian, who was raised on the reservation in the Montana wilderness all his life. Even after years of being away from that kind of life, he is still very attached to his heritage and the Indian way of life. He left to persue a college education in the medical field, after winning a full Scholarship from playing football. Before he could complete his education he was picked up and drafted in the NFL. He was torn between the money he would be making in the NFL, and his dreams of wanting to become a doctor. He could always go back and get his education later, but right now football was his first priority. He figured he had to strike while the iron was still hot. Over the years he had become a mega star. Now he was thirty one and the game has taken it's toll on his body. His career is still important to him, but he starting to have his doubts about going on, besides...he really homesick too. He hasn't been able to make it back home very often, or at least not as often as he'd like. He is also a little upset with himself for not finishing his education, after all, right about now he would have had his full medical degree.The two of them both try to fight their attractions to one another, but for two completely different reasons. For her; she has vowed to never to get involved with any more macho jock types ever again, period. She did that once and she's not planning to ever go that route again, not if she has anything to say about it.For him; it's a heritage thing. For one...his people tend to look  at a mixed marriage, as a betrayal to their birth right and the Indian ways. And for the well known fact that the Blackfoot Indians have never felt to kindly towards the white men, after the way their Ancestors were treated by them in the past. Strike two was when his own sister married outside of her Indian heritage six years ago, and now all but denies her own heritage. That alone has royally pissed Lee off. His own sister hadn't even been home again, since she'd left the reservation six years ago. Nor has she had any contact with any of her family members since then either. He's not going to let something like that happen to him, his family and his heritage means way to much to him to let that happen.Will they be able to go on denying the strong attraction they both have for one another? Or will they give in and let love prevail in the end? I will tell you there is a lot of twists and turns in this story, that will keep you guessing.I only gave this a 4 star rating, because I would have liked to have had a short sequel at the end. There are also a few typo's, but not enough to distract you from the story line itself.Would I recommend this book? YES!