4 Smooches!

Synopsis

From New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, Vi Keeland, comes a sexy new novel.

The first time I met Brody Easton was in the men’s locker room.
It was my first interview as a professional sportscaster.
The famed quarterback decided to bare all.
And by all, I don’t mean he told me any of his secrets.
No. The arrogant ass decided to drop his towel, just as I asked the first question. On camera.
The Super Bowl MVP quickly adopted a new hobby—screwing with me.
When I pushed back, he shifted from wanting to screw with me, to wanting to screw me.
But I don’t date players.
And it’s not because I’m one of the few women working in the world of professional football.
I’d date an athlete.
It’s the other kind of player I don’t date.
You know the type. Good looking, strong, cocky, always looking to get laid.

Brody Easton was the ultimate player.
Every woman wanted to be the one to change him.
But the truth was, all he needed was a girl worth changing for.
Turned out, I was that girl.
Simple right?
Let’s face it. It never is.
There’s a story between once upon a time and happily ever after…
And this one is ours.

Review

Delilah Maddox, the daughter of a beloved NFL player, grew up with football being a major part of her life. It wasn’t a surprise to anyone when she found a way to turn her life long knowledge and love of the game into a career by becoming an on-air football commentator. She worked long and hard to prove herself in the male-dominated field of sports commentating, earning the highly sought-after promotion that her male colleagues didn’t appreciate her getting and thought it had more to do with her “magic vagina” than her knowledge of the game and reporting skills. For Delilah, covering her father’s old team, the NY Steel, is a huge honor, one that, despite what her coworkers think, she worked hard to get, and she’s determined to be taken seriously and respected, so ogling and lusting after the team’s gorgeous, but jerk of a star quarterback just isn’t going to happen.

“You’re an asshole, you know that?”

His eyes sparkled, “I do.”

Cocky. Arrogant. Dominating. Devastatingly handsome. A player on and off the field, Brody Easton, Superbowl MVP quarterback for the NFL’s NY Steel, knows his effect on women and doesn’t just enjoy it, he revels in it. A widely renowned womanizer nicknamed Subway – because like the sandwich shop, he also offers a delicious, twelve-inch hero – by the women he’s “spent time” with, Brody Easton doesn’t do relationships. He loves women – preferably with their backs pressed up against a wall as he pounds into them – but not in a locker room, and he’s made his opinion on that very clear. So when he sees Delilah in his for the first time, which also happens to be her first time in one, he takes the opportunity to prove his point by embarrassing her live and on-the-air during her first interview with him.

“I’m like a fungus. I grow on you.”

Traveling with the team and being in the locker room, Delilah and Brody see each other often and, inevitably, get to know each other and develop a natural repertoire based on their casually teasing banter. He’s very interested – in getting her underneath him for a night. She isn’t into casual sex, so that just isn’t going to happen. An easy, flirty, fun friendship begins to grow, but it’s the crackling attraction simmering between them that becomes undeniable. So when Delilah’s boss orders her to get Brody to agree to an in-depth, one-on-one interview – something he does not ever do – Brody grants her the favor…  but with conditions.

“You’re spooning me? Brody Easton spoons?”

“Only you, baby. But don’t be surprised if you get woken up by my fork.”

Used to winning his games, Brody isn’t just going to accept Delilah’s offer of friendship only and instead begins to pursue her vigorously. When another man steps into the picture looking to date his “friend,” he surprises Delilah by caving in to her conditions: a relationship, dates and exclusivity. Their relationship is just so effortlessly comfortable, sexy and fun, it’s no surprise how quickly they grow close, both finding something in each other that neither of them realized they had even been looking for. But all of his cocky smirks and snarky, pervy comments don’t hide the pain Delilah sometimes sees in Brody’s eyes, pain that Delilah recognizes because she carries so much of her own.

“I’d finally decided to try and put my past behind me. Right at the same time Brody’s decided to come back into his life.”

Masked by all of that arrogant dominance, there really is a great guy. Brody claims to be terrible at relationships and says that he doesn’t do the meaningless, sweet gestures that women claim to want, but Delilah is truly touched by how genuinely thoughtful Brody is, and she is surprised by just how comfortable and easy their relationship has become and they both are a bit taken aback by just how right this relationship feels. They have so much fun together and the sex is scorchingly, searingly, seriously hot, it’s no surprise that they are both falling hard for each other. But will Brody’s past get in the way of their future or will Delilah’s guilt sabotage her chance to move forward and be happy?

“If you take a chance on me, I’ll be there to catch you.”

Brody came off as such a jerk in the beginning, but he grew on me very quickly. For a guy who claimed he didn’t do “sweet,” he sure did sweet well! I liked how Delilah didn’t back down and gave it right back to him. I liked the pace of the relationship and how they overcame the obstacles they faced. I was smiling often, laughing loudly at times and fanning myself on occasion. I may have even swooned over a bundle of sticks! (Just read the book!)

I’m giving 4 flirtatious, fulfilling, footballing smooches to The Baller by Vi Keeland!

~ Danielle Palumbo

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