5 Smooches!
Synopsis
He’s the guy no one likes…
Despite winning two national championships, JR “Ace” Anderson was sent packing from his old school after losing the trust of his coach. At Southern U, he has a second chance to prove that his college legacy isn’t endless debauchery and selfishness. But his reputation precedes him, and his teammates offer a chilly welcome in the locker room. The one person who is willing to accept him is the very woman he should stay away from—his new coach’s daughter.
She’s the girl everyone loves…
Bryant Johnson’s only goal in life is to make others happy, even at her own expense. One look at her father’s new star quarterback, and she knows that Ace is her next project. With a reputation for being a “jerk whisperer”, Bryant has spent her last three years at college reforming sorry behavior and turning bad boys into the best boyfriends ever. In Ace, though, she’s met with surly resistance and a sizzling attraction she doesn’t expect. Fixing this wounded warrior will be her biggest challenge yet. Not falling for him will be even harder.
Between her big heart and his damaged one, a battle is ensuing. In this game of love, every defense will crumble.
REVIEW
THIS BOOK STARTED OUT WITH A BANG! Literally. And normally I’m a slow burn kind of girl. I like for the sexual tension to build and build and finally the couple will kiss at about 75% into the book. That’s normally my MO. So I’ll be honest and say that when I first started Downed I was thinking where do we go from here? Everything just happened so quickly, but this one was still a slow burn in a lot of ways that count and I ended up just adoring it!
One of the main reasons I loved it was because of these amazingly well developed characters. Bryant is a sweet southern belle with a troubled past and I loved how she wanted to fix everything and everyone. I think as a woman I sympathized with her and understood her all too well. And Ace. Well. He’s a special kind of sports hero. Because he isn’t loved. Or really even liked. He’s not a nice a guy. He’s done some bad things and for most of the book he doesn’t really try to improve upon who he is. He’s just him but slowly but surely these two change each other for the good and THAT was the slow burn.
Really liked this one. Might be my favorite from Jen Frederick yet. I cannot wait to see what else she has in store for us. Her love and knowledge of sports is evident in every page of this sports romance!
~Amie
