Block & Tackle
Elise Faber, Kristen Vayden & Stephanie Fournet
Blue Tulip Publishing
2017, 296 pages
Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley
This book is made up of three short stories that take place at Prestige Media Group, a Sports Management/Marketing Company. Each story focuses on a different employee of the agency, the CEO and Temp Exec Assistant, A PR Consultant and Rookie Footballer and finally an Agent and the sister of a Seattle Sea Hawkes player.
I have a secret, I kind of have a guilty pleasure for Sports Romance novels, its a genre that I go and look at in the Kindle store whenever I am in a bit of a reading slump or when work is particularly stressful and I need to escape my brain for a time. This ebook is a great taster for each of the three authors, of all of the stories the first in the book was my favourite, Offside by Elise Faber. It has an element of suspense to it and and covers some important issues even though its only a short story but makes me want to read more by the author. Its your typic Assistant falls for the boss and has plenty of heat.
The second story Off Guard sees us in San Francisco where newly graduated Charlie has just started a new job and is keen to impress. Whilst out for a run she thinks someone is following her, instead its a gorgeous blond curly haired god and the attraction is immediate, its great until she discovers that he happens to be a client of Prestige and thats against the rules, and Charlie, she doesn’t break the rules. Thinking about this story now it also has an important message that is handled very well, something the first two stories handle well.
Lastly we have Off Limits, here the agent has had a crush on the clients younger sister for years, they all grew up together, for several years there has been hostility between them which of course, starts to thaw in this book.
Each of the stories are a fun and quick read, with enough mild heat but nothing over the top, no Christian Grey antics here. After reading this taster I can’t wait to read more my Elise Faber and there might just be a few sneaky purchases in the Kindle store today.
An overall quick fun afternoon read, 3.5 stars
P.s the kindle cover purchased here at Totes a GoGo and I’m obsessed, full disclosure its my Mum’s store but I still have to purchase them 🙂
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