Release Date: March 19, 2019
Publisher: Skyscape
Series:
Red Card, Book 1
Suffering a tragic personal loss, pro soccer player Slade Rodriguez has his reasons for vanishing without a goodbye. Right or wrong, he’s blaming the beautiful and infuriating stranger he never wants to see again. They’re both in for a shock when Mackenzie shows up as his new personal assistant. And they both have a lot to learn about each other. Because they share more than they could possibly know, including a common enemy who’s playing his own games. And he’s not afraid to get dirty.
Now there’s only one way Mackenzie and Slade can win: to trust in each other and to stop hiding from the lies they’ve told, the secrets they’ve kept, the mistakes they’ve made, and the attraction that still burns between them.
I always know I'm going to love a story when I am willing to stay up into the wee hours of the morning to finish a book. Risky Play was just that book. I really loved this story. At first, I didn't love Slade and the way he treated Mackenzie after his father died. But, he more than redeemed himself. I loved how Mackenzie finally saw her worth and found someone willing to put her ahead of everything else. I won't spoil the book for you. Just go read it. It was so much fun. I can't wait to read Jagger and Matt's stories!
Enjoy this guest post from the author:
Why Sports Heroes Make the Best Book Boyfriends by Rachel Van Dyken
Why Sports Heroes Make the Best Book Boyfriends by Rachel Van Dyken
Hey everyone! I’m Rachel Van Dyken,
author of over eighty (holy crap) books in multiple genres, one of my favorites
being, sports romance! My latest book, Risky Play, is about two
broken main characters who find themselves on a last minute holiday to Puerto
Vallarta.
Pro Soccer player Slade Rodriguez is
trying to lay low after finding out his girlfriend and his ex teammate hooked
up behind his back, for over a year. Licking his wounds he changes teams and
moves to Seattle, but isn’t ready to settle down yet. Needing time to himself,
he gets on the first jet out. He sits next to Mackenzie Dupont on a plane and
is immediately intrigued, especially since a few hours into the plane ride,
they have single engine failure. She asks him what one thing he would do
different. And they kiss. Once the plane safely lands, to protect his own
identity, he gives her a fake name, Hugo. What he doesn’t realize is she’s
famous in her own right, so she does the same thing. After all, she’s running
away from a broken engagement. What follows is a whole lot of steaminess and
taking chances with a complete stranger assuming that it’s just that, a one
night stand, a two night stand. Whatever it is, Mackenzie's obsessed with
"Hugo's" intense golden gaze, the eight pack helps, and the fact that
he seems genuinely interested in everything she says. He promises the
universe he’s going to keep her, but sometimes the universe is against us.
Tragedy strikes and they go their separate ways only to meet again in Seattle,
this time, sparks fly and not the good kind The "I want to kiss you, then
strangle you, then kiss you again" kind.
I love writing sports romances because
I think it adds this extra layer of pressure from the press to act a certain
way. Not only does Slade have to deal with paparazzi but he has pressure to
perform, to lead his team to the championships after training with another
team. I think it brings in so many details from behind the scenes that we never
think about when watching sports on TV. I’m fully dedicated to interviewing
real athletes (and my last sports romance I interviewed NFL players). This time
I wanted to focus on a sport that isn’t as huge here as it is internationally
and really do it justice. These athletes eat, sleep, and breathe their sport,
there isn’t a lot of time for a personal life and if you do have one, the
balance is always going to be a struggle (not to mention the fact that Slade is
still mourning). In
this book, I wanted to introduce a really strong female character that wouldn’t
let Slade project all those feelings and basically Mackenzie is the type of
girl that doesn’t put up with his crap. I think it's important to have strong
female characters that women can look up to. I love that during the entire
journey my heroine doesn’t give up. She knows her worth and demands that Slade
recognize it too.
All in all it was such a fun book to
write, I can’t wait for everyone to read it!
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About the Author
Rachel Van
Dyken
is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 New York Times
bestselling author known for regency romances, contemporary romances, and her
love of coffee and Swedish fish. Rachel’s
also recently inked a deal for her Wingmen Inc. series—The Matchmaker’s
Playbook and The Matchmaker’s Replacement—to be made into movies.
A fan of The Bachelor and the Seattle Seahawks (not
necessarily in that order), Rachel
lives in Idaho with her husband, a super cute toddler son who keeps her on her
toes, and two boxers. Make sure you check out her site, www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com,
and follow her on Twitter (@RachVD).
Social Media Links
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1 comment:
Ooh...sounds like this one has promise indeed! Count me in. Thanks for sharing!
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