Team Player anthology

Synopsis

Hot jocks. We love them all.
Sexy baseball players. Intense footballers. Sweaty MMA fighters, and sizzling hockey hotties. Score!
The good news? Eleven bestselling authors have gathered to give you a set of stories focused on the men we love most—sports heroes. We bet you’ll love this thick … book.
The bad news? The men in these novellas don’t actually exist.
Enjoy this naughty Christmas treat!*
*This anthology does not contain calories, just eleven original, never-before-seen stories by the following authors: Adriana Locke, Mandi Beck, Charleigh Rose, Kennedy Ryan, LJ Shen, Meghan Quinn, Rochelle Paige, Ella Fox, Kate Stewart, Emma Scott, and Sara Ney. We aren’t responsible for melted devices.Team Player:
Adriana Locke (Cross)
Charleigh Rose (Yard Sale)
Ella Fox (Out of Formation)
Emma Scott (One Good Man)
Kate Stewart (Sweeping the Series)
Kennedy Ryan (Full Court Press)
L.J. Shen (The End Zone)
Mandi Beck (Sin Bin)
Meghan Quinn (Back in the Game)
Rochelle Paige (Slapped Into Love)
Sara Ney (Switch Hitter)

Review

Review for One Good Man by Emma Scott… before reading the other stories 😉

“Find that story, Janey. Find one that looks like nothing on the outside, but once you crack it open…” She shrugged with a smile. “…Something incredible comes out.”

4,5 emotional stars

I got an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest opinion and I can say that I’m still swooning inside.

If you crave stories:
-with the same “feel” as The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks;
-with love at nearly first sight;
-featuring a swoony and worthy hero;
-with a prickly and strong heroine;
-sad but “Oh so beautiful!”;
-broaching some very serious topic with romance as background;

THIS IS YOUR NEXT FIX!

I love Emma Scott’s stories! They are romantic, emotional, often sad, meaningful and utterly gorgeous!

One Good Man does not fail her reputation.

Adrian Rousseau is the local star football player in Paris and a medical student. He is gorgeous, immensely gifted on the field and harboring a secret that’s weighting heavily on his shoulders. To the outside world he is this playboy football player who’s the next wonder in French football.

That’s how Janey sees him at first.

Janey is studying journalism and has been sent by her dad from California to France as she was too involved in the protests taking place in the USA regarding the Vietnam war.
Janey does not want to interview some football player even up and coming star just to write mush stories. She wants to make a difference. To awaken people to big stories happening in the world like wars, hungers, etc.
“I was going to graduate UCSB in a year with a double-major in journalism and French. My scene was following the Big Story. The biggest stories. And Vietnam was the biggest story of them all.”

I admired Janey as she knows what she wants and goes for it! Her dad is rich but she wants to work, to matter. In a men’s world she has to work twice as hard and show no weakness to earn her place. Her dedication, her ambition is admirable. She is ambitious but she cares! The golden combination in my book.

As a good journalist Janey is perceptive and soon realizes Adrian is a complex man with hidden layers. He has sadness hidden behind his eyes.

Janey made it her mission to discover who the true Adrian was. By the end of the book she had her story.
“I waited for the pride to swell in me for the praise, but it was the story that needed to be told, and that’s all that mattered. And I decided, then and there, those were the only kinds of stories I would ever tell.”

I guarantee that you will fall in love with Adrian! Not for his high cheekbones, cut jaw, blue eyes and bulging muscles, well not only, but for his loyal, protective and worthy personality. He is a true good man! Janey is the spunk of the story. The spark igniting Adrian and awakening his long forgotten dreams.

I loved the instant connection. This recognition of two souls. Eyes meeting for the first time. The thrill racing down the spine. Heartbeat accelerating… Yet God knows Janey fought the attraction! She did not want to be one more notch on Adrian’s belt!

This story is not only a romance. It relies on a grave historical background distilled with small brush strokes.In a relatively short read Emma Scott managed the high feat of showing the aftermath of war. This was paired with the inner conflict of doing what’s expected of you instead of what you really aspire to do. All wrapped up in a lovely romance! If that does not deserve praise I don’t know what will satisfy you!

Added bonus for my French speaking friends (hint, hint “A” it’s you I’m speaking of) Emma Scott’s French is stellar! And she does know many curse words in French LOL.

Thanks for reading!

Sophie