Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Review:5 stars for Fumbled (The Playbook #2) by Alexa Martin




About Fumbled

A second chance doesn’t guarantee a touchdown in this new contemporary romance from the author of Intercepted.

Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she’s built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it’s all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one person.

T.K. Moore, the starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, dreamt his entire life about being in the NFL. His world is football, parties, and women. Maybe at one point he thought his future would play out with his high school sweetheart by his side, but Poppy is long gone and he’s moved on.

When Poppy and TK cross paths in the most unlikely of places, emotions they’ve suppressed for years come rushing back. But with all the secrets they never told each other lying between them, they’ll need more than a dating playbook to help them navigate their relationship.






What I thought about Fumbled

This book was a bit of an impulse selection -- the blurb was interesting and the cover grabbed me right away and since I love a good sports romance, I thought I'd give it a try. Alexa Martin is a new author for me and delivered a terrific story. 

I'm not going to rehash the plot, the blurb takes care of that. The star of this book is Poppy Patterson.  She's just terrific in so many ways, I'm not even sure I can list them.  TK is terrific too -- there were so many scenes where I really felt for him.  And Poppy and TK together are just amazing!  I was pulling for them all the way.

Not only was the second-chance romance + secret baby story terrific, Poppy has some terrific friends and it was a pleasure to see female friendships portrayed in such a positive manner.  

Fumbled captured my interest from the first pages and kept me engaged with the story until the final pages. 
I just loved everything about Fumbled. Looking forward to more!

An ARC was provided for review.  
 

 

About the Author


Alexa Martin is a writer and stay at home mom. She lives in Colorado with her husband, a former NFL player who now coaches at the high school where they met, their four children, and a German Shepherd. When she's not telling her kids to put their shoes on...again, you can find her catching up with her latest book boyfriend or on Pinterest pinning meals she'll probably never make. Her first book, Intercepted, was inspired by the eight years she spent as an NFL wife.

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1 comment:

Northwoman said...

The author is writing about an environment she knows. I saw the first book also. Wonderful review! If I was more on a contemporary romance path right now I would have read these as they sound terrific.

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