Author: ⟫ S.E. Harmon
Rating: ⟫ 4.5/5
Blurb:
⟫ NFL tight
end Andrew McAdams isn’t thrilled to be sidelined with an injury.
He’s even less thrilled about his legal troubles. Community service
is the only thing standing between him and jail so...yeah. That’s a
no-brainer. It's not all bad news, though. He gets to work with Jesse
Fox, who is as gorgeous as he is guarded. And there's no rule saying
he can't do his hours and have a little fun. Right?
Wrong.
Jesse may have to put up an athlete using his center as a "get
out of jail free" card, but that's where he draws the line. And
who cares if Andrew is unexpectedly sweet and thoughtful? The people
in Jesse’s life think he should get a life outside of charity work
and find love. And maybe he will. But it won't be with a playboy NFL
player wearing an ankle monitor as an accessory. Besides, anyone who
dated someone like that would be thrust into the public eye. Jesse
has worked hard to become someone else—someone better—and he's
not about to dig up the past.
That's just not a game he's
willing to play.
Too bad it’s not in Andrew’s nature
to give up on something he wants. It may have started as simple
attraction, but now it’s much more than that. He doesn’t just
want Jesse for now…he wants Jesse for always.
And that's
not a game he's willing to lose.
Review: ⟫ I kinda went into this expecting a relatively shallow book about two guys falling in love, with the NFL and a community centre in the background. But this book was so much more than that.
Jesse has had a tough life and is doing everything he can to pay it forward and ensure that others don’t have to struggle the way that he did. In doing so, he’s protecting his heart – especially after his last relationship with a closeted NFL player and how that turned out. That doesn’t mean he’s blind – he can see that Andrew McAdams is a fine looking man and is attracted to him, but that doesn’t mean he has to make the same mistake again.
I really liked Jesse – I liked how aware he was of his flaws and weaknesses; how he could look at his past and the people who let them down and acknowledge that loving them might be something he couldn’t stop but that didn’t mean he had to let them in. I especially liked how he was at the Centre – it shone out of him how much the place, the people and the kids meant to him and he sounded like an exceptional person.
Andrew McAdams took me by surprise. It would have been so easy for him to be some dumb jock trying to get into Jesse’s pants, with no appreciation for what he had and no understanding of why Jesse was the way he was. Instead, he proved himself to be sensitive, caring and just an outright good person who it was practically impossible not to love.
They made a lovely couple, even if they spent almost 75% of the book trying to deny that that’s what they were. Both of these characters were so well written, with a brilliant supporting cast including Blue and Kelly from the previous Rules of Possession books, and an underlying plot that was enthralling, amusing and touching in so many ways.
I motored through this book even though I was completely exhausted and wanted to sleep because I needed to see Andrew and Jesse get their HEA. I have enjoyed every book I have read by S.E. Harmon and this was no exception – well worthy of a read and unputdownable in the best way.
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