Blurb:
Rules of the game:
1) Never underestimate your opponent
2) Avoid personal fouls
3) Score early and often
4) Play or get played
Coach Marcus Leon has always played by the rules…until he
meets Addaline Grace, the seventeen-year-old senior transfer on his Oak Crest
High water polo team. Addie changes all the rules, mostly because she doesn’t
play any games. But as off limits as she is, the more Marcus discovers about
Addie, the more he finds himself…and the more he questions whether Addie might
just be worth risking everything for.
For Addie, water polo is anger management. She’s driven and
focused because it keeps her mind off other things…like the fact she destroyed
her family. Her game plan is to keep her head down and graduate so she can
leave her father and the crappy town he dragged her to in her wake. But when
what starts as friendly completion with Marcus turns into more than a game,
Addie has to decide if she’s willing to face down her demons…and possibly ruin
the man she may or may not be falling in love with in the process.
What happens when the only thing you need is the one thing
you can’t have?
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My Review
You don't get to choose who you fall in
love with. That's why it's called falling.
I think that is the perfect quote to summarize up
this book. Try as hard as you can, but you cannot help what your heart desires
even if it is wrong. Love doesn't come with a manual. Sometimes the heart wants
what the heart wants. In the case of this series it happens to be
"Jailbait."
I loved Getting Dirty, so it was no surprise that
I was excited to read Getting Played and I was not disappointed! While Getting
Played isn't quiet as steamy and full of sexual innuendos as the first book, it
was still hot and heartfelt.
Marcus is still upset about Blaire and Caiden and
the way their relationship happened. After all his sister was underage at the
time. But Marcus is about to have his world knocked off balance along with his
previous beliefs. He's the girls water polo coach at his old high school but
what he doesn't expect is to be drawn to Addie.
Addie is just pretty much going through the
motions after her life is wrecked by tragedy and to make matters worse her dad
is a drunk. Moving to a new place sucks especially senior year. Her plan is to
keep her head down and take all of her pain and aggression out in the pool. That
is until she starts to feel something for her water polo coach.
I really liked the way things progresses with
Addie and Marcus. In fact, I was shocked at just how much I liked Marcus. After
Blaire's story I wasn't sure how I would like him in a similar situation, but I
was pleasantly surprised. I loved his character and personality. He really is a
great guy. I also really liked Addie. She was reclusive to an extent but she
was dealing with a lot and was also strong. I like that she wasn't aggressive or
didn't try to hard. She was just herself and it was refreshing. I really think
this is quickly becoming one of my favorite series!
***ARC provided via Inkslinger for the blog tour
in exchange for my HONEST review. Thank you!***
4 Stars!!!!
EXCERPT
“One more thing I can check off my bucket list,” he says
with a grin, then shoves half the slice into his mouth.
“What else is on your list?” I ask.
He gives me a long look as he chews. “I don’t really have
one, now that you mention it.”
“They’re stupid anyway,” I say with a shrug. “It’s a waste
of time thinking about all the things you want to do before you die. You could
die tomorrow and a bucket list isn’t going to mean squat.”
I only realize how bitter that sounded when his gaze locks
on mine and sharpens, as if he’s lasering in on my thoughts.
I shake myself loose from those eyes that could compel me to
spill my darkest secrets if I were to gaze into them too long and take a bite
of pizza. “But whatever. If you want a bucket list, go for it.”
“You don’t have anything you want to do before you check
out?” he asks with raised eyebrows.
“Haven’t thought about it.”
“Well you should,” he says, going for another slice. “I want
a bucket list.”
“Then make one.”
He leans back and takes a bite. “So where should we start?”
“You already have,” I say with a wave of my slice toward
his.
He holds his up. “And you’ve gotten me off to a fine one. So
now we need something to top anchovies.”
“We?” I ask. “I told you I don’t want any part of this.”
“Tough, because what
if your idea turns out the be the Best Thing Ever and I would have missed it
because I never thought of it.” He tears off a hunk of pizza with his teeth.
“Like anchovies.”
I look at him a long second as he chews and a hot tingle
runs under my skin. “So we’d do stuff from the list together?”
He nods as he swallows. “That would be the general plan.
Call it moral support, call it peer pressure, all I know is we’re more likely
to check stuff off the list if we’re both doing it.”
My heart starts to pound as the possibilities scroll in my
head. “How are we going to do this?”
“A collaboration. We’ll each throw ideas out until we have a
list, then we can rank them together.”
“How do you know I won’t put something like ‘lose my
virginity’ on the list?” Heat radiates from my face, but I force myself to hold
his gaze.
There’s a second that he just stares at me, but then his
eyes grows softer. “I’d expect you would.”
For several beats of my racing heart, we sit here staring at
each other, then he clears his throat. “I want to try one new food a week. And
I’m open to suggestions.” He says with a nod at the pizza box. “Your turn.”
“I have to come up with another one right here on the spot?”
I say.
He cocks his head in a question, but then the light dawns in
his eyes. “Ah…virginity. Right…” He pulls out his phone and starts typing it
like it’s no big thing, then shifts and hooks an elbow over the back of the
bench as he thinks. “Swim with dolphins.”
I nod. “That’s a good one. Put that on top.”
He raises his eyebrows as she shoots me a glance out from
under those long, thick lashes. “Above virginity?”
All the muscles south of my waist contract. “I guess I’ll
leave that up to you, since I’ve never done either.”
Mia Storm is a hopeless romantic who is always searching for
her happy ending. Sometimes she’s forced to make one up. When that happens,
she’s thrilled to be able to share those stories with her readers. She lives in
California and spends much of her time in the sun with a book in one hand and a
mug of black coffee in the other, or hiking the trails in Yosemite. Connect
with her online at MiaStormAuthor.blogspot.com , on Twitter at @MiaStormAuthor,
and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MiaStormAuthor
GETTING DIRTY
Dirty
A poem
by Blaire Leon
If sex is dirty, why would I do it with someone I love?
If sex is dirty, then didn’t we all come from the dirt?
What if I like the dirt?
What if I want to get dirty?
What if I want to roll in the mud until I’m so fucking filthy
that I’ll never be clean again?
When
twenty-five-year-old graduate assistant Caiden Brenner asked Blaire Leon how old
she was, she said she was a senior. He chose to believe she meant in college.
They connect over Lord Byron’s Don Juan and, as their
conversations become increasingly thicker with sexual innuendo, Caiden finds
himself obsessing over a totally off-limits undergrad who’s bold, beautiful,
brilliant, and one of the most passionate poets he’s ever met.
But it
turns out Blaire hasn't been totally honest. She's the seventeen-year-old
valedictorian of her high school class, taking courses at Sierra State while
awaiting her acceptance to Stanford.
Will
Caiden get too deeply into Blaire to back away before he finds out the truth?
Or will their connection be enough to seduce him into risking his entire future
on Jail Bait?
To see my Review of Getting Dirty go
HERE!
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Clarissa never thought at age twenty-six she would be fearing for her life. Everything was going as planned, until her husband started showing a side of himself she didn’t know existed. Failed attempts at leaving him have now left her fighting for her life. Literally. She knows she has to figure out a plan to free herself from his tight grip, but it’s harder than she imagined.
Rig endured much pain after a tragedy left him trying to figure out his place in the world. He now plows through situations, leaving nothing safe in his wake. He lives for the thrill of danger and loves to be on the open road. He doesn’t mix business with pleasure, and he didn’t expect to fall in love with the girl he is hiding out.
When things get too intense between Clarissa and Rig, he decides he can no longer be her safety net. With his feelings clouding his judgment, it’s hard for him to choose between right and wrong.
Will Rig be able to figure out what he wants in time to save Clarissa’s life, or will she become another statistic of domestic abuse?
F.T. Zele lives in Southern California with her Husband and 3 Sons. I am taking my passion for books and making it reality with writing, bringing these voices to life. Loves interacting with others talking about great Books and Book Boyfriends. I'm a sucker for HEA, and love Dark, Gritty, Angsty love stories. I have a weakness for Sour Patch Kids and have inappropriate fun when I'm having my wine at night tweeting my thoughts. I also like to make up words. The best word to describe me is Winetastic!
