On the Defense

Chicago Grizzlies #0.5

by Piper Rayne

Miles Cavanaugh is moving into “The Den”—a notorious four-flat apartment complex in Chicago with two of his new teammates from the Chicago Grizzlies.

The Den is known for the number of women who come and go, but as the three bachelors start their new season, they get their first inkling that things are starting to change.

Enjoy a sneak peek into Piper Rayne’s upcoming Chicago Grizzlies football romance series.

Genres: Romance, Sports, Sports Romance, Audiobook, Novella, Football, Contemporary Romance

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 5, 2023

About the author

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling author duo. Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have "Heartwarming Humor With a Side of Sizzle" (okay...you caught us, that's our tagline). A little about us... We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.

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Reviews

[Heather Adores Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐
Genre ~ sports romance
Series ~ Chicago Grizzlies #0.5
Others in the series ~ books #0.5 - 3
Setting ~ Chicago, Illonois
Publication date ~ September 5, 2023
Est page Count ~ 53 (7 chapters)
Audio length ~1 hours 10 minutes
Narrators ~ Stephen Dexter, Stefanie Kay
POV ~ multiple 1st
Featuring ~ no steamage

*This is my 1,000th review*

Nothing groundbreaking, just a simple introduction to the series that will follow:
Miles & Brice ~ enemies to lovers
Damon & Adeline ~ bad boy/good girl
Cooper & Ellery ~ best friends to lovers

Free on ~ Amazon

Series notes:
This is a spin off series of Kingsman Football Stars , where we’ve already met Miles and Brice.

Here are my reviews if you're interested in starting with them.
False Start
You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows
You Can't Kiss the Nanny, Brady Banks
Over My Brother's Dead Body, Chase Andrews

DUET! narration notes:
Hallelujah! They both did a superb job.

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[Cam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just a sneak peek for the stories to come in the Chicago Grizzlies series but it made me very excited for all the couples!

[MissBecka Gee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first Piper Rayne and immediately after finishing, I started the next book in the series.
I loved this and it was only a novella.
Cannot wait to binge read more Piper Rayne!

[Kathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional Prequel!!

Intro to all the characters for “Something Like Hate” by this talented author duo. I’m not a giant fan of sports romance per se, but anything I read from this duo is above grade. An entertaining snippet of where the characters are and their relationship to each other. Making it easy to jump right into the “main event”.

Already have “Something Like Lust” (book #2) on my reading calendar. Great series.

***** I am voluntarily leaving my honest review of this book *****

[koko kingston · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so fun! Piper Rayne’s prequels are always top-tier. You get a sneak peek into ALL of the couples of the series!

The narrators did an amazing job differentiating their voices! Duet narration is the way to go ✨ Highly recommend reading before going into the series.

[Nadine Bookaholic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice intro to the series.

This little novella sets up the series nicely. I can’t wait to see what happens with the three couples we’ve been given glimpses of.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so excited about this series. This teaser was the absolute best introduction to the characters. Of course, I’m currently I love with Miles & Bryce but the other Den members have my interest peaked!!! Let’s go Grizzles!!!

[Pauline (booksofviolette) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great start for this new series. Love that we got a glimpse into three couples story. I am now very excited to read about them soon !

[Maddie Horn · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 ⭐️

[Cindy thismomreadsbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

This prequel leads into the new Chicago Grizzlies series

It was such a fun introduction into Miles and his two new roommates Damon and Cooper. This one definitely teases them all, since we get POVs from everyone.
Especially book 1, Miles and Bryce’s story-which has been on our minds since we met them both during the Kingsmen series. I just know I am going to love those two so much!
Meeting Cooper’s best friend Elle, was great-there is more to that story too! Damon is so much fun, I think he may be more than his reputation.

I love novellas like this and I’m looking forward to diving deeper into all these character and their stories, they all have my interest very peaked!

I am so ready for another football romance!

[Jennifer Leigh (jenjenbookfan) · Rating 5 out of 5]

On the Defense is a great prequel to the new Chicago Grizzlies series by the writing duo Piper Rayne, guaranteed to have you excited to read Miles’ upcoming story Something Like Hate, which releases on 9/26/23! We get our first look at some of his new teammates and what the dynamics might be like there. I listened to the audio version through Kobo, narrated by Stephen Dexter and Stephanie Kay, and they both did a great job conveying the humor and the heat. I cannot wait to see where this series takes us!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Lindsey Domokur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, I am just going to say it. I didn't want Damon's book, but now I do. I am so invested in all of these characters I need all the books. I loved this intro to all the couples.

[Nia Schofield · Rating 4 out of 5]

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A great prequel book into the Chicago grizzlies series.

I listened to this one on audio and I loved the duel pov, really makes the story pop.

I really enjoyed this. Miles and two of his team mates (damon and cooper) move into a flat complex together and there stories give a great little taster into the main characters of the series and made me so excited to get started on this. Leaves you wanting more.

I cant wait to find out more about Miles and Bryce especially.

More reviews of the series to follow ASAP!!!!

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[Debbie Readsalotl Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've got to admit, I was a little confused when this one went from character to character to character to character.

Then I figured out that it's actually an introductory novella, so we get to meet the men & women who will be featuring in the Chicago Grizzlies books.

There are little teasers about how this mmc and mfc met, and insights into their personalities.

I'm off to read Something Like Hate now and looking forward to getting the whole story.

It was really nice also to have a short story include the audible as well. That doesn't always happen.

[Nikki Barlow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I got this book on stuff your kindle day? Anyway, I didn’t realize it was so short but it definitely got me interested in the other books that are part of this series. Any sports romances, sign me up.

[Ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was no point to this book

[Vivien Parry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Opening season!

This novella was a great little insight into the guys who play for the Grizzlies and the women in their lives! Can't wait to read their books!

[Jenn K · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't have standards when it comes to crunch time on meeting my goals...

[Eva · Rating 2 out of 5]

Such a fun, quick and easy story to read. I would like to read more from this series, this short book was a good teaser for what’s coming next. For me a 2,5 ⭐️ stars read.

[Lisa Benton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely gets you interested in the series. Great introduction

[Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice little intro to all the characters and the tropes for their storylines. I’m excited to see each one of these relationships play out!

[Melanie Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent enough as scene setting for the series.

[Noëmie · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this

We’re introduced with the players of Chicago Grizzlies and what can I say? As usual it’s a pleasure to read another book of Piper Rayne even if it's just a prequel. I was already captivated and now what I want the most is to read Something Like Hate 🥰.

This series sounds so promiscing.

[Jill (readinginpjs) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the perfect intro to the series! It totally left me wanting more. I can't wait to see how all these relationships play out.
I LOVED the audiobook being duet narration, I don't get the pleasure of listening to many like that!

[B. Milligan · Rating 3 out of 5]

My least favorite PR book. I love the little short novellas that introduce a new series but I could not keep up with this one. For me, there were way too many point of views and way to many mentions of past characters from other series. Like I said, I usually love them but something was different with this one. I will still continue on with this new series.♥

[Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

the characters and the plot gave me just enough that I want more of their stories.

[Maggie | MagReadsBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading the ARC of Something Like Hate when it clicked that I hadn't read a prequel novella yet- then I found this! Set only a couple weeks and into the first week of SLH, I was not in love with the timeline but am ultimately SO EXCITED for these characters. Set up the 3 new stories beautifully, I am so excited to dive into Miles and Bryce now! I am most excited for Cooper and Elle, though.

[Christine Georgiou · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an OK start, its an introduction on the next 3 relationships and how they start. However, I listened to this and the female narrator was awful.... I was so glad this was a short story otherwise I would have dnf'd it.

[Sara ✨ Next Book Review Blog ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

***** AUDIOBOOK REVIEW *****

On the Defense by Piper Rayne is an amazing tease for her next series! Listening to this, audiobook I was so excited for the Chicago Grizzlies series to start. I felt like I really got to know the three football players that are living in the den. So Miles is moving in and he is a trade moving from another team so he’s getting to know his new teammates and he’s moving to a new area. He already has a good following of fans. People are excited about him being there. However, one person is not super excited. One of the hockey sports writers, B. or Bridget is not super excited about Miles moving to the area. I am giddy with excitement after listening to this tease, to hear how their story plays out. Plus, we don’t just get a little snippet of their love story coming to us we get to hear about the other two players as well. I am dying to hear how they go from being best friends for ages to more. I’m excited to hear how about our infamous player goes from no-repeated woman to falling head over heels. I cannot wait.

Now, Piper Rayne is an amazing author. I continue to fall for her series every every single time. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sports romance or what kind of romance it is she write some thing that you just can’t help but fall into. And I’m really excited about the Chicago Grizzlies. I think it’s gonna be a great series and I love that we’re gonna get to see other characters here and there from previous books but we’re starting with new characters. I would be amiss if I did not talk about the narrators of this audiobook. Stephen Dexter and Stefanie Kay did a fabulous job at bringing all of these characters to life and really making me so excited to listen to the story. It sometimes can be hard to get into a new series and these guys just made me feel like I was picking up a series that’s already in the middle and I’m already close to everybody and caring. I cannot wait to hear more!