Dad Bod Dom

Wilmington Juggernauts #0.5

by C.B. Alice

I was once a god, an NFL quarterback at the top of the game, two Super Bowl wins under my belt. Now, I'm basically geriatric, starting over with in second string at a new team, unable to convince my girlfriend to move across the country with me, my kids staying with their grandparents while I figure my new life out. The last thing I need is a whirlwind romance with a woman barely out of her teens.

Until the Manic Pixie Mid-Life Crisis Younger Girlfriend of my dreams sidles up to me at a bar. She asks why I've got a baby bird in a Dixie Cup. She calls my kids brats—but in a loving way. She gets on the stage and plays the fiddle like she's been challenged by the devil and laughed in his face.

When I find her camping in the woods, on the run from a cult although she says they don't care that she escaped, I bring her home.

I'm should keep my distance. I'm supposed to be working on myself, taking a break from women to figure out who I really am, but Cadence is relentless. Immediately, I find myself testing both our boundaries with a kink so absurd it feels like a dare. I tell myself it will end here, so it doesn't matter.

Except it doesn't end.

The closer we get, the harder it is to ignore the questions swirling around her—why she ran, what she’s hiding, and why the shadows seem to follow her every move.

She’s in danger, and it’s not just her past forcing her away—it’s mine too.

Dad Bod Dom is a technically full-length dark-ish sports romance that includes potentially sensitive themes including cult activity, domestic abuse from previous partner, age gap, pregnancy, and just, like, a REALLY weird free-use-adjacent kink. Not kink-shaming, and nothing that would be considered unsanitary or unsafe, but definitely not one that shows up in books.

Genres: Football

265 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2025

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️/2.5🌶️

Cadence and Dom were so perfect together!
This book has humor, suspense, new kinks, and spice!
This was my first book by C.B. Alice. I am going to go back and read the other two books in the series.

I have a feeling they will be amazing too!

Tropes:
Age Gap
Single parent
Sports

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved Cadence and Dom. Older single Dad Football player meets his perfect type of woman and wants to help her since she’s in need. This book has me laughing out loud and gasping at a new to me kink 🥵that I won’t spoil. Dom is my dream man.

This book is a standalone in the Jugs series, but I highly recommend also reading Good Guy Gabe because that book is amazing.

[Curvy Girl Book Nerd (Jen S) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dad Bod Dom is Book 2 of Wilmington Juggernauts Preseason. It's a steamy, OTT, opposites-attract, age-gap, slightly kinky, darkish romance. Dom is a hunky pro football player now with a new team. He's a single dad to 2 kids and trying to figure out his life as he feels as if he's starting over. Cadence is a feisty and somewhat crazy younger girl who has escaped from a cult. This book was hilarious and steamy at the same time. The chemistry was hot, and the ending was happy. This was my first book by this author, but it was definitely not the last. I loved it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Darrion Woulleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Please check the warnings in this book, before diving in. Some may be triggering.

This is an age-gap romance with a little bit of deception and skirting the truth.
Dom is a professional NFL quarterback, but also a single father of two.

Cadence is on the run from her past, but can Dom save her from it catching back up.

This book intrigued me by having a kink that not many books do, well none that I have read. It also left me wondering with every chapter.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[april ♡ probably reading smut - safety reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

TROPES:
~football
~single dad
~grumpy x sunshine

This was my first book by this author. The storyline was cute and the spice was alright, I just didn't feel a connection between the main characters and I really, really wanted to. :(

The hero is kinky though, and I'm here for it!! LOL <3

SAFETY:
Virgin/manwhore/celibate: no virgins here
OM/OW: OW
Cheating/sharing: none
Kinks: bdsm
HEA?: yes!

My bookshelves may contain spoilers.

[Jaime Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was very emotionally gripping, with a plenty of spice, it kept me engaged from the very first chapter! Great addition to the series! This can be read on its own but of course, if you read the other books you get a better understanding of the story. This book was deliciously steamy. I couldn’t put it down until the end! Highly recommend !

[Merry Jelks-Emmanuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cadence and Dom had me laughing all the way to the end of this book. It is an interesting story with colorful characters that take this story to new heights with all the drama surrounding Cadence and Dom.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Narelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A steamy and spicy read with older pro football player Dominic, who's also a single father, and the younger woman, Cadence, who captures his attention and his heart.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[DemetraP · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was all over the place. SPOILERS
SPOILERS.


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-sex doll role playing
-she is the Dom, he is her sub
-she is 20, he is 34,
-he has 2 kids from a prior relationship, and an ex girlfriend who loves his kids,

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was cute. I loved the roll reversal between the two and even though it was just ok, they both went with it anyway lol then when they let their true selves free, the real passion came. Short and cute with hfn.