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Bluebell Bruisers #2
Yes, Coach
When he calls me mama, and demands my pleasure, I can't resist
A single mom of three boys, I never expected my son’s football injury to spark an undeniable, all-consuming, write his name on the grocery list with hearts around it type of lust.
Late-night hospital talks with Dean McAllister, my son’s ruggedly charming coach, ignite a molten, earth-shattering attraction I can’t ignore. Stolen glances turn to flirty texts, then phone calls, and dates that leave me breathless.
Dean is a cowboy-coach fantasy——blonde, broad-shouldered, and relentless as a pleasure dom. He worships every curve of my imperfect body, demanding my surrender while keeping his own secrets close.
But he's my son’s coach, and all three of my boys look up to him, making us a risky game I’m terrified to lose. I've been burned before, and with my boys depending on me, I can’t risk heartbreak—not just my own, but theirs, too.
And when my past threatens our future, will Dean prove he’s all in—or are me and my boys like football, his for only a season?
A single mom of three boys, I never expected my son’s football injury to spark an undeniable, all-consuming, write his name on the grocery list with hearts around it type of lust.
Late-night hospital talks with Dean McAllister, my son’s ruggedly charming coach, ignite a molten, earth-shattering attraction I can’t ignore. Stolen glances turn to flirty texts, then phone calls, and dates that leave me breathless.
Dean is a cowboy-coach fantasy——blonde, broad-shouldered, and relentless as a pleasure dom. He worships every curve of my imperfect body, demanding my surrender while keeping his own secrets close.
But he's my son’s coach, and all three of my boys look up to him, making us a risky game I’m terrified to lose. I've been burned before, and with my boys depending on me, I can’t risk heartbreak—not just my own, but theirs, too.
And when my past threatens our future, will Dean prove he’s all in—or are me and my boys like football, his for only a season?
436 pages, Paperback
First published June 24, 2025
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June 27, 2025
3.5 stars rounded down
I love single mom books and even though sometimes this author’s stories aren’t exactly to my personal preferences, she writes in a way that keeps me entertained. I loved the emphasis on the bonds between Clara June (h) and her kids but also the bonds that Dean (H) formed with them as he woos his dream girl. Dean’s a big, romantic, great guy who somehow didn’t find the right woman until he fell hard for Clara June, who immediately appreciates all that he offers. It’s a sweet, slow burn romance with some dirty steamy times and a bit of externally caused angst closer to the end unrelated to the romance.
Written in first person, dual POV. No ow drama and not really om drama from a relationship sense (). Both are experienced and both have been celibate for years (H’s celibate for 8 years and h had been celibate since before her youngest was born, he’s 5; she also thinks she’s broken because she can’t orgasm anymore, obviously that doesn’t stand up to the H).
Some tropes/themes:
☆ Small town
☆ Teenagers and a precocious bundle of energy younger kid
☆ Single mom with her son’s football coach
☆ Size difference
☆ Established main characters (mid-late thirties)
☆ Dirty talk, praise, lots of orgasms, breeding kink
☆ He calls her "mama" and she calls him "coach"
☆ They have to work up to him fitting
☆ Slice of life moments esp around parenting on your own
☆ He wants to take things off her plate
☆ Standalone in an interconnected author universe but multiple side characters have had their own books already
☆ No third act breakup
Dean and Clara June are Attracted to each other (yes, that capital A is on purpose). They ease into what they want to do about it in a great way, flirting a touch and texting, respecting that neither has dated in a long time and that Clara June has her kids. Dean was always ready and willing to come over though and spend any time that he could with them. It was lovely seeing Clara June flourish in a positive relationship too. Her confidence and feelings of safety and security were awesome. The spontaneous orgasm from just hugging Dean at one point because of those feelings was a lil weird for me though…
Which leads me into the spicy times. I had a bit of a disconnect with some of the scenes because the two agreed to move slowly and then Dean’s gettin in there while Clara June’s trying to get into his pants. It wasn’t immediate, but it didn’t still quite align with what they were saying. There’s also lots of throbbing and thrumming and copious amounts of dampness, stickiness, etc. Added to all that, Dean’s packing ALL THAT in his jeans and holds back from revealing himself fully for a bit out of concern that he’ll overwhelm his love interest. Overall, some spicy scenes worked for me and others weren’t my jam, but they’ll be other readers’.
I also had some struggles with some of the descriptive phrases, like “Dean’s rich voice drips down the back of my shirt, leaving my nipples stiff and my pulse tachy.” Again, it’s a personal preference. I had to reread lines, like this one, or sometimes I did the head tilt at my kindle. But the characters are so good and engaging that it was a blip of a moment any time it happened.
Supporting characters pop in and out all over. A couple of former couples are friends with the mains and have kids that have friendships or relationships with Clara June’s kids. There’s clearly a setup for another side character for his romance to come. Clara June’s bestie was hilarious and I don’t know if she’s getting something in the future. There were also two other minor connections to past series (there's a note at the end of the book listing side characters' books that have already been released). Clara June’s kids felt like main characters, but man they needed to do some freaking laundry. We kept being told how excellent the kids were, smart and helpful, but then poor Clara June was doing all the cleanup! Then there was one side character at odds with the youngest kid that was a hilarious situation that at the same time showed how wild the youngest could be.
The third act conflict was frustrating even as it gave Dean the opportunity to show how he was different from Clara June’s ex. I personally thought it could have been left out completely, but maybe it added something to the book for other readers. It’s also wrapped up quickly. Loved seeing Dean bring Clara June and her boys to meet his family and how excited his parents were to have grandkids. The epilogue is precious with them a few years later with a toddler and a baby on the way. They’re in love (still horny for each other) and in their HEA.
I don’t know if I’d recommend this or not but I definitely wouldn’t dissuade anyone from trying it. I talked to a friend who recently fell down a rabbit hole reading a bunch of the author's backlist. Even for books she didn't love, they were quick reads that she enjoyed and I think this fits that bill nicely, we all need those books in our TBRs.
I love single mom books and even though sometimes this author’s stories aren’t exactly to my personal preferences, she writes in a way that keeps me entertained. I loved the emphasis on the bonds between Clara June (h) and her kids but also the bonds that Dean (H) formed with them as he woos his dream girl. Dean’s a big, romantic, great guy who somehow didn’t find the right woman until he fell hard for Clara June, who immediately appreciates all that he offers. It’s a sweet, slow burn romance with some dirty steamy times and a bit of externally caused angst closer to the end unrelated to the romance.
Written in first person, dual POV. No ow drama and not really om drama from a relationship sense (). Both are experienced and both have been celibate for years (H’s celibate for 8 years and h had been celibate since before her youngest was born, he’s 5; she also thinks she’s broken because she can’t orgasm anymore, obviously that doesn’t stand up to the H).
Some tropes/themes:
☆ Small town
☆ Teenagers and a precocious bundle of energy younger kid
☆ Single mom with her son’s football coach
☆ Size difference
☆ Established main characters (mid-late thirties)
☆ Dirty talk, praise, lots of orgasms, breeding kink
☆ He calls her "mama" and she calls him "coach"
☆ They have to work up to him fitting
☆ Slice of life moments esp around parenting on your own
☆ He wants to take things off her plate
☆ Standalone in an interconnected author universe but multiple side characters have had their own books already
☆ No third act breakup
Dean and Clara June are Attracted to each other (yes, that capital A is on purpose). They ease into what they want to do about it in a great way, flirting a touch and texting, respecting that neither has dated in a long time and that Clara June has her kids. Dean was always ready and willing to come over though and spend any time that he could with them. It was lovely seeing Clara June flourish in a positive relationship too. Her confidence and feelings of safety and security were awesome. The spontaneous orgasm from just hugging Dean at one point because of those feelings was a lil weird for me though…
Which leads me into the spicy times. I had a bit of a disconnect with some of the scenes because the two agreed to move slowly and then Dean’s gettin in there while Clara June’s trying to get into his pants. It wasn’t immediate, but it didn’t still quite align with what they were saying. There’s also lots of throbbing and thrumming and copious amounts of dampness, stickiness, etc. Added to all that, Dean’s packing ALL THAT in his jeans and holds back from revealing himself fully for a bit out of concern that he’ll overwhelm his love interest. Overall, some spicy scenes worked for me and others weren’t my jam, but they’ll be other readers’.
I also had some struggles with some of the descriptive phrases, like “Dean’s rich voice drips down the back of my shirt, leaving my nipples stiff and my pulse tachy.” Again, it’s a personal preference. I had to reread lines, like this one, or sometimes I did the head tilt at my kindle. But the characters are so good and engaging that it was a blip of a moment any time it happened.
Supporting characters pop in and out all over. A couple of former couples are friends with the mains and have kids that have friendships or relationships with Clara June’s kids. There’s clearly a setup for another side character for his romance to come. Clara June’s bestie was hilarious and I don’t know if she’s getting something in the future. There were also two other minor connections to past series (there's a note at the end of the book listing side characters' books that have already been released). Clara June’s kids felt like main characters, but man they needed to do some freaking laundry. We kept being told how excellent the kids were, smart and helpful, but then poor Clara June was doing all the cleanup! Then there was one side character at odds with the youngest kid that was a hilarious situation that at the same time showed how wild the youngest could be.
The third act conflict was frustrating even as it gave Dean the opportunity to show how he was different from Clara June’s ex. I personally thought it could have been left out completely, but maybe it added something to the book for other readers. It’s also wrapped up quickly. Loved seeing Dean bring Clara June and her boys to meet his family and how excited his parents were to have grandkids. The epilogue is precious with them a few years later with a toddler and a baby on the way. They’re in love (still horny for each other) and in their HEA.
I don’t know if I’d recommend this or not but I definitely wouldn’t dissuade anyone from trying it. I talked to a friend who recently fell down a rabbit hole reading a bunch of the author's backlist. Even for books she didn't love, they were quick reads that she enjoyed and I think this fits that bill nicely, we all need those books in our TBRs.
June 27, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
Coach with the dick the size of a Pringle Can lol. 😂
What else is there to say lol Clara June I swear she is a saint of a mother because I would have given up with 3 boys who sorts don’t help her out in my mind. I can understand the little one. But she has 2 grown teens that didn’t really help her out around the house, and when bad things happen she has to fix it. Super mom that really needed help.
I wish she discipline the oldest a little bit more if he had time to go to his gf house he had time to clean or pick up laundry. 😒😒
Maybe it’s a me thing. Beside 3 messy kids Clara was a saint she didn’t have time for herself until Dean sorts slide into her life because her middle child was on the football team. Dean has been wanting Clara for awhile now he’s sorta easing himself in. I respected that He wanted to go slow. Earn the boys trust, earn Clara trust and show her he isn’t like her ex. He’s there to stay and won’t leave her like her ex.
His big secret was well.. his size of his DICK😳 lol. So spice was good but slow because of his dick. Didn’t wanna hurt his woman. So they took few inches at a time.
Beside that the family moments were golden, we had drama with the ex husband who should’ve gotten kick in the balls.
No ow/tiny om, no cheating, secondary charas, drama, sexy times, no virgins (both celibate)
Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶️🌶️🌶️
Slow burn
Praise kink
Pleasure dom
Size difference
Well it fit
No 3rd act break up
No condom
Hea
Epilogue
Coach with the dick the size of a Pringle Can lol. 😂
What else is there to say lol Clara June I swear she is a saint of a mother because I would have given up with 3 boys who sorts don’t help her out in my mind. I can understand the little one. But she has 2 grown teens that didn’t really help her out around the house, and when bad things happen she has to fix it. Super mom that really needed help.
I wish she discipline the oldest a little bit more if he had time to go to his gf house he had time to clean or pick up laundry. 😒😒
Maybe it’s a me thing. Beside 3 messy kids Clara was a saint she didn’t have time for herself until Dean sorts slide into her life because her middle child was on the football team. Dean has been wanting Clara for awhile now he’s sorta easing himself in. I respected that He wanted to go slow. Earn the boys trust, earn Clara trust and show her he isn’t like her ex. He’s there to stay and won’t leave her like her ex.
His big secret was well.. his size of his DICK😳 lol. So spice was good but slow because of his dick. Didn’t wanna hurt his woman. So they took few inches at a time.
Beside that the family moments were golden, we had drama with the ex husband who should’ve gotten kick in the balls.
No ow/tiny om, no cheating, secondary charas, drama, sexy times, no virgins (both celibate)
Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶️🌶️🌶️
Slow burn
Praise kink
Pleasure dom
Size difference
Well it fit
No 3rd act break up
No condom
Hea
Epilogue
July 2, 2025
I really love (most) Daisy Jane books, and this was no exception. I just love the vibe they have to them, especially when they have sweet heroines like this one who actually want the man in their life. I love h’s who are honest about not wanting to work (in the traditional sense), even if at the time that’s what they have to do (I live vicariously through these h’s bc I hate working😭)
I was also sooo happy to see there wasn’t a redemption arc for Troy like there was in the wild one with Dustin. Dustin’s, who abandoned his child yet the h of that book incessantly bombarded him with their child even after he made it clear he didn’t gaf about him (I still think about and rage about this redemption for someone who shouldn’t have been redeemed to this day), redemption pissed me off to no end, so I was soo happy to see the same path wasn’t followed for the h of this book’s ex.
I was also sooo happy to see there wasn’t a redemption arc for Troy like there was in the wild one with Dustin. Dustin’s, who abandoned his child yet the h of that book incessantly bombarded him with their child even after he made it clear he didn’t gaf about him (I still think about and rage about this redemption for someone who shouldn’t have been redeemed to this day), redemption pissed me off to no end, so I was soo happy to see the same path wasn’t followed for the h of this book’s ex.
August 26, 2025
Against all the odds, that wasn’t even half bad.
With that title I was expecting something else entirely. But it was a sweet slowburn.
I probably gave it one more star because she was a single mom of three, and she deserves it.
I’ll let the can of pringles aside and the smut I had to skip, but that’s because I’m in my I’mnotthatinterestedanymore era.
With that title I was expecting something else entirely. But it was a sweet slowburn.
I probably gave it one more star because she was a single mom of three, and she deserves it.
I’ll let the can of pringles aside and the smut I had to skip, but that’s because I’m in my I’mnotthatinterestedanymore era.
June 26, 2025
Okay, look this one didn’t quite hit the same as the last book in the series. Was it bad? Nah. But was I feral the whole time? Also nah.
That said… I loved Dean. The way he just quietly showed up for Clara June knowing she’s a single mum of three and stepping in without being asked, without overstepping, and without turning her life into more chaos? King shit. He didn’t add to her burdens; he lightened the load. More of this energy in books, please.
Sure, the timeline was peak small-town romance: blink and suddenly they’re hitched, have a dog, and he’s helping pack school lunches. From strangers to soulmates in what felt like a long weekend. But they were genuinely sweet together, and the kids? Bloody adorable. Little Archie in particular feels like the kind of kid who’d draw on the walls in permanent marker while giving you the most angelic smile. Absolute menace. I loved him.
Now, I do need to address the elephant … or should I say forearm in the room. Because what in the name of impractical anatomy was that?! “Cock the size of his forearm”??? Babe, what? That’s not hot, that’s a medical emergency.
So yeah, not my favourite of the series, but still cute enough that I didn’t rage-quit.
That said… I loved Dean. The way he just quietly showed up for Clara June knowing she’s a single mum of three and stepping in without being asked, without overstepping, and without turning her life into more chaos? King shit. He didn’t add to her burdens; he lightened the load. More of this energy in books, please.
Sure, the timeline was peak small-town romance: blink and suddenly they’re hitched, have a dog, and he’s helping pack school lunches. From strangers to soulmates in what felt like a long weekend. But they were genuinely sweet together, and the kids? Bloody adorable. Little Archie in particular feels like the kind of kid who’d draw on the walls in permanent marker while giving you the most angelic smile. Absolute menace. I loved him.
Now, I do need to address the elephant … or should I say forearm in the room. Because what in the name of impractical anatomy was that?! “Cock the size of his forearm”??? Babe, what? That’s not hot, that’s a medical emergency.
So yeah, not my favourite of the series, but still cute enough that I didn’t rage-quit.
June 17, 2025
ARC review:
Whew. I was not ready for this man 😮💨
If you’re into small-town romance, a sweet yet spicy single mom, and a coach who falls hard and fast—this one’s for you. The chemistry?? Explosive. The spice?? DELICIOUS. The MMC?? A soft dom who praises, comforts, and absolutely worships her.
Dean is a history teacher and head coach. Clara is the mother of 3. Her (ex)husband left right after the birth of their youngest child.
He talks her through every scene like she’s the most precious thing in the world, and honestly… where do I sign up for that energy?
Also, can we talk about how beautifully Daisy June balanced tenderness with heat?? Like I came for the tension and left with full-on heart eyes 🥺
This was my first book by her—and I’m OBSESSED now. I’ll be stalking her backlist immediately.
Highly recommend for: ✔️ He Falls First ✔️ Coach x Single Mom ✔️ Small-town sweetness with a lot of spice
✔️ Soft doms who talk you through everything 😭
Whew. I was not ready for this man 😮💨
If you’re into small-town romance, a sweet yet spicy single mom, and a coach who falls hard and fast—this one’s for you. The chemistry?? Explosive. The spice?? DELICIOUS. The MMC?? A soft dom who praises, comforts, and absolutely worships her.
Dean is a history teacher and head coach. Clara is the mother of 3. Her (ex)husband left right after the birth of their youngest child.
He talks her through every scene like she’s the most precious thing in the world, and honestly… where do I sign up for that energy?
Also, can we talk about how beautifully Daisy June balanced tenderness with heat?? Like I came for the tension and left with full-on heart eyes 🥺
This was my first book by her—and I’m OBSESSED now. I’ll be stalking her backlist immediately.
Highly recommend for: ✔️ He Falls First ✔️ Coach x Single Mom ✔️ Small-town sweetness with a lot of spice
✔️ Soft doms who talk you through everything 😭
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August 20, 2025just " His cock brushes against me, stealing my
breath and taking my focus, but he centers me when he places my hand over
his chest" i love this...
breath and taking my focus, but he centers me when he places my hand over
his chest" i love this...
June 17, 2025
Coach Dean and his mustache may have lassoed my cowboy loving heart in Daisy Jane’s “Yes, Coach”, but it’s the enduring love Clara June has for her family that sent my heart soaring in book two of the Bluebell Bruisers. This book has all the Daisy deliciousness I’ve grown to love, a plot that is family centered yet has a small amount of conflict, and a relationship that starts out innocent but progressively turns up the heat.
Clara June is one of THE most relatable and realistic characters I have read in a Daisy book, and I wanted to scoop her up. She’s a single mom to three boys (two teenagers and a five year old). She works tirelessly at Goode’s Diner, often picking up extra shifts to keep her family afloat. The kids are written realistically as well; I have such a soft spot for the eldest son Rawley. I love that Daisy gives a glimpse of a young man coming to grips with his own identity and finding his way in the world as he prepares to embark into adulthood; though at times I wanted to throttle him for his choices. The fact that Rawley brought me back to Wrench Kings and Atti from “The Brazen One” didn’t hurt either.
And then there’s our hero, Dean. Daisy knows how to write a man who is so unconditionally himself…Dean is no exception. He gives all his energy to coaching the high school football team, on which Clara June’s middle son Tanner is a the star quarterback as a sophomore. Dean has taken Tanner under his wing, and when Tanner is injured, it leads Clara June and Dean on a merged path that ignites some proximity and connection they are both craving. Both characters have been single for a long time and crave the connection a partner can bring to their life.
Daisy has written this story as a slow burn, and I adore this for these characters. Dean builds trust and respect through his interactions with Clara June and each of her boys. The intimacy isn’t all physical in this book; it is in the small moments, the monotony of the day to day, the reliability of someone who will show up without any expectations. That intimacy? Yeah, it’s hot, and is something readers in my age bracket can appreciate as a siren of a love language.
I could go on and on, but I can’t NOT talk about the spice! This spice is tenderized with care, body appreciation, and focuses on the woman’s pleasure. Daisy is masterful at taking sexy moments and making them so breathtakingly real. Dean adores Clara June and the way he worships her made my heart sing.
Daisy, thank you for giving us stories that are a reflection of reality, and injected with the kink I always trust you to deliver. Dean wanting to fill Clara June up with his babies is THE hottest thing about this book. And thank you for giving a Pringle sized man a chance to show how reading a woman’s body and preparing her can make all the difference during intimacy. Some men could really learn a thing or two from Dean McAllister. 😉
Clara June is one of THE most relatable and realistic characters I have read in a Daisy book, and I wanted to scoop her up. She’s a single mom to three boys (two teenagers and a five year old). She works tirelessly at Goode’s Diner, often picking up extra shifts to keep her family afloat. The kids are written realistically as well; I have such a soft spot for the eldest son Rawley. I love that Daisy gives a glimpse of a young man coming to grips with his own identity and finding his way in the world as he prepares to embark into adulthood; though at times I wanted to throttle him for his choices. The fact that Rawley brought me back to Wrench Kings and Atti from “The Brazen One” didn’t hurt either.
And then there’s our hero, Dean. Daisy knows how to write a man who is so unconditionally himself…Dean is no exception. He gives all his energy to coaching the high school football team, on which Clara June’s middle son Tanner is a the star quarterback as a sophomore. Dean has taken Tanner under his wing, and when Tanner is injured, it leads Clara June and Dean on a merged path that ignites some proximity and connection they are both craving. Both characters have been single for a long time and crave the connection a partner can bring to their life.
Daisy has written this story as a slow burn, and I adore this for these characters. Dean builds trust and respect through his interactions with Clara June and each of her boys. The intimacy isn’t all physical in this book; it is in the small moments, the monotony of the day to day, the reliability of someone who will show up without any expectations. That intimacy? Yeah, it’s hot, and is something readers in my age bracket can appreciate as a siren of a love language.
I could go on and on, but I can’t NOT talk about the spice! This spice is tenderized with care, body appreciation, and focuses on the woman’s pleasure. Daisy is masterful at taking sexy moments and making them so breathtakingly real. Dean adores Clara June and the way he worships her made my heart sing.
Daisy, thank you for giving us stories that are a reflection of reality, and injected with the kink I always trust you to deliver. Dean wanting to fill Clara June up with his babies is THE hottest thing about this book. And thank you for giving a Pringle sized man a chance to show how reading a woman’s body and preparing her can make all the difference during intimacy. Some men could really learn a thing or two from Dean McAllister. 😉
June 20, 2025
Dean + Clara June
-small town romance
-single mom
-sons football coach
-he falls first
-he DOESN’T fit right away👀👀
in standard daisy jane fashion...this was just perfection!! the tension. the dynamics. the development. the super real & raw realness of being a mom to so many kids....hahaha might have taken some personal interpretations there but im sure that was the idea. cause when i tell you...coach dean had me SWOONING...but also...like i was on the verge of tears sooooo many damn times in like every clara june pov cause like...i just felt for her so hard! SOLIDARITY SISTER!!
-small town romance
-single mom
-sons football coach
-he falls first
-he DOESN’T fit right away👀👀
in standard daisy jane fashion...this was just perfection!! the tension. the dynamics. the development. the super real & raw realness of being a mom to so many kids....hahaha might have taken some personal interpretations there but im sure that was the idea. cause when i tell you...coach dean had me SWOONING...but also...like i was on the verge of tears sooooo many damn times in like every clara june pov cause like...i just felt for her so hard! SOLIDARITY SISTER!!
July 25, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
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June 27, 2025
3/5 ⭐️
June 26, 2025
This just wasn't my favorite by Daisy Jane. I love her as an author but this story isn't my jam. All the constant chaos of being a single mom of three boys literally gave me anxiety. I read to escape that lol. I'm sure many will love it but it just wasn't the setup for me, I still love Daisy Jane though!!
June 28, 2025
I was so looking forward to this but it didn’t hit the mark, the way the first book did. The slow burn was kinda boring 🫣 the last 100 pages made the book.
I did love how ‘coach’ cared for Clara June.
I loved the relationship he built up with her sons.
Just the first 300 pages 😅
I did love how ‘coach’ cared for Clara June.
I loved the relationship he built up with her sons.
Just the first 300 pages 😅
April 7, 2026
LOW 3 STARS—THIS WAS SWEET IF FLAWED
Clara June is a single mom who's keeping it together but only just. She's devoted to her boys—seventeen-year-old Rawley, who has just told her he doesn't want to go to college but become a mechanic instead; Tanner, who's QB1 as a sophomore, with a clear future in elite football; and little five-year-old Archie, who can't stop himself from stealing peaches off the tree of the mean old next-door-neighhbor. The boys' father, Clara June's emotionally abusive ex, Troy, left the day Archie was born, and they haven't heard from him since. Good riddance, but handling everything with three active boys and on the salary of a diner waitress isn't easy. One day Tanner is badly injured at a football game, and Clara June winds up waiting at the hospital with Tanner's coach and history teacher, Dean McAlister. Who is super hot. And, it turns out, super nice. And super into sweet Clara June. She can't believe he's still single, and he can't believe Troy would have ever walked out on HER. Pretty quickly they figure out the attraction is mutual and intense, and they begin texting, then talking on the phone, and then, after they talk to the boys to make sure they're okay with it, going on dates. The family is getting along very well; everyone loves Dean, and he's so eager to have his own family. In fact, he fairly quickly makes it known to Clara June that he's hoping to have children with her; she's totally into it. When Tanner makes the town newspaper because of his remarkable athleticism, Troy slithers back into the picture, sniffing a payday. He begins leaving messages for Coach Dean and for Tanner, calling himself a recruiter. He calls Clara June as himself, infuriating her that after all these years he only comes crawling back when it looks like Tanner could be a meal ticket, and he doesn't even express any interest in knowing his other two sons. She has sole custody, so she tells him to fuck right off and blocks his number. Dean decides to move in temporarily, wary of Troy's aggression. Pretty soon he gets the boys' okay to propose to Clara June. But one day, while he's at the grocery store and Clara June's at the diner, Troy goes to the house and tries to forcibly remove Tanner. When he refuses to go, Troy grabs Archie and threatens to hurt him. Dean comes home at this moment and draws Troy's blows while the boys are able to call 911 and escape next door to the mean neighbor lady's house. Dean gets Troy outside and, face bleeding, finally knees him in the balls as the cops show up. They immediately cuff Troy and throw him in jail, expecting him to get a long prison sentence because he had a knife on him. Dean talks the boys down and reassures them they're safe. When Clara June gets home from the diner and finds out what happened, she's ready to faint. But all her boys are safe, and the threat has been removed. That night, Dean proposes, and Clara June says yes. The next day they go over to Dean's parents' house for a cookout to meet one another. It's family love at first sight. Then Clara realizes she's late. In the epilogue, three years later, she's VERY pregnant with their second child, and everyone dotes on little two-year-old Marion. Dean and Clara June are helping twenty-year-old Rawley move into a tiny apartment above a deli with his fiancee, Jo Jo. He's making good money as a mechanic and loves his work. Tanner FaceTimes them from the football field, where he's a freshman in college and still has a very bright future as a student athlete. And Archie loves singing to Marion and babying her and has become fast friends with the mean old lady next door and spends part of every day with her. Dean and Clara June discuss paying for Rawley and Jo Jo's wedding or perhaps instead making a down payment on a house for them. They are incredibly happy. The next day, Clara June goes into labor.
This is a sweet story, and I love how the author went hard on the real and ugly of living in a messy home with three kids and an overworked mom. It was HArrrrrrrd. But also Clara June was so sweet, but in a realistic, non-angelic way. I sort of love that the author decided to not have beef between mom's boyfriend and her boys; it was a refreshing departure from the expected.
But I do wish several things had been slightly massaged:
(1) I needed more substance to Dean's and Clara June's attraction and partnership in the earliest days to make it feel real and not fairy tale. Similarly, their sex life was just . . . not credible. Clara June makes much of not being able to orgasm for years, yet when Dean hugs her she orgasms, with no touch. Subsequent orgasms are numerous and almost as unbelievably easy. This sort of wish fulfillment feels cheap, not dreamy.
(2) Troy was a very one-dimensional villain. Instead of clarifying how victimized poor, sweet Clara June was, and underscoring how she had a right to happiness and deserved a bit of rescuing, it felt false and even a bit ridiculous. Do I believe deadbeat, malignant narcissists like Troy are real? Yes, but he reads as an uncomplicated demon as opposed to a real person, who presents real peril.
(3) Daisy Jane frequently and unnecessarily falls back on tired gender stereotype ("we all know boys are this way and girls are that"), which accept as gospel truth things that are in fact false. I dearly wish she wouldn't. It's fine for her to write a cowboy type who's covered with hair and gets off on protecting his woman; let him have this without trying to convince the reader that his preferences are nature-ordained.
(4) And this one is minor, but I did find it annoying when Dean called Clara June "mama" and she called him "Coach." I have no problem with the pet names and the hinted kinkiness, but it was repeated to the point of almost absurdity and suffocated most any sweetness or thrill it could have evoked.
Overall, this was charming and sweet if too flawed to be truly good. Daisy Jane reliably writes interesting, sexy stories, but her failure to dig deep means I have yet to read a title that truly blows me away.
Clara June is a single mom who's keeping it together but only just. She's devoted to her boys—seventeen-year-old Rawley, who has just told her he doesn't want to go to college but become a mechanic instead; Tanner, who's QB1 as a sophomore, with a clear future in elite football; and little five-year-old Archie, who can't stop himself from stealing peaches off the tree of the mean old next-door-neighhbor. The boys' father, Clara June's emotionally abusive ex, Troy, left the day Archie was born, and they haven't heard from him since. Good riddance, but handling everything with three active boys and on the salary of a diner waitress isn't easy. One day Tanner is badly injured at a football game, and Clara June winds up waiting at the hospital with Tanner's coach and history teacher, Dean McAlister. Who is super hot. And, it turns out, super nice. And super into sweet Clara June. She can't believe he's still single, and he can't believe Troy would have ever walked out on HER. Pretty quickly they figure out the attraction is mutual and intense, and they begin texting, then talking on the phone, and then, after they talk to the boys to make sure they're okay with it, going on dates. The family is getting along very well; everyone loves Dean, and he's so eager to have his own family. In fact, he fairly quickly makes it known to Clara June that he's hoping to have children with her; she's totally into it. When Tanner makes the town newspaper because of his remarkable athleticism, Troy slithers back into the picture, sniffing a payday. He begins leaving messages for Coach Dean and for Tanner, calling himself a recruiter. He calls Clara June as himself, infuriating her that after all these years he only comes crawling back when it looks like Tanner could be a meal ticket, and he doesn't even express any interest in knowing his other two sons. She has sole custody, so she tells him to fuck right off and blocks his number. Dean decides to move in temporarily, wary of Troy's aggression. Pretty soon he gets the boys' okay to propose to Clara June. But one day, while he's at the grocery store and Clara June's at the diner, Troy goes to the house and tries to forcibly remove Tanner. When he refuses to go, Troy grabs Archie and threatens to hurt him. Dean comes home at this moment and draws Troy's blows while the boys are able to call 911 and escape next door to the mean neighbor lady's house. Dean gets Troy outside and, face bleeding, finally knees him in the balls as the cops show up. They immediately cuff Troy and throw him in jail, expecting him to get a long prison sentence because he had a knife on him. Dean talks the boys down and reassures them they're safe. When Clara June gets home from the diner and finds out what happened, she's ready to faint. But all her boys are safe, and the threat has been removed. That night, Dean proposes, and Clara June says yes. The next day they go over to Dean's parents' house for a cookout to meet one another. It's family love at first sight. Then Clara realizes she's late. In the epilogue, three years later, she's VERY pregnant with their second child, and everyone dotes on little two-year-old Marion. Dean and Clara June are helping twenty-year-old Rawley move into a tiny apartment above a deli with his fiancee, Jo Jo. He's making good money as a mechanic and loves his work. Tanner FaceTimes them from the football field, where he's a freshman in college and still has a very bright future as a student athlete. And Archie loves singing to Marion and babying her and has become fast friends with the mean old lady next door and spends part of every day with her. Dean and Clara June discuss paying for Rawley and Jo Jo's wedding or perhaps instead making a down payment on a house for them. They are incredibly happy. The next day, Clara June goes into labor.
This is a sweet story, and I love how the author went hard on the real and ugly of living in a messy home with three kids and an overworked mom. It was HArrrrrrrd. But also Clara June was so sweet, but in a realistic, non-angelic way. I sort of love that the author decided to not have beef between mom's boyfriend and her boys; it was a refreshing departure from the expected.
But I do wish several things had been slightly massaged:
(1) I needed more substance to Dean's and Clara June's attraction and partnership in the earliest days to make it feel real and not fairy tale. Similarly, their sex life was just . . . not credible. Clara June makes much of not being able to orgasm for years, yet when Dean hugs her she orgasms, with no touch. Subsequent orgasms are numerous and almost as unbelievably easy. This sort of wish fulfillment feels cheap, not dreamy.
(2) Troy was a very one-dimensional villain. Instead of clarifying how victimized poor, sweet Clara June was, and underscoring how she had a right to happiness and deserved a bit of rescuing, it felt false and even a bit ridiculous. Do I believe deadbeat, malignant narcissists like Troy are real? Yes, but he reads as an uncomplicated demon as opposed to a real person, who presents real peril.
(3) Daisy Jane frequently and unnecessarily falls back on tired gender stereotype ("we all know boys are this way and girls are that"), which accept as gospel truth things that are in fact false. I dearly wish she wouldn't. It's fine for her to write a cowboy type who's covered with hair and gets off on protecting his woman; let him have this without trying to convince the reader that his preferences are nature-ordained.
(4) And this one is minor, but I did find it annoying when Dean called Clara June "mama" and she called him "Coach." I have no problem with the pet names and the hinted kinkiness, but it was repeated to the point of almost absurdity and suffocated most any sweetness or thrill it could have evoked.
Overall, this was charming and sweet if too flawed to be truly good. Daisy Jane reliably writes interesting, sexy stories, but her failure to dig deep means I have yet to read a title that truly blows me away.
June 27, 2025
This is the single mom trope done well! I like it when the single mom isn't just a hot mess of tears and struggles but is handling her shiz and being an amazing parent WHILE also showing the normal struggles of not being able to do absolutely everything at all times as one human being...like the laundry is never done-fact and yard work is not a priority-nope but kids are happy, healthy, fed and bills are paid. So boom. Giving her a partner that can admire and respect those things and not just someone to "save" her from her life is refreshing.
Anyway this was def a slow burn of really getting to know each other and naturally merging of their individual lives. Dean was an undiscovered pleasure Dom and I liked his discovering how much actual pleasure and fulfillment he gets from providing and giving to Clara in all ways. Also it was refreshing to show how much he was also missing in his life that he admired in Clara's life given the different lives they were living side by side in a small town.
This was hot, sweet and Daisy Jane writes real people that you enjoy reading. If you have read other Daisy Jane books there are quite a few little easter eggs referencing other books...Wrench Kings anyone?!?
Special shout out to the side teen/kid characters! They were written well and thoughtfully and I felt also invested in their interwoven storylines! The epilogue was freaking adorable!
Also of note Coach Dean is PACKING!!!! 🥖👀😎
Anyway this was def a slow burn of really getting to know each other and naturally merging of their individual lives. Dean was an undiscovered pleasure Dom and I liked his discovering how much actual pleasure and fulfillment he gets from providing and giving to Clara in all ways. Also it was refreshing to show how much he was also missing in his life that he admired in Clara's life given the different lives they were living side by side in a small town.
This was hot, sweet and Daisy Jane writes real people that you enjoy reading. If you have read other Daisy Jane books there are quite a few little easter eggs referencing other books...Wrench Kings anyone?!?
Special shout out to the side teen/kid characters! They were written well and thoughtfully and I felt also invested in their interwoven storylines! The epilogue was freaking adorable!
Also of note Coach Dean is PACKING!!!! 🥖👀😎
June 23, 2025
OMG! Everybody needs a dean in their life! This was a slow burn. He falls first romance. And the best part about this romance book is that there was no third act break up. It was refreshing. The MMC was possibly the most put together man on this planet. Not only did he care for the FMC, he also prioritized her children, her health, and her feelings. It was also very realistic. The woman wasn’t perfect. She had insecurities, she had a not so perfect body, and none of these things mattered to the MMC. It was wonderful to see a real woman in her 30s find a real man! The author made the effort to ensure that it wasn’t only a story about a man and a woman, but also this man was very involved in her children’s life and helped her raise them into good young men. I love that about this book because you just don’t see that very often.
July 1, 2025
OH MY FREAKING GOSH THIS ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY!!!!
Seriously this might be my new favorite by Daisy Jane. The family and relationship dynamics Daisy Jane is putting into this Bluebell Bruisers series is just so freaking refreshing to read. You can feel the love and understanding she has for these characters.
This story follows Coach Dean who we met in Please, Sir and single mother of 3 Clara June (who is the mother of Rawley, Jo Jo's boyfriend from book one). Watching the love develop between these two was so toe curlingly (yes that's a word) good. While we were given a slow burn is was a sizzling steamy burn to be sure. The strength and balance these two characters gave each other was just *chef's kiss*. Also when we got to the spice phew it was hoooooot hot hot. Daisy Jane KNOWS how to write the spice that is for sure!!!!
Do yourself the highest of favors and read this book. You won't regret one second.
Seriously this might be my new favorite by Daisy Jane. The family and relationship dynamics Daisy Jane is putting into this Bluebell Bruisers series is just so freaking refreshing to read. You can feel the love and understanding she has for these characters.
This story follows Coach Dean who we met in Please, Sir and single mother of 3 Clara June (who is the mother of Rawley, Jo Jo's boyfriend from book one). Watching the love develop between these two was so toe curlingly (yes that's a word) good. While we were given a slow burn is was a sizzling steamy burn to be sure. The strength and balance these two characters gave each other was just *chef's kiss*. Also when we got to the spice phew it was hoooooot hot hot. Daisy Jane KNOWS how to write the spice that is for sure!!!!
Do yourself the highest of favors and read this book. You won't regret one second.
June 26, 2025
• small town
• single mom
• he calls her “mama”
• pleasure dom
• he talks her through it
Phew, another steamy read by @authordaisyjane 🤍If she writes it, I will read it 😂 I loved this couple together and it is the perfect blend of sweet and spicy!
Dean is one of my favorite MMCs - a teacher and a coach - he falls hard for Clara. She is a single mom of 3 boys and works at a diner. I love how Dean just adores her and wants to take care of her.
June 27, 2025
Single Mom • Small Town • Pleasure Dom MMC • breeding •
In the small town of Blubell, single mom Clara June meets her son’s football coach, and its attraction at first sight! Being a boy mom, Daisy really hit the nail on the accuracy in situations and also gave me nerves for what I’ll be dealing with in the future 🤣
I adored Dean’s caring side, his smirks, his dirty talk and the way he calls Clara June “Mama” *swoon*
The semi-slow burn was totally worth it!
In the small town of Blubell, single mom Clara June meets her son’s football coach, and its attraction at first sight! Being a boy mom, Daisy really hit the nail on the accuracy in situations and also gave me nerves for what I’ll be dealing with in the future 🤣
I adored Dean’s caring side, his smirks, his dirty talk and the way he calls Clara June “Mama” *swoon*
The semi-slow burn was totally worth it!
June 24, 2025
This was one of the hottest books I’ve read. This was one of my first ever books by Daisy Jane and holy cow I hate that I never had before.
I live for a single mom trope, but also anything with sports. 🤭
I live for a single mom trope, but also anything with sports. 🤭
June 29, 2025
Story was cute but don’t call it a slow burn if you’re just going to bore me with day to day chores and kid bullshit, I get that in real life. I don’t need to read pages with step by step instructions on fixing a washing machine. Small town romance is cool but I don’t need cameos from every character you’ve ever written. Book would’ve probably been 5 stars if it was 100 pages less.
July 9, 2025
A Sweet Read!
I enjoyed this book! Mama happens to be my favourite nickname for a FMC so I think I was bound to enjoy this one! The kids and their dynamic with both main characters were sweet!
I enjoyed this book! Mama happens to be my favourite nickname for a FMC so I think I was bound to enjoy this one! The kids and their dynamic with both main characters were sweet!
July 20, 2025
4.5⭐️
one percent of you vibes in the best way
one percent of you vibes in the best way
June 18, 2025
ARC review. A charming love story where two adults, both established on their own, find each other through Clara June’s son’s school. The outside drama was pretty believable and I liked that there was no third act breakup-I enjoyed that it was a more mature story.
June 24, 2025
Thanks to Daisy Jane and the Smuthood for the review copy and this is my honest review.
The good:
- The dynamics between the hero and the heroine is sweet and affectionate, he wants to take care of her and her boys. The progression of him being incorporated into their lives felt organic even if it's fast in terms of their relationship.
- The appearance of all the previous Daisy Jane characters living their best lives, even an appearance from our boy Atticus (The Brazen One)
The meh:
The pacing was off and even for a slow burn their relationship took too long to start. The first 40% was the motherhood realism that was too real, too chaotic, and it dragged.
The not so great:
- The five year old didn't read as a five year old, but was way older. Also he goes and sits in the front passenger seat with no car seat? No sir, do not do that.
Unfortunately I didn't love this, took me a while to push through the first half of the book but I held on with the promise of a pleasure dom and I'm not sure that salvaged the book for me.
The good:
- The dynamics between the hero and the heroine is sweet and affectionate, he wants to take care of her and her boys. The progression of him being incorporated into their lives felt organic even if it's fast in terms of their relationship.
- The appearance of all the previous Daisy Jane characters living their best lives, even an appearance from our boy Atticus (The Brazen One)
The meh:
The pacing was off and even for a slow burn their relationship took too long to start. The first 40% was the motherhood realism that was too real, too chaotic, and it dragged.
The not so great:
- The five year old didn't read as a five year old, but was way older. Also he goes and sits in the front passenger seat with no car seat? No sir, do not do that.
Unfortunately I didn't love this, took me a while to push through the first half of the book but I held on with the promise of a pleasure dom and I'm not sure that salvaged the book for me.
June 18, 2025
Thank you to Daisy Jane and The Smuthood for this ARC ✨
This was such a fantastic read, I couldn’t love it more if I tried!
The book was so phenomenally written, from the spice to the anticipation of the main characters finally embracing their attraction and Dean showing Clara she’s what she’s worth and not broken, to the beautiful HEA, I couldn’t put it down.
Especially loved the growth seen not only by the main characters but Clara’s sons too! And the relationship between Dean and her sons was incredible, he was protective, supportive and an amazing father figure.
If you love, a dominant/protective MMC, lots of spice, single mom, and sons who are so supportive of each other, then this book is for you.
This was my second book from Daisy and I can’t wait to divulge more into Daisy Jane’s universe! 💝
This was such a fantastic read, I couldn’t love it more if I tried!
The book was so phenomenally written, from the spice to the anticipation of the main characters finally embracing their attraction and Dean showing Clara she’s what she’s worth and not broken, to the beautiful HEA, I couldn’t put it down.
Especially loved the growth seen not only by the main characters but Clara’s sons too! And the relationship between Dean and her sons was incredible, he was protective, supportive and an amazing father figure.
If you love, a dominant/protective MMC, lots of spice, single mom, and sons who are so supportive of each other, then this book is for you.
This was my second book from Daisy and I can’t wait to divulge more into Daisy Jane’s universe! 💝
January 8, 2026
3.7
Omg her kids. They were so adorable! and I loved both the FMC’s relationship with them and the MMC’s relationship with them. Those moments were genuinely so sweet and added a lot to the story.
The slow burn? Actually really good. I’m a sucker for shy glances and those almost touching moments where you’re internally screaming “JUST HOLD HANDS ALREADY.” The build up worked, and I was enjoying the tension.
But then we get to the smut… and yeah..😬
It was very cringy for me.
Calling him “coach” during smut made me physically pause. Like please I begged the page to stop. And the FMC’s inner monologue about him? Painful. She genuinely sounded like a horny teenager discovering attraction for the first time, it pulled me straight out of the story 😭
Overall, this book had cute kids, a solid slow burn, and sweet family dynamics.
Omg her kids. They were so adorable! and I loved both the FMC’s relationship with them and the MMC’s relationship with them. Those moments were genuinely so sweet and added a lot to the story.
The slow burn? Actually really good. I’m a sucker for shy glances and those almost touching moments where you’re internally screaming “JUST HOLD HANDS ALREADY.” The build up worked, and I was enjoying the tension.
But then we get to the smut… and yeah..😬
It was very cringy for me.
Calling him “coach” during smut made me physically pause. Like please I begged the page to stop. And the FMC’s inner monologue about him? Painful. She genuinely sounded like a horny teenager discovering attraction for the first time, it pulled me straight out of the story 😭
Overall, this book had cute kids, a solid slow burn, and sweet family dynamics.
January 1, 2026
This book was long, and while I liked the relationships between each of the MC and the kids, Dean's side of the relationship felt very much like insta-love. The dirty talk was a bit cringey during the spicy scenes and definitely had me skimming to the next part.
Petty things that annoyed me but weren't deal breakers: Clara June always being full named. Dean cosplaying as a cowboy 100% of the time (sir, you're a teacher - why tf are you wearing a cowboy hat in your classroom? And at the GD dining table!? No.)
Petty things that annoyed me but weren't deal breakers: Clara June always being full named. Dean cosplaying as a cowboy 100% of the time (sir, you're a teacher - why tf are you wearing a cowboy hat in your classroom? And at the GD dining table!? No.)
January 11, 2026
DNF at 27%
Nothing wrong with the H yet. However,
the kids are driving both h and me insane. Absolutely zero helping in house cores. The oldest wants to go be a mechanic and somehow doesn’t want to lift a finger to help clean the house (how hard is it to throw away your own trash after dinner???). He whines about having to do part time job to cover the hundreds of dollars he wasted on the tutor, balabala. The youngest steals peach from the neighbor’s tree despite of many times telling him no. Soft parenting more like being a pushover.
Nothing wrong with the H yet. However,
the kids are driving both h and me insane. Absolutely zero helping in house cores. The oldest wants to go be a mechanic and somehow doesn’t want to lift a finger to help clean the house (how hard is it to throw away your own trash after dinner???). He whines about having to do part time job to cover the hundreds of dollars he wasted on the tutor, balabala. The youngest steals peach from the neighbor’s tree despite of many times telling him no. Soft parenting more like being a pushover.
August 3, 2025
“Mama” is an ick.
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