If you've been paying any attention to all the fangirling I've been doing on our blog Facebook page these last few weeks, you already know that I've been insanely excited to get my hands on Becket Jones. Er. His story. And gaaaahhhhdddd, you guys! He did not disappoint.
I was already pretty much head over heels for Becket after reading He Loves Me...KNOT (which is where I first met Becket, but it does not have to be read before reading this one), and so DITCHED basically just finished the job. Football players are my kryptonite, but the fact that this one is also kind, smart, and funny is just...oof. Impossible not to love! Impossible! Add in a broken heroine who, like me, can't seem to resist the charms of our entirely swoonworthy hero - no matter how hard she tries - and I was hooked. Immediately hooked. Immediately taken with these two and their beautifully written love story.
I felt like the formula here was just right. This is a sports romance - but it's not terribly sporty (so those of you who think you don't know enough about football to read this book, fear not! You'll be fine!). There are some deeply emotional moments but they're tempered by some lighthearted laugh-out-loud moments (and Becket's teammates provide plenty of comic relief)! There's a little thread of mystery running through the story that kept me wondering, and I truly had no idea what to expect when the plot twists started dropping. The whole thing - it all just felt like the perfect package.
And then the ending?
You know how sometimes you finish a book and you feel a sort of euphoric high? Like your heart is racing and you can't wipe the smile off your face and you literally feel a sort of rush through your bloodstream? Yeah. That happened here. It was SO GOOD. And now, frankly, I'm a little bit sad that there's no more Becket Jones in my life. He's amazing. This story is fantastic and RC Boldt has knocked another one out of the park! Er, wait. She's run another one into the end zone! ~ Shelly, 5 Stars
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Y’all, I fell in L.O.V.E. with Becket Jones in He Loves Me . . . Knot and holy moly did I fall in deeper with him in Ditched. The man is perfect. No, seriously. He loves kids and animals. Loves his family and friends. Will do just about anything for anyone. Add in the fact that he’s a football god, a really handsome one to boot, who’s looking for that one person to spend his life with—he’s a long-term guy. And he’s got me and all the girls in the yard actively swooning.
And Ivy. Man, that woman is driven. Driven to make something of herself. Driven to rise from the ashes of her crappy childhood. Driven to help make lemonade out of the relationship lemons her clients find themselves stuck with. But something that’s not driving Ivy is finding love and a person to share her life with. She’s immune to love—or so she thinks. But she’s never met a force like Becket.
And he’s a force to be reckoned with. He’s all in on this growing relationship with Ivy, now if she would only give in to the feelings she’s trying so hard to keep beneath the surface.
Sigh. Seriously. I’m still swooning from this fun, smart, sexy, deep, lovely romance. I loved falling in love with Becket and Ivy as they went. Their hilarious meet-cute was crazy fun. I loved how their friends and family rallied around them both. That they had amazing support systems.
And that ending. Good lord, I did not see that coming! It was brilliantly original! ~ Missy, 5 stars