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Playing the Game
Randi Rojas is a professional soccer player who seemingly has it all, a successful career, a long-term girlfriend, a loving family, and a great group of friends…until a chance meeting with an attractive woman sends her way offside, and into a whole new game. Berkley Ward lives her life to the extreme, spending her days either in the gym or four-wheeling in the woods, and her nights patrolling the streets as an officer. Affairs with taken women are easy, but after years of playing games, she’s finished…until she meets a beautiful woman and a game she can’t resist. Both women play a dangerously seductive game of cat and mouse, teetering on the edge of friendship and affair.
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385 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2019
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November 5, 2019
The Player and the Police Officer
Officer Berkley is a credit to the force. She has plans to join SWAT, she works hard, plays hard, has great friends and likes the simple things in life. She’s been cheated on and cheated but there is no one special in her life and that’s alright, she’s tired of the game. Randi is a professional soccer player. She’s been with her teammate girlfriend for 5 years but a chance encounter with the beguiling Berkley leaves her questioning and lusting…. When the officer is tasked with security at the soccer games, the attraction soars and things become more than friendly…
I LOVED this book!!! It was SO well written! It was interesting, entertaining, engaging, fast paced, with a solid story line and divine characters! I loved the descriptions of the characters, the settings and the events. They were all so detailed and I could so clearly see everything that I was a part of the story. I did not want to put this book down for a minute… Even though I started it in the evening thinking I would just read a few chapters before bed, I ended up reading it to the end and I’m not sorry to have missed out on the sleep. I just couldn’t stop, I HAD to know what happened next!! I was SO NOT disappointed!!! This was a wonderful read. This is the first book of Ms Morgan’s I have read but it will not be the last!!
Officer Berkley is a credit to the force. She has plans to join SWAT, she works hard, plays hard, has great friends and likes the simple things in life. She’s been cheated on and cheated but there is no one special in her life and that’s alright, she’s tired of the game. Randi is a professional soccer player. She’s been with her teammate girlfriend for 5 years but a chance encounter with the beguiling Berkley leaves her questioning and lusting…. When the officer is tasked with security at the soccer games, the attraction soars and things become more than friendly…
I LOVED this book!!! It was SO well written! It was interesting, entertaining, engaging, fast paced, with a solid story line and divine characters! I loved the descriptions of the characters, the settings and the events. They were all so detailed and I could so clearly see everything that I was a part of the story. I did not want to put this book down for a minute… Even though I started it in the evening thinking I would just read a few chapters before bed, I ended up reading it to the end and I’m not sorry to have missed out on the sleep. I just couldn’t stop, I HAD to know what happened next!! I was SO NOT disappointed!!! This was a wonderful read. This is the first book of Ms Morgan’s I have read but it will not be the last!!
December 1, 2019
I enjoyed reading this novel. It features Berkley who is a police officer, and a pro soccer player, Randi, who just happens to be one of her team’s stars. They meet at a coffee shop when Randi mistakes Berkley’s coffee for her own. Both think the other is attractive. Randi is in a relationship with another player on her team, Olivia. Her best friend is yet another player, Carrie. Berkley’s friends are a fellow cop, Garrett and his wife Dena. They all play significant roles as the confidants in the story.
Berkley is a pretty spectacular cop – she used to be an EMT and wants to be a SWAT member. She's got experience. There are plenty of scenes showing her in action. There are also many sports scenes with loads of excitement and action, which reminded me of watching the World Cup during the summer.
All that was great and set the mood for the book, but I had some doubts since there was a development that I don’t like, but Morgen handled it deftly, and the situation was nuanced and palatable at least to me. There was also some misdirection in this novel, but I’m not sure if that was intentional or just how I was reading the characters and situations. All in all, I was entertained. The book was not predictable and I was happy with the conclusion.
I received an ARC from Triplicity for review.
Berkley is a pretty spectacular cop – she used to be an EMT and wants to be a SWAT member. She's got experience. There are plenty of scenes showing her in action. There are also many sports scenes with loads of excitement and action, which reminded me of watching the World Cup during the summer.
All that was great and set the mood for the book, but I had some doubts since there was a development that I don’t like, but Morgen handled it deftly, and the situation was nuanced and palatable at least to me. There was also some misdirection in this novel, but I’m not sure if that was intentional or just how I was reading the characters and situations. All in all, I was entertained. The book was not predictable and I was happy with the conclusion.
I received an ARC from Triplicity for review.
November 3, 2019
Really good story!
This was a really good story. I liked the two main characters. Liked the soccer component of the story as well as the cop part of the story. The chemistry was off the charts and the angst was also intense. I think it was a good ending. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
This was a really good story. I liked the two main characters. Liked the soccer component of the story as well as the cop part of the story. The chemistry was off the charts and the angst was also intense. I think it was a good ending. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
November 2, 2019
Great!
I loved Playing the Game. Randi and Berkeley are great main characters. The soccer scenes do a good job of capturing the tension on and off the field.
I loved Playing the Game. Randi and Berkeley are great main characters. The soccer scenes do a good job of capturing the tension on and off the field.
August 19, 2021
So, I’m like 45 pages away from finishing this book, but I already know what I want to say and how I want to rate it regardless of how it ends.
How come Randi and Berkeley only get to spend like 10% of this entire book together? I like a good slow burn, sure, but I also want to see our MCs interacting with one another. Their chemistry is pretty good but like, we don’t really get to see it flourish because we only get like 25 lines of dialogue between them throughout the entire novel. Not even the occasional text message.
Okay, maybe I’m over exaggerating slightly, but really, I feel like they spend SO much time NOT interacting with one another.
To say that, is not to say that I don’t like or didn’t enjoy this book. It is a pretty entertaining read. Its like one of those trashy shows on the CW where everyone is ridiculously attractive and they have a great soundtrack but not a whole lot is actually happening. We’re just following these two characters with their various (and pretty well fleshed out) side characters, living their lives. Away from each other. But every once in a while their paths cross and things happen.
The scenes of Berkeley being a cop and of Randi playing soccer were, in my opinion very well done. The author is clearly a fan of soccer and may even have a background in law enforcement based on the very evident knowledge they have of each subject. I am a soccer fan myself and the way this author writes the games, you can almost see it being played out in front of you, feel the energy that you get waiting for your team to score. It was very well done.
I just wish that the MCs could have spent a little more time interacting with each other. Even in indirect ways. Otherwise, great book, definitely worth a read and I’m not even finished with it yet.
How come Randi and Berkeley only get to spend like 10% of this entire book together? I like a good slow burn, sure, but I also want to see our MCs interacting with one another. Their chemistry is pretty good but like, we don’t really get to see it flourish because we only get like 25 lines of dialogue between them throughout the entire novel. Not even the occasional text message.
Okay, maybe I’m over exaggerating slightly, but really, I feel like they spend SO much time NOT interacting with one another.
To say that, is not to say that I don’t like or didn’t enjoy this book. It is a pretty entertaining read. Its like one of those trashy shows on the CW where everyone is ridiculously attractive and they have a great soundtrack but not a whole lot is actually happening. We’re just following these two characters with their various (and pretty well fleshed out) side characters, living their lives. Away from each other. But every once in a while their paths cross and things happen.
The scenes of Berkeley being a cop and of Randi playing soccer were, in my opinion very well done. The author is clearly a fan of soccer and may even have a background in law enforcement based on the very evident knowledge they have of each subject. I am a soccer fan myself and the way this author writes the games, you can almost see it being played out in front of you, feel the energy that you get waiting for your team to score. It was very well done.
I just wish that the MCs could have spent a little more time interacting with each other. Even in indirect ways. Otherwise, great book, definitely worth a read and I’m not even finished with it yet.
November 12, 2019
I love a good sports book and a good cop book. This is a mix of the two and it was great. I couldn't put it down! I've read all of the author's books, so I picked up on a crossover at the end! That was a great surprise and I know it is the start of a series...so I am definitely looking to see where this goes. This author has a gift for making you feel like you are right there with the characters inside the story. If you like soccer or cops, or perhaps both...or you're just a fan of the author read this book! You will not be disappointed!
January 6, 2025
Enjoyable, but could have been shorter.
Enjoyed the story, but would give it a 4.2 if possible. Probably could have edited out 50 pages that seem superfluous to the story. Having said that, I liked all of that stuff too. It was probably a case of "I can't bring myself to cut this scene" and I understand.
Enjoyed the story, but would give it a 4.2 if possible. Probably could have edited out 50 pages that seem superfluous to the story. Having said that, I liked all of that stuff too. It was probably a case of "I can't bring myself to cut this scene" and I understand.
November 6, 2019
I recommend this book.
I really enjoyed this book. Characters are very likable and well developed. Romance is very good. Can't wait for book two. Really good read. Thanks
I really enjoyed this book. Characters are very likable and well developed. Romance is very good. Can't wait for book two. Really good read. Thanks
May 13, 2020
Great book
I almost gave this five stars but incorrect usage of words drive me to distraction. The characters are interesting, likeable, and believable.
I almost gave this five stars but incorrect usage of words drive me to distraction. The characters are interesting, likeable, and believable.
April 21, 2022
Very enjoyable story. Hope the next in series is a continuation. Would really love to see more of what happens with Randi and Berkeley.....
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