First Touch: A Soccer Romance Story Set In London

by Amanda Lista

Adrian dos Santos, a promising soccer player from Mexico City, just found out that he was transferred to Chelsea Football Club in London. His excitement is only dwarfed by his nervousness of living far from home and family in a foreign country while struggling to speak the language. All that is washed away on a night out with the team. He runs into the beautiful blonde hairdresser, Phoebe. All his nerves and anxiety melts away when she offers to lend a helping hand. Little did either know that a simple gesture would lead both to have a shot at love. Will Adrian and Phoebe be able to find a way through the difficult life of a professional soccer player or will everything fall apart? Find out with this first book in the mini-series by bestselling romance author, Amanda Lista.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2020

About the author

Amanda is an aspiring new author, trying to share stories that will connect with people. Amanda and her husband live in the Bay Area with their twin boys and super cute dog. She loves sharing stories that allow people to escape into a new world.

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Reviews

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[Crystal · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm sorry, this book needs to have an editor or proofreader go through. I found numerous errors while reading this super short story. It also ends in a really bizarre manner. Literally the last line is, "What are you going to do?" Not worth your time at this point.

[Joan Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trying to survive in a new country where you don't understand the language and your team mates along with your assistant coach are against you, Adrian is lost. He was not prepared to deal with these situations because he thought if he played real good, the team and coaches would be happy with him. Adrian now realize he is not in his country where he was a soccer star.

[Diana Reeves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Extremely short story

I was shocked that the author called this a “book”. This needs a lot of polishing, needs more emotion to the writing technique. I felt I was reading 3rd grade level.

[ChristiLovesBooks_smut · Rating 3 out of 5]

First Touch was decent

First Touch, book 1 of Shot At Love, by Amanda Lista #amanda.lista.author, is a new author for me.

This was an ok novella about Adrian & Phoebe. Tropes: Contemporary, Soccer, MF, Mostly Single POV by Adrian, & A Cliffhanger!

[Abby G. Amos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Read!

I enjoyed reading this book, but I gave it 3 stars because it was extremely too short and I didn't like the way it ended! I did like the chemistry that was developing between Adrian and Phones. Other than that, I think people may like this short read!

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't realize it was a novella, so that's on me. Even so for whatever reason I wasn't invested in the story. Just not to my taste.

[Barb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written and badly edited.