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Fair Play
Sean Donovan runs like the wind and parties like a hurricane. How do I get a hot stud like him to notice a simple girl like me? Easy, by pretending to be the kind of girl I know he can’t resist...
Kate Asher : Don’t tell me to play fair. I’m going to do whatever I have to do to get an interview with hard-partying football star Sean Donovan, even if it means dressing up like a hooker and playing bump-and-grind with him on the dancefloor.
Sean On the field, I play fair, but in life, it’s anybody’s game. The second I saw her red hair and red lips I knew that I’d be making a forward pass. And when she flashed that cleavage, whew man, it was game over!
She wants to get inside my head and I want to get inside her pants. I think it’s time we talk about a trade…
Kate Asher : Don’t tell me to play fair. I’m going to do whatever I have to do to get an interview with hard-partying football star Sean Donovan, even if it means dressing up like a hooker and playing bump-and-grind with him on the dancefloor.
Sean On the field, I play fair, but in life, it’s anybody’s game. The second I saw her red hair and red lips I knew that I’d be making a forward pass. And when she flashed that cleavage, whew man, it was game over!
She wants to get inside my head and I want to get inside her pants. I think it’s time we talk about a trade…
123 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2021
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Mia Ford
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I am a contemporary romance writer who loves strong, gorgeous, Greek God-like alpha men who love protecting their sassy and sexy women.
I am a contemporary romance writer who loves strong, gorgeous, Greek God-like alpha men who love protecting their sassy and sexy women.
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January 27, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed a arc of this book.
Katie is a journalist who wants her boss to take her seriously so she comes up with a idea to get a personal interview with Sean a hard partying bad boy football player. But what Katie doesn't expect is to actually like Sean and see a side no one has. Sean sees something different in Katie so he starts to let his walls down only to find out she was never who she said she was.
This was a steamy & quick read
Katie is a journalist who wants her boss to take her seriously so she comes up with a idea to get a personal interview with Sean a hard partying bad boy football player. But what Katie doesn't expect is to actually like Sean and see a side no one has. Sean sees something different in Katie so he starts to let his walls down only to find out she was never who she said she was.
This was a steamy & quick read
March 1, 2021
If you like sports bad boys and sports romances this book's for you. The main hottie is football star Sean who is quite a player on the field and off. Kate's a sports journalist who's magazine is banned so she takes matters into her own hands and goes undercover. What happens when she falls for Sean? What happens when her identity is exposed? What happens when she finds out his 'real' story? What happens when her heart gets involved? The characters were likable, fun and well developed. The story line was entertaining and a fun read. Mia Ford never ceases to amaze me as a writer. This was a free book that i read via Booksprout and voluntarily chose to review. A great read that you don't want to miss.
March 10, 2021
Sex, Sex and more Sex. Kate Asher is a Journalist who wants to interview Sean Donovan. Sean Donovan is Star on field, but off field he has no control of his life. Its all sex and party. Kate decides to go for broke and catches his eye. What will happen? Will he give the interview? Will they have that crazy sex? What will happen when she gets caught in her lie? Can feelings get past it? Will Sean keep on partying until his coach won't let him start?
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 26, 2017
✨✨✨✨4 The Hurricane Stars✨✨✨✨
The journalist and the football stud! It is a match made for any reader that loves sports romance genre! Mia Ford is a new author to me and I really enjoyed reading this book, good writing, hot and steamy, and I will be looking for more from this talented author!
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I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
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The journalist and the football stud! It is a match made for any reader that loves sports romance genre! Mia Ford is a new author to me and I really enjoyed reading this book, good writing, hot and steamy, and I will be looking for more from this talented author!
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January 31, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book,The storyline is well written.chemistry between Kate and Sean was HOT. Loved it well worth the read
March 18, 2021
3.50 nice story i would have preferred it to be a little longer
June 5, 2022
Ser periodista de deportes siendo mujer no es una tara fácil, los hombres creen que no te tomas enserió tu carrera así como que no puedes saber más de fútbol que ellos. Y los jugadores solo creen que eres un buen cuerpo al que meter mano o que tienes esa carrera paga tener una larga lista de amantes deportistas a tu disposición.
Trabajar con un tipo que no valora tu trabajo es lo peor, Kate tiene la idea de mostrar todas las facetas del deportista Sean no sólo el chico malo y jugador de oro en la que todos los medios y la gente en general lo encasillan.
Sean no puede dejar de pasar la oportunidad de tener a esa linda reportera en sus manos y aunque en un principio lo único que piensa es llevarla a la cama pronto se da cuenta, que ella realmente quiere que todo el mundo conozca al verdadero Sean que hay más en el que solo fiestas y un buen juego.
Trabajar con un tipo que no valora tu trabajo es lo peor, Kate tiene la idea de mostrar todas las facetas del deportista Sean no sólo el chico malo y jugador de oro en la que todos los medios y la gente en general lo encasillan.
Sean no puede dejar de pasar la oportunidad de tener a esa linda reportera en sus manos y aunque en un principio lo único que piensa es llevarla a la cama pronto se da cuenta, que ella realmente quiere que todo el mundo conozca al verdadero Sean que hay más en el que solo fiestas y un buen juego.
March 24, 2021
Awe.. excellent story!!
Loved this!!! Truly enjoyed every bit of Sean and Katie’s love story. He’s a big time football player. She’s a reporter looking to write her big story and get noticed. Katie uses deception to get close, but Somehow, it all turns real. And the feelings they have, the true people they are, win out in the end. My only problem with the story was it was too short. I felt there should be more. The way it ended I was looking for an epilogue. But there wasn’t any. That was m only disappointment. Plus I do love anything this author writes.
Loved this!!! Truly enjoyed every bit of Sean and Katie’s love story. He’s a big time football player. She’s a reporter looking to write her big story and get noticed. Katie uses deception to get close, but Somehow, it all turns real. And the feelings they have, the true people they are, win out in the end. My only problem with the story was it was too short. I felt there should be more. The way it ended I was looking for an epilogue. But there wasn’t any. That was m only disappointment. Plus I do love anything this author writes.
March 4, 2021
“.... make an honest man out of him?”
Fair Play by author Mia Ford. Incredibly intense read of a bad boy meets good girl and get whiplash(wink). Ok so seriously this is not just boy meets girl read- this one is heart and guts. Gritty and downright dirty. But with soul-
Enjoy!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Fair Play by author Mia Ford. Incredibly intense read of a bad boy meets good girl and get whiplash(wink). Ok so seriously this is not just boy meets girl read- this one is heart and guts. Gritty and downright dirty. But with soul-
Enjoy!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 20, 2022
2 🌟
Cortito, bueno para una desvelada.
Aunque me quisieron vender a Donovan y Kate como una pareja super profunda y enamorada y simplemente no me lo creí.
Y no me gustó el amigo, suelta su discurso de que la indicada te cambia y te hace madurar y él estando comprometido seguía diciendo que todas están "buenísimas" 😐
Cortito, bueno para una desvelada.
Aunque me quisieron vender a Donovan y Kate como una pareja super profunda y enamorada y simplemente no me lo creí.
Y no me gustó el amigo, suelta su discurso de que la indicada te cambia y te hace madurar y él estando comprometido seguía diciendo que todas están "buenísimas" 😐
March 11, 2021
Sean and Katie’s story
I loved this story and I could not put it down. Great interesting storyline fresh concept. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves HEA endings.
I loved this story and I could not put it down. Great interesting storyline fresh concept. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves HEA endings.
February 6, 2017
Author Mia Ford has penned a fast-flowing and enjoyable sports romance. The story premise was simple but endearing, the chemistry between the two main characters was hot, and the major secondary characters, Dru and Leon, add some bursts of sass to the mix.
Kate was a likeable heroine: smart, not too into herself, and caring – she’s the type of girl-next-door who you would like having for a friend. Sean appears to be pretty one-dimensional when he’s first introduced: he’s a young pro football star earning $8 million a year, cocky, an arrogant partier who routinely club hops and serves up the “Sean Special” to the woman (or two or three) of the night. Kate takes it upon herself to write an expose on the real Sean Donovan after learning he visits children in the hospital with cancer and donates a lot of money to worthy causes every year. Is the real Sean Donovan only the partying manwhore, or is there really a caring guy hidden under the highly publicized façade?
As it was a novella – and a lighter-hearted and easy-flowing read that kept me engrossed from start to finish – it’s not really meant to serve up a lot of depth in the storyline and character development departments. I did wonder, though, what Sean’s draw or motivation was to donate so much money to and visit the children at the hospital, and why or how he ended up buying his family’s cabin in the woods (I assumed by his comments that his dad may have died and this was how he kept the memory alive). I also was intrigued why Kate originally picked out Sean to profile – there likely had to be an underlying reason besides his good looks, star appeal and bad boy reputation (was she motivated to uncover his good deeds because her heart flipped every time she saw his picture?).
All in all, a great read – it’s fun, so well written that it really flows smoothly, and you really grow to want these two to hook up permanently.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
Kate was a likeable heroine: smart, not too into herself, and caring – she’s the type of girl-next-door who you would like having for a friend. Sean appears to be pretty one-dimensional when he’s first introduced: he’s a young pro football star earning $8 million a year, cocky, an arrogant partier who routinely club hops and serves up the “Sean Special” to the woman (or two or three) of the night. Kate takes it upon herself to write an expose on the real Sean Donovan after learning he visits children in the hospital with cancer and donates a lot of money to worthy causes every year. Is the real Sean Donovan only the partying manwhore, or is there really a caring guy hidden under the highly publicized façade?
As it was a novella – and a lighter-hearted and easy-flowing read that kept me engrossed from start to finish – it’s not really meant to serve up a lot of depth in the storyline and character development departments. I did wonder, though, what Sean’s draw or motivation was to donate so much money to and visit the children at the hospital, and why or how he ended up buying his family’s cabin in the woods (I assumed by his comments that his dad may have died and this was how he kept the memory alive). I also was intrigued why Kate originally picked out Sean to profile – there likely had to be an underlying reason besides his good looks, star appeal and bad boy reputation (was she motivated to uncover his good deeds because her heart flipped every time she saw his picture?).
All in all, a great read – it’s fun, so well written that it really flows smoothly, and you really grow to want these two to hook up permanently.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
March 10, 2021
First, let me start off by saying that Mia's stories is so worth the read.
Katie and Sean were from two different sides of life. One was a partying playboy who is running on steam in life and on the field. The other aspires to be more than just a fluff journalist for a Sports Magazine. She has her sights set on getting the big story out of the bad boy, Sean. In order for her to get close enough to get an interview, she has to lie. With a little help from her friend Dru, she heads off to a night club where Sean is known to frequent. A little flirt, a little dance, turns into orgasms on the dancefloor, with clothes on.
The normal write ups about Sean put him in a really bad light and it takes more than the bad boy image to get back on his feet. Katie is that person who can write the story that they both want, until Sean's PR person, recognizes her at the hospital. Forced to leave, Sean and Katie are left heart broken. But months later, Sean hears about the shiny reviews about his past on a sports channel. Looking up on the internet, he finds the story everyone is talking about. The one that Katie said she would write about.
What would you do when someone comes into your world and shakes it up? Especially, when a journalist lied about who she was. Can Sean forgive her?
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Katie and Sean were from two different sides of life. One was a partying playboy who is running on steam in life and on the field. The other aspires to be more than just a fluff journalist for a Sports Magazine. She has her sights set on getting the big story out of the bad boy, Sean. In order for her to get close enough to get an interview, she has to lie. With a little help from her friend Dru, she heads off to a night club where Sean is known to frequent. A little flirt, a little dance, turns into orgasms on the dancefloor, with clothes on.
The normal write ups about Sean put him in a really bad light and it takes more than the bad boy image to get back on his feet. Katie is that person who can write the story that they both want, until Sean's PR person, recognizes her at the hospital. Forced to leave, Sean and Katie are left heart broken. But months later, Sean hears about the shiny reviews about his past on a sports channel. Looking up on the internet, he finds the story everyone is talking about. The one that Katie said she would write about.
What would you do when someone comes into your world and shakes it up? Especially, when a journalist lied about who she was. Can Sean forgive her?
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 25, 2017
Voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book.
Mia Ford Rocks
This is the book of Mia Fords that I've read so far but I promise it won't be the last.
Kate a sports journalist desperately wants to be taken seriously at her job but all her boss lets her write are fluff pieces. He doesn't even put them in their magazine, he puts them in their online magazine only, where hardly anybody pays attention to them. Kate's decided that if she can get an in depth interview with Sean a famous football player, it will give a major boost to her career. She's gonna have to be sneaky to get close to Sean as her magazine is banned from the football stadium and getting anywhere near Sean. Kate must become "Katie Holmes", former Playboy Playmate turned journalist for Playboy magazine to get close to Sean. It works too. Sean wants Katie from the moment he lays eyes on her. She's pretty turned on by Sean too.
They end up spending time together and Kate gets to know the Sean that nobody else ever sees. She really likes the "hidden" Sean. But what will happen when Sean discovers that Kate deceived him to get a story? If she gets a story, will her boss publish it?
I recommend this book to one and all.
Mia Ford Rocks
This is the book of Mia Fords that I've read so far but I promise it won't be the last.
Kate a sports journalist desperately wants to be taken seriously at her job but all her boss lets her write are fluff pieces. He doesn't even put them in their magazine, he puts them in their online magazine only, where hardly anybody pays attention to them. Kate's decided that if she can get an in depth interview with Sean a famous football player, it will give a major boost to her career. She's gonna have to be sneaky to get close to Sean as her magazine is banned from the football stadium and getting anywhere near Sean. Kate must become "Katie Holmes", former Playboy Playmate turned journalist for Playboy magazine to get close to Sean. It works too. Sean wants Katie from the moment he lays eyes on her. She's pretty turned on by Sean too.
They end up spending time together and Kate gets to know the Sean that nobody else ever sees. She really likes the "hidden" Sean. But what will happen when Sean discovers that Kate deceived him to get a story? If she gets a story, will her boss publish it?
I recommend this book to one and all.
February 7, 2017
Engaging story of the hard-partying playboy receiver, Sean Donovan, who refuses to give any in depth interviews, and particularly not to Kate's publication. At least, not since they published video of his threesome with a couple of groupies. Kate's boss thinks "girls" don't belong in the world of sports (except, perhaps for cheerleading or fetching coffee), and only thinks Kate is capable of writing fluff stories. Determined to prove him wrong, she decides to go for it with Sean. Posing as a former Playboy Playmate, approaches a drunken Sean at a club and the two hit it off with chemistry off the charts. Of course, when they actually turn out to like each other, Kate's dilemma is that she lied to him about her name, her identity and the fact that she actually works for the one sports publication that he won't touch.
Some of the dialogue and descriptions are hilarious, like when Kate tries to get ready for the club, her butch lesbian friend, Dru, critiques her proposed outfit ("you look hot as hell.. but you also kind of look like a prostitute", instead suggesting that she tries to go for Ivanka Trump look, with a little bad girl cleavage, instead), then helps her apply makeup using a YouTube video as a guide.
Real feelings and a really fun story.
Some of the dialogue and descriptions are hilarious, like when Kate tries to get ready for the club, her butch lesbian friend, Dru, critiques her proposed outfit ("you look hot as hell.. but you also kind of look like a prostitute", instead suggesting that she tries to go for Ivanka Trump look, with a little bad girl cleavage, instead), then helps her apply makeup using a YouTube video as a guide.
Real feelings and a really fun story.
January 26, 2017
Fair Play is the second book I've read by awesome author Mia Ford, but it won't be the last. This's a very well written sexy, hot and steamy sports romance novella. It is a standalone, no cliffhanger and a happy ending. This story is about Sean Donovan, a sexy playboy who is a professional football star as wide receiver for The Kings Football Team and Kate Asher is a sports reporter working at Sports Insider Online. She wants to write the perfect article to show her boss at the magazine that she has what needs to get settled into this competitive industry and sports news media organizations. So she
goes undercover as a former Playboy Playmate turned journalist for Playboy magazine to get an all exclusive interview with Sean Donovan. Can she do it? Or is she going to blow her cover because of the chemistry growing between them? What will happen when Sean discovers that Kate deceived him? You would need to buy and read to know what happen next! Kate and Sean are characters that would definitely steal your heart once you start reading their story. I really enjoyed and will recommended to any fan of sports romances!!!
goes undercover as a former Playboy Playmate turned journalist for Playboy magazine to get an all exclusive interview with Sean Donovan. Can she do it? Or is she going to blow her cover because of the chemistry growing between them? What will happen when Sean discovers that Kate deceived him? You would need to buy and read to know what happen next! Kate and Sean are characters that would definitely steal your heart once you start reading their story. I really enjoyed and will recommended to any fan of sports romances!!!
January 30, 2017
>Book Review – Fair Play
>I am an independent reviewer. This is a standalone novella with an HEA. Katie is a reporter trying to get an exclusive story with a bad boy football player, Sean. Sean is really a man whore. I don’t mind reformed man whores, but he is also doing drugs. He is doing drugs he can become addicted to. Nowhere in the story does he have issues giving up those drugs. Sparks fly between Katie and Sean and there is a lot of fallout when he finds out she was lying to him.
>Katie is really surrounded by odd people. Her boss is a chauvinist and treats her terribly. Katie shows she has a strong personality, yet lets this boss get away with all his ugliness. The novella does have an HEA, but never addresses any type of jealousy from Katie. Sean slept with everyone and even has videos. Katie never seems to have an issue and trusts Sean implicitly. I find this not believable at all.
>This book is appropriate for an adult audience. I am giving the book 4 stars. The story has a realistic portrayal of football players issues, but not a realistic portrayal of how they overcome those issues.
>I am an independent reviewer. This is a standalone novella with an HEA. Katie is a reporter trying to get an exclusive story with a bad boy football player, Sean. Sean is really a man whore. I don’t mind reformed man whores, but he is also doing drugs. He is doing drugs he can become addicted to. Nowhere in the story does he have issues giving up those drugs. Sparks fly between Katie and Sean and there is a lot of fallout when he finds out she was lying to him.
>Katie is really surrounded by odd people. Her boss is a chauvinist and treats her terribly. Katie shows she has a strong personality, yet lets this boss get away with all his ugliness. The novella does have an HEA, but never addresses any type of jealousy from Katie. Sean slept with everyone and even has videos. Katie never seems to have an issue and trusts Sean implicitly. I find this not believable at all.
>This book is appropriate for an adult audience. I am giving the book 4 stars. The story has a realistic portrayal of football players issues, but not a realistic portrayal of how they overcome those issues.
March 7, 2021
Sean Donovan runs fast on the field and parties hard. He goes to clubs and gets drunk and sleeps with beautiful women. He is the notorious bad boy. Kate Asher is a sports reporter. He boss believes sports writers should be men. He gives her puff peaces. She tries to talk to her boss about an interview with Sean. They are banned from the stadium. Their press passes were revoked. Kate had an idea to pose as a reporter for Playboy magazine. Kate tries to avoid Sean’s pr who might see her. Kate ask Sean to do a personal interview. He wants to know what makes her different from the others. He sees something in Kate where he shows her things no one else sees. They become close. Kate is different when she is with him. Sean’s best friend on the team tells him to clean up his act so he doesn’t lose his spot. Sean gets hurt and Kate shows up at the hospital only to be spotted by his pr who gives Kate’s real name. She is told to stay away. Kate wrote her article about Sean that turned his image around and helped her paper get their creditals back. Sean fell hard for Kate. This is a good story. Loved it!
April 6, 2021
Not everything is fair play when you are off the field
Fair Play is a classic love story between a bad boy sports star and a beautiful young sports reporter looking for a story to break her career open. Sean Donovan is a receiver for the King's NFL team. To say he has a bad boy reputation is putting it gently as this bad boy more than lives up to that reputation with all his off field behavior. Kate Asher is a sports reporter looking to do an interview with Sean but she is shut down. But she has a plan and that involves pretending to be someone she is not and tempting the fates as she is not going to play fair.....but then again neither does Sean off the field.
This novella was a fun read with a lot of heat and "action". I liked both characters as they run their own games on each other to see just who will get the winning touchdown. As they say "everything is fair in love and war" and these two are playing at both ends of that saying. The question is just which one will they win at in the end, love or war?
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Fair Play is a classic love story between a bad boy sports star and a beautiful young sports reporter looking for a story to break her career open. Sean Donovan is a receiver for the King's NFL team. To say he has a bad boy reputation is putting it gently as this bad boy more than lives up to that reputation with all his off field behavior. Kate Asher is a sports reporter looking to do an interview with Sean but she is shut down. But she has a plan and that involves pretending to be someone she is not and tempting the fates as she is not going to play fair.....but then again neither does Sean off the field.
This novella was a fun read with a lot of heat and "action". I liked both characters as they run their own games on each other to see just who will get the winning touchdown. As they say "everything is fair in love and war" and these two are playing at both ends of that saying. The question is just which one will they win at in the end, love or war?
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
January 25, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book.. Kate is a drop dead grogeous reporter just trying to get a break. She knows the one story that will give her that break and she is determined to get that story no matter what she has to do. The story she wants is Sean Donovan star player for the Kings football team. Hot badboy with a player reputation who cant take life seriously.Kate turns into Katie Holmes reporter for playboy. First meet is of course at a hot club. Where you guessed it , it turns freaking hot. Kate (katie) gets scared and runs. Sean falls. Things play out and things change for them both. Something happens that turns them both inside out and makes them realize that maybe just maybe they are meant to be together and they are good for each other. This was a very well written romance. Hot steamy lovable and sweet at times. Amazing storyline with amazing character chemistry. Highly recommend this well written book. Mia blew this one out of the park. Another great story by a great writer.
January 30, 2017
I received this book for free to Give My True and Honest Review
Oh my yes we have some very exciting hot, hot scenes in between the exciting game of Football. Sean is the ace football catcher come a make whore bag if ever there was and Kate is a female journalist for an online sport mag whose editor doesn't give Kate a real chance in writing about the sport she loves, football abs all she wants tí do is a piece on Sean, but her mag IOS is banned in going anywhere near the gates of his team The Kings.
So she has to make up a plan to get in to be near him to do an interview to find out who The Real Sean Donovan is & she WILL do anything like go under as another persona from another News Paper, as Katie Holmes and yes things were going so great until that is when she visits him at the hospital and his agent catches her and kicks her out without letting her explain to Sean & Sean doesn't want to know her as he doesn't believe her, until there it comes to light that she DID WANT TO GET TO KNOW HIM & TELL HIS STORY
GREAT READ
Oh my yes we have some very exciting hot, hot scenes in between the exciting game of Football. Sean is the ace football catcher come a make whore bag if ever there was and Kate is a female journalist for an online sport mag whose editor doesn't give Kate a real chance in writing about the sport she loves, football abs all she wants tí do is a piece on Sean, but her mag IOS is banned in going anywhere near the gates of his team The Kings.
So she has to make up a plan to get in to be near him to do an interview to find out who The Real Sean Donovan is & she WILL do anything like go under as another persona from another News Paper, as Katie Holmes and yes things were going so great until that is when she visits him at the hospital and his agent catches her and kicks her out without letting her explain to Sean & Sean doesn't want to know her as he doesn't believe her, until there it comes to light that she DID WANT TO GET TO KNOW HIM & TELL HIS STORY
GREAT READ
March 7, 2021
Kate is a journalist and wants to be a real journalist not a tabloid one. When she asks her boss about doing a good profile piece on Sean her boss said she couldn't because they has been banned from the stadium and she'd never get close to him. So she goes to her friend to come up with a plan. They do up fake press credentials for another business and use them to get close to Sean. Sean is a playboy and use to getting whatever he wants. When he meets Kate its like an instant connection between them even though she's is lying to him about who she is. She gets to see a side of him that she didn't know existed and it has her falling for him. However what will happen when he learns about her lying to get close to him? Can Sean forgive her for lying to him?
This is a great story that will hook you in the first chapter and leave you wanting more with the last one. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a great story that will hook you in the first chapter and leave you wanting more with the last one. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 26, 2017
I loved the idea behind this book a bad boy football star and the hot nerdy journalist. And while overall I enjoyed this book some of the sexual descriptions just didn't do me any good. I wish that instead of using terms like hole, something else was used. But if I take that away, the story moved quickly and was fun to read.
Sean was a drug using, sex machine when not the star on the Kings NFL team. Kate is a writer for a Sports page...she wants to do an insider interview with Sean but her magazine/online site is banned from the Kings Stadium. So she decides to get creative and pretend to be Katie from Playboy magazine.
Sean does not disappoint one you get past all the drug use and random sex, and his fascination and interest in Kate is really great and sweet and they do have some hot sex throughout.
Will Sean be able to forgive Kate when he finds out who she really is, is the main question?
Sean was a drug using, sex machine when not the star on the Kings NFL team. Kate is a writer for a Sports page...she wants to do an insider interview with Sean but her magazine/online site is banned from the Kings Stadium. So she decides to get creative and pretend to be Katie from Playboy magazine.
Sean does not disappoint one you get past all the drug use and random sex, and his fascination and interest in Kate is really great and sweet and they do have some hot sex throughout.
Will Sean be able to forgive Kate when he finds out who she really is, is the main question?
January 27, 2017
Deceptive Journalism, January 25, 2017
This review is from: Fair Play (Kindle Edition)
Short read, lower-mid level steam. Journalist who wants to be taken seriously decides to pose as a strumpet and deceive her way into a story with a football star, gets distracted by lust. The character development was jerky, and continuity was off (particularly about what Kate knew about Sean's charity). The plot wrapped up the conflict in an abrupt fashion, and neither person really changed. There were spelling errors. But the hardest part for me as an African American reader, was the presentation of Sean's best friend as a "black monster" within the first couple of pages. Look, I get that it's the characters, not necessarily the author, speaking. But first person narrative also makes it possible to state the race and bigness of a person without tying those together...when the character never mentions any other person's race at all, nor characterizes any other person as an object.
This review is from: Fair Play (Kindle Edition)
Short read, lower-mid level steam. Journalist who wants to be taken seriously decides to pose as a strumpet and deceive her way into a story with a football star, gets distracted by lust. The character development was jerky, and continuity was off (particularly about what Kate knew about Sean's charity). The plot wrapped up the conflict in an abrupt fashion, and neither person really changed. There were spelling errors. But the hardest part for me as an African American reader, was the presentation of Sean's best friend as a "black monster" within the first couple of pages. Look, I get that it's the characters, not necessarily the author, speaking. But first person narrative also makes it possible to state the race and bigness of a person without tying those together...when the character never mentions any other person's race at all, nor characterizes any other person as an object.
January 29, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book
How far would you go to interview someone famous. Would you even become someone else? Well that's the decision Kate Asher has to make to get to interview Sean Donovan, star player.. problem being , her newspaper Sports Inside Online, has been banned from being anywhere Him or Kings Stadium. What's a girl to do, well her friend Dru suggests changing her image which has dramatic results. Kate, now Katie Holmes, gets more than she bargained for by doing this. Never realised that Sean is only human and feelings can get involved and what a terrible mistake she has made. Sean was only really hurting himself in the long run , partying, drinks etc and it was good to see that two people realised their mistakes in time. Fantastic read. Loved it.
How far would you go to interview someone famous. Would you even become someone else? Well that's the decision Kate Asher has to make to get to interview Sean Donovan, star player.. problem being , her newspaper Sports Inside Online, has been banned from being anywhere Him or Kings Stadium. What's a girl to do, well her friend Dru suggests changing her image which has dramatic results. Kate, now Katie Holmes, gets more than she bargained for by doing this. Never realised that Sean is only human and feelings can get involved and what a terrible mistake she has made. Sean was only really hurting himself in the long run , partying, drinks etc and it was good to see that two people realised their mistakes in time. Fantastic read. Loved it.
March 3, 2021
This book brings us Kate Asher (Katie Holmes) and Sean Donovan. Kate is a journalist who works for a sports magazine, whose editor believes that women should not be sport reporters. Kate's work is always put towards the end of the magazine or sometimes not even published. She asks her editor if she could do an expose on Sean and find out who he really is, other than the football, party boozing, drug taking jerk that is usually written about him. However, in order to get this interview, she changes her name and the magazine she works for. Sean is attracted to her as well as she is attracted to him. Things get intense very quickly and when Sean finds out about Kate's lie, he is devastated. Will they get back together? You must read to find out. This is a great read and I highly recommend it. I did receive an arc for an honest review.
March 15, 2021
Kate was a sports reporter
Unfortunately her paper had been banned from anything to do with the Kings, but she was determined to interview their star quarterback
A notorious bad boy who partied hard...sex drugs and rock and roll numerous videos of his threesomes and then some out there for all to see
Coming up with a pseudonym and a fake business card, Kate managed to get close to Sean, to see the side that no one cared enough to report about. But she did. They spent an amazing couple of days together and she got the story that was worth reporting but when Sean was injured and her true identity was made known they both ended up hurt. Sean because of her lies, Kate because she really like the man he truly was....
An enjoyable sports romance that ticked all of the boxes and left you with a feel good factor :-)
Unfortunately her paper had been banned from anything to do with the Kings, but she was determined to interview their star quarterback
A notorious bad boy who partied hard...sex drugs and rock and roll numerous videos of his threesomes and then some out there for all to see
Coming up with a pseudonym and a fake business card, Kate managed to get close to Sean, to see the side that no one cared enough to report about. But she did. They spent an amazing couple of days together and she got the story that was worth reporting but when Sean was injured and her true identity was made known they both ended up hurt. Sean because of her lies, Kate because she really like the man he truly was....
An enjoyable sports romance that ticked all of the boxes and left you with a feel good factor :-)
January 25, 2017
***I voluntarily read this ARC to give an honest review*** Sean Donovan was a football player who was about to ruin his career by drinking, whoring around with groupings in videos online and getting into bar fights with opposing team's fans. Katie Asher a reporter for a sports mag wanted to do an article about him, but her boss declined to let her. The reason being that there were tons of reports of his antics on and off the field. Katie devises a plan to get close to Sean and when she does, she finds there is a completely different side to him that no one had written before. When Sean opens up to Katie she feels bad for being a liar and leading him on. A great read with good writing with a few typos.
January 26, 2017
Sean Donovan is a hard partying playboy who is a professional football star. His off field antics garner just as much, if not more, attention than his great plays on the field. Kate Asher is a serious sports journalist working for a man who doesn't believe women should be in sports broadcasting. An expose on Sean could prove she is where she belongs. How will she get his attention to get an interview? Why, pose as a former Playboy playmate turned Playboy magazine journalist, of course. Sparks fly between the two and Kate gets to know the real Sean. What will happen when he finds out who the real Kate is? Will he be able to forgive her deception?
*I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. This is my honest review.*
*I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. This is my honest review.*
January 26, 2017
Katie Asher is a journalist for a Sports Insider Magazine. She wants to do a piece on the infamous bad boy football start Sean Donovan. Her boss shits her down immediately, but she decides to go undercover and get the piece anyways. Sean shows her the side of him that no other journalists will write. Sparks fly between the two during the time they spend they together. Shortly after Sean is injured during a game and she sees him and the hospital and the truth comes out of who she really is.
Will Sean forgive her for lying and betraying his trust?
Will Katie submit her story on Sean or will she lose her job for it?
Will Sean and Katie have a Happily Ever After or Crash and Burn Forever?
*I received an ARC of this book, because I enjoyed it so much I purchased a copy to support Mia Ford.*
Will Sean forgive her for lying and betraying his trust?
Will Katie submit her story on Sean or will she lose her job for it?
Will Sean and Katie have a Happily Ever After or Crash and Burn Forever?
*I received an ARC of this book, because I enjoyed it so much I purchased a copy to support Mia Ford.*
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