ABOUT THE BOOK
It was supposed to be just for kicks...
Andi Larsen learned early on there is no such thing as fairy godmothers. A childhood spent in foster care will do that to a girl. She’s working her way through night school and is on the cusp of establishing her own business without help from anyone, thank you very much. But when her deadbeat ex steals her identity, amassing a staggering debt in her name, her fairy godmother appears in the guise of a spunky, Fireball whisky-wielding septuagenarian. The older woman’s solution for Andi? Tie the knot with a kilt-wearing, moody jock whose legs look sexier in a skirt than hers do.
Declan Fletcher never intended to be a place-kicker for a professional football team. But fate had other plans. Exiled from his beloved Scotland a decade ago, Dex is now a superstar athlete known throughout the league as the “Man with the Million Dollar Leg.” But when a mix-up in his immigration paperwork threatens to send him home before the season begins, he’ll do anything to avoid deportation and facing his greatest mistake. Even if it means marrying a pink-haired waif of a lass with eyes that seem to see everything he’s determined to keep hidden.
A grumpy cat, nosy teammates, and a sizzling sexual attraction make their marriage of convenience anything but convenient.
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“Give me a kiss for luck, lass,” he commanded, effectively cutting off her protest with both his words and his lips.
She didn’t have time to react. Not that she could if she wanted to. She was too stunned. Or too . . . something.
The moment his mouth met hers, a storm of sensations threatened to overwhelm her. The velvety firmness of his lips. The tangy whiskey on his breath. The sparks of awareness created by the brush of his fingers against her skin.
It was all too much.
And yet, not nearly enough.
Her body moved of its own accord, edging close enough that she couldn’t tell if it was her heart hammering against her chest or his. She failed to contain the sigh emanating from the back of her throat when his lips coaxed hers apart and his tongue delved into her mouth. The fingers at her nape tightened ever so slightly at the sound before he abruptly released her.
It took a long moment for awareness of her surroundings to return. The ping of the slot machines and the crackle of shuffling cards was followed by the hum of hundreds of conversations taking place within the casino. When she finally regained focus, Dex was still inhabiting the space in front of her, heat and something else unidentifiable radiating off him.
“Well done, lass,” he murmured.
Andi’s gaze snapped up to meet his. Her stomach sank at his amused expression. Damn it. He was playing a role. This whole evening was some sort of play for him. One where she didn’t know the lines. She was a fool to think it was anything more.
Taking a step back, she forced her lips up into a smile she didn’t feel. Declan Fletcher may be a better gamer than she was, but Andi was nothing if not a quick learner. She’d had to be. So she decided to play along.
Placing both hands on his chest, she stretched up on her toes and pressed her lips to the corner of his. “Try not to lose it all in one sitting,” she said loud enough for their audience to overhear.
With a pat to his magnificent pectoral muscles, she left him standing there mute, while she went in search of food. And a large glass of wine.
AUTHOR BIO
USA Today bestselling author Tracy Solheim writes books with shirtless men on the cover. Some of them are actually best-sellers. The books, not the men. When she's not writing, she's practicing her curling. . . bottles of wine, that is. She's been known to cook dinner but no more than two nights in a row. Most days, she'd rather be reading, which to her is just necessary research. She lives in the suburbs of Atlanta with her husband and a neurotic Labrador retriever. Her two adult children visit but not often enough. (See the note above about cooking.) Check out her romantic suspense series featuring the Men of the Secret Service--shirtless, of course! See what she’s up to at www.tracysolheim.com
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GIVEAWAY
Just for Kicks by Tracy Solheim is the first book in her Milwaukee Growlers Football series and it was a lot of fun. It stars Declan “Dex” Foster, a football player from Scotland who loves playing football in America but who failed to submit the info for his Visa and she he is being deported.
Andi Larsen is in her twenties and is an orphan, she grew up in foster homes and she works at a hair salon for her best friend but she is very lonely. That led her to her jerky ex who ended up trashing her identity and stealing 70K in loans.
Kurt Hilbert is Dex's agent and lawyer. Mrs Hilbert is his mother and she gets her hair done at the salon where Andi works. She asks Kurt to find Andi's ex and/or help her get help for the loans. Her ex is Kenny and he is a social media darling who posts his wearabouts all over social media. So she knows he is in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile Kurt offers the solution of Dex marrying Andi so he can stick around and not have to go home. In turn he will give her the money she owes to clean up her credit. And guess where they would go to get married....yep you guessed it Viva Las Vegas!!!
If this sounds like fun it absolutely is. I loved the Vegas adventure with Dex and Andi. Does Andi find Kenny? Does she marry Dex? What about her loans? Well I am not spoiling any of this. You can tell the author had a lot of fun with the marry in Vegas storyline.
Once Vegas is over I felt things slowed down quite a lot. And from there I felt this story became a slow burn storyline as Dex feels he doesn't deserve marriage, family and love and so he tries very hard to resist Andi.
Andi was a kick ass heroine. I loved how brave she is and how honest she is as well. She also has the biggest heart and I loved how giving she was and how the people who call her friend love her so much.
This was a fun story with characters who have giving hearts but at times are a bit hard on themselves. The story was wonderfully written but at times I felt things moved a bit too slowly for my tastes though I did enjoy the attraction and enjoyed getting into Dex and Andi's head.
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