ABOUT THE BOOK
★ A sexy, small town sports romance from USA Today bestselling author Lex Martin! ★
What’s worse than having Rider Kingston, the star quarterback, give you the big brush-off because he doesn’t want to get serious? You’d probably think living across the street from him where you get a firsthand view of his hookups, right?
That’s what I thought. Until someone drops off a baby with a note pinned to her blanket that says one of those jocks—either Rider or one of his roommates—is the father. The problem? Baby mama doesn’t mention which of these numbskulls is the sperm donor.
I wouldn’t care about their paternity problems—not the slightest bit—except my brother lives there too. Which means that adorable squawking bundle might be my niece, and there’s no way I’m leaving her unattended with those bumbling football players.
They need my help, even if they don’t know it yet. Once we solve this dilemma and figure out who’s the daddy, I’m out.
I’ll just ignore Rider and those soul-searing looks he gives me every time I reach for the baby. He broke my heart three years ago. He won’t get a second chance.
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EXCERPT
As I walk Sienna to her car, she squeals. “Holy crap, is that Rider Kingston?”
Without my permission, my gaze slides across the street to the oversized man-child, who has the gall to be moving furniture shirtless while flexing his stupid abs. Judging by the other sweaty minions pouring out of the two story, Rider’s getting new roommates too.
My eye twitches again, and my focus snaps back to Sienna. “I thought you said you weren’t a fan of football.”
“Oh, I’m not. I can’t sit through an entire game. But I am a fan of football players.” Her gaze turns ravenous as she scans my neighbor’s front lawn. Or, likely, the glistening eight-pack Rider’s put on display. “All that testosterone. Those bulging muscles. That deep, masculine grunting. Oh yeah. Get me one of those!”
She cackles, and Rider hears it.
Of course he does.
Shockingly, he deigns to speak to me.
“Hey, Gabby,” he shouts. “How was your summer?”
I’m not sure when he decided to stop ignoring me, but that’s better than pretending we’re friends, which we’ll never be.
I close my eyes because I don’t need any reminders of his masculine beauty. And I definitely don’t need to see that sexy smirk, the one more powerful than his cannon that took the team to the playoffs last year.
No, I’m not interested in the star quarterback. Not anymore.
Turning on my heel, I wave my middle finger and march back to my house.
Laughter is all I hear as I slam the front door shut behind me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of the Texas Nights series (Reckless/Shameless) and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romances, the sexy kind with lotsa angst, a whole lotta kissing, and the hot happily ever afters. A former high school English teacher and freelance journalist, she’s lived all over the country but currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband and twin daughters.
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GIVEAWAY
This was a wonderful second chance at romance while in college story with a whose the baby daddy and mommy mystery thrown in there. I really enjoyed the story and I loved all the characters. I hope some of the supporting characters get their own stories soon.
The leading star in this book is Gabby who is a baker, former college tutor and hopeful teacher to be. She also is a child that lost both of her parents and ended up in foster care for a few years and she ended up growing up living in her aunts house, while her brother lived with their uncle. She shares a house with two other girls and she lives across the street from the playboy football house. In that house lives Rider, the college football star along with his buddies and her brother, Ben.
On Halloween night she finds a tiny little baby at the football house and someone is the childs baby daddy. There are many guys the child could be and while they figure that out Gabby tries to protect the child by helping the guys out with the baby.
This brings her and Rider back into contact and so starts their second chance at falling for each other. One of the biggest issues in this story is that Rider was abandoned by his mother and has a terrible relationship with his father. He looks really good on the outside but inside he has some real issues that tend to get in the way of feeling that he is good enough for Gabby.
This was a very angsyty and well written story. I hated Rider's ex and how she treated Gabby but aside from her I absolutely adored this story and I adored the ending to the story. I loved all the football house guys and my favorite was Ben. I also loved Sienna and hope she gets a story too.
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