This month's theme for Wendy's 2013 TBR Challenge: Series Catch-Up.
I dove expectantly into book 4 of Burton's Play-By-Play series but was a bit disappointed. Unlike the first book "The Perfect Play", this was not an all-nighter for me.
Cole is a football star with image problems...enter Savannah an image consultant assigned to eliminate said problem. Of course Cole is reluctant to take orders from someone he views as interfering with his life. Savannah starts out with a smooth approach in getting to know Cole so she can figure out how to help him. She states many times that she is not a psychiatrist, but after fifty-something pages that's exactly what she sounds like. Her observation and analysis of every move and comment Cole makes becomes tedious. It's obvious that Cole is hiding something from Savannah, he wants her sexually, but does not trust her with his private feelings. Savannah suppresses her sexual feelings for Cole, but she also is hiding her true self from Cole. Around page 103 I was starting not to care about either of them but I kept reading, hoping it would get better. As in the other books, the intimate encounters were well written and I enjoyed glimpses of the couples from the previous books. This was not my favorite in the series but it was decent.
My grade for a slow start, hot stuff and a book cover impossible to ignore C+.
