REVIEW: Game Changer by Lana Ferguson

 

OUR REVIEW:

Lana Ferguson, I love you. Your novels always entertain me, making anything but reading impossible. I find that when I'm reading your characters I'm Lol-ing, cheering them on, or fanning myself from the heat level. Game Changer continues that trend. 

In this novel we have Lila and Ian--two people who've known each other since their childhood--thrown together by their PR people to try to improve his image and her show ratings. No biggie, right? Wellllll, for Lila, she's had a massive crush on Ian for forever and for Ian, he's her brother's best friend....and the Lila he knew when she was much younger has grown into an attractive, funny, and smart woman. So while both of them agree to do this faux dating thing, they both figure out really quickly how hard it's going to be. Neither of them can seem to stop obsessively thinking about the other and are worried about ruining things, but once they figure that out, it's game on. They flirt and make out and fall hard for each other, with the only obstacle being Lila's brother Jack. Fortunately, Lana Ferguson takes it easy on us and doesn't make us die before we get to their HEA. Like my reading of The Nanny, I'd love to return to this world and get to know more of the other characters, but I don't think that will happen, so I'll just happily wait for the next thing that Lana Ferguson gives us.

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SYNOPSIS:

A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Nanny.

When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the team’s image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate's little sister…who isn’t so little anymore.

Delilah Baker is known as “the darling of baking” on her local cable show, and being in the public eye is her bread and butter. But with her numbers dwindling and her producers turning up the heat, Delilah offers up the half-baked idea to collaborate with her brother’s team to entice the hockey fans of Boston to tune in to her show. Delilah thinks it will be a piece of cake—until the team sends Ian Chase, her brother’s best friend and the object of a decade-long crush that she’s never quite gotten over. 

BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY: GAME CHANGER BY COLLETTE WEST

Game Changer
by Collette West
Publication Date: July 25, 2014
Genres:Contemporary, Romance, Sports
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Synopsis

Young, rich, and unaware of how seriously hot he is, Brooks Davison is tearing it up as the latest shortstop for the New York Kings, despite his tendency to blush whenever girls scream his name.

When a health scare forces his best friend, Kyle Roberts, off the team, no one can stomach the thought of replacing him, especially so close to the playoffs.

Until Kyle's sister, Sasha, steps in, convincing management to let her take his place. The idea of signing the first female player in Major League history proves too tempting for the Kings to resist.

Nevertheless, Brooks doesn't want any part of it. Sasha is Kyle's little sister, not some sideshow.

Yet when Kyle takes a turn for the worse, Brooks promises to do everything in his power to help Sasha win a championship for him. Because there's no way he's letting either of them down. Not now, not ever.

EXCERPT:

"Ready to make history?" I stop in front of her, watching her face turn pale as it all starts to sink in. I want to kick myself. I meant to psych her up, not freak her out.

"I'm going to be the first woman ever to play at Kings Stadium." She takes a shaky breath. "Wow. Make that double wow."

"It's time to walk where all of the greats have tread." I slide my arm around her shoulders and she leans into me.

"I'm scared," she whispers. "Like really scared. Like petrified-out-of-my-mind kind of scared."

"You're not the only one to feel this way," I share with her. "I've seen guys puke. I've seen guys bawl on the phone to their mothers. I've seen guys freeze up and not be able to move. Everyone reacts differently. I mean, it doesn’t get bigger than this. If you're not scared, something's wrong."

"I know I sound like a baby, but I don’t want to walk in there all by myself. I need you with me." Sasha looks up at me imploringly as we trudge down the steps and reach the door leading to the street.

Sasha shouldn't be alone right now. She's in such a fragile state, and she doesn't even know the half of it. I look into the eyes that have become as familiar as my own and know what I have to do. I can't abandon her. She needs me now, no matter what.

"Then let's go." I prop open the door and beckon her forward. My car is parked just down the block in the nearest garage. We're both wearing sunglasses and casual clothes, and no one pays any attention to us as we walk down the street.

Only once we're in the darkened confines of the garage do I begin to breathe easier. So far, no one's tipped off the paparazzi as to where she's living, but it's only a matter of time before they're camped outside our building every hour of the day. I come to grips with the fact that this might be the last opportunity I have to drive her to the stadium, and a lump forms in the back of my throat.

I like doing this with her. I like going to work together like it’s no big deal. People have relationships in the workplace all the time. It sucks that we should have to be any different.

About Collette West

Collette West grew up as somewhat of a jock-nerd hybrid. Entering the world three weeks premature, her dad nearly missed her birth because he had seats behind the dugout for a sold-out, highly-anticipated match-up between two of baseball's biggest rivals. Not to be outdone, her book-loving mom taught her how to read by the time she was three. A love of the game coupled with an appreciation for the written word were instilled in Collette's impressionable brain from a young age. No wonder her characters believe in the philosophy: sports + romance = a little slice of heaven.

Splitting her time between the Pocono Mountains and Manhattan, Collette indulges her inner fangirl by going to as many games as she can from hockey to baseball and downloading every sports romance novel in existence onto her iPad. When she's not clicking away on her laptop, she enjoys walking her dog in Central Park, satisfying her caffeine craving at the Starbucks on Broadway and keeping an eye out for Mr. Right. But above all, she loves dishing with her readers. Email her at collette_west@yahoo.com.

She is the author of NIGHT GAMES and GAME CHANGER.

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NEW RELEASE: GAME CHANGER BY COLLETTE WEST

 Game Changer
by Collette West
Publication Date: July 25, 2014
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports
Purchase from: Amazon •
Add to Goodreads.

Synopsis

Young, rich, and unaware of how seriously hot he is, Brooks Davison is tearing it up as the latest shortstop for the New York Kings, despite his tendency to blush whenever girls scream his name.

When a health scare forces his best friend, Kyle Roberts, off the team, no one can stomach the thought of replacing him, especially so close to the playoffs.

Until Kyle's sister, Sasha, steps in, convincing management to let her take his place. The idea of signing the first female player in Major League history proves too tempting for the Kings to resist.

Nevertheless, Brooks doesn't want any part of it. Sasha is Kyle's little sister, not some sideshow.

Yet when Kyle takes a turn for the worse, Brooks promises to do everything in his power to help Sasha win a championship for him. Because there's no way he's letting either of them down. Not now, not ever.

About Collette West

Collette West grew up as somewhat of a jock-nerd hybrid. Entering the world three weeks premature, her dad nearly missed her birth because he had seats behind the dugout for a sold-out, highly-anticipated match-up between two of baseball's biggest rivals. Not to be outdone, her book-loving mom taught her how to read by the time she was three. A love of the game coupled with an appreciation for the written word were instilled in Collette's impressionable brain from a young age. No wonder her characters believe in the philosophy: sports + romance = a little slice of heaven.

Splitting her time between the Pocono Mountains and Manhattan, Collette indulges her inner fangirl by going to as many games as she can from hockey to baseball and downloading every sports romance novel in existence onto her iPad. When she's not clicking away on her laptop, she enjoys walking her dog in Central Park, satisfying her caffeine craving at the Starbucks on Broadway and keeping an eye out for Mr. Right. But above all, she loves dishing with her readers. Email her at collette_west@yahoo.com.

She is the author of NIGHT GAMES and GAME CHANGER.

Website • Blog • Twitter • Facebook • Goodreads

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