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Romance: Playing to Win: A Sports Romance (Contemporary New Adult and College Romance) (Gridiron Series Book 1) by [Maci Monroe]

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Maci Monroe

Romance: Playing to Win: A Sports Romance (Contemporary New Adult and College Romance) (Gridiron Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Maci Monroe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 5: Gridiron Series

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Mr Perfect. Blake Wilkins

Quarterback at Iowa State. Projected 1st round draft pick by New England. Captain of the Cyclones. English major and all around good guy. He could have his pick of any of the smokin’ hot babes on campus.

Chem Geek. Katelyn French

Her idea of fun was blowing up chemical reactions to cure cancer. Beat Alzheimer’s. Kick Superman’s ass. Football was not her thing until she met Blake.

An unlikely couple

Pulled in different directions as college life comes to a close. Katelyn heading off to Stanford. Blake awaiting the NFL draft. Could they make a long distance romance work?

Sex. Love. Jealousy.

Can their love withstand the jealousy and threats that surround them?

The Gridiron Series.

This is Book One in a five part Gridiron Series. Sexual content. 18+

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Print length

64 pages
Language

English
Publication date

October 27, 2015
Reading age

18 years
File size

977 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0179XMYWC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brazen Romance; 1.0 edition (October 27, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 27, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 977 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #3,607 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #23 in Women's Short Stories
- #46 in Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #52 in 90-Minute Romance Short Reads

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Maci Monroe

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Maci Monroe has been writing stories since she was a teen. She also has been playing competitive sports her whole life. Maci is a big time sports fan and spends lots of times cheering on her favorites sports teams. Now her love of sports comes to life in her sports romance stories. Maci loves fine wine, music and cheering on her favorite football teams. She loves her new hometown of San Francisco. For more about Maci check out macimonroe.com

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RosieB

Cliffhanger alert

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020

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So basically the "author" gives you seventy pages of the story at a time. Then wants you to buy the other four parts at seventy odd pages each. If it had been a great storyline and characters that you couldn't get enough of, I may have but the bullet and paid .99 for book two. But guess what, none of those things happened!

The story was mediocre at best, there was no character development and, yes, book one was free, book two was .99 but book three jumped up to 2.99 and its only seventy pages? I don't think so.

The story was filled with errors. There was no romance or wooing to speak of and all of a sudden they had been dating for two months. Wow, talk about a time warp. But he didn't know who any of her friends were, and just put up with her snark and smart mouth comments. Nope, nada, not happening.

If you want to spend you hard earned money on bad writing, you go right ahead, but don't say you haven't been warned.

4 people found this helpful

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Renee Harold

Not a fan of cliffhangers, but I am anxious to see how this story ends.

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019

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I thought this book wasn't too bad, I mean it was a little slow going for my liking at first and then the relationship between Blake & Kaitlyn feels sort of rushed in the middle, before it abruptly ends. I am not a fan of stories that are cliffhangers, which is what this one is but it's not a deal breaker either. The couple in this story meet because of mutual friends and go through the motions of a relationship but there is really no strong emotions of how they truly feel towards each other but with it being a cliffhanger, I feel that more of their relationship shows up in those books. I will however say this, if you are not one to like cliffhangers, like myself. You may want to wait to read this till after you have the whole series. I wish I had paid attention to that little tidbit so I could have bought the whole series before starting it. I will be waiting to read the rest of this book once I have the whole series, so I can see how the story ends.

6 people found this helpful

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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015

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When I first started reading this book, I thought it was going to be another sports romance book I would enjoy, but it was pretty much the opposite. The book wasn't horrible, but it wasn't my favorite. I was actually really disappointed in what I had read.
The romance wasn't really there and the characters were just a couple all of the sudden. There was no build up, no connection between the two. They were actually very boring to read about. I need a book with much more description and feeling.
Overall, the book was just too short. 70 pages and that was it?!?! If the author would extend the book to make the story flow better and to make a spark and connection between the characters, I might have enjoyed this more. Unfortunately, I am not going to read the next book in the series.
I am not here to bash the author as I think it is a really difficult task of getting yourself into the characters minds and creating something many readers will enjoy. I have always wanted to write a book, but can never get my thoughts together to be creative enough with writing. I praise the author for her hard work on writing this book and wish her good-luck with future writing.

5 people found this helpful

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Anne Engström

Worst book I've read in a while

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2016

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My first impression of this book was that it was weak, bland, flavorless... Either of the three applies.
There was absolutely no chemistry between the main characters, they feel more like a mix between complete strangers and siblings, and that doesn’t change throughout the book. There is no emotion, no build up. They go from strangers to lovers, to I love you’s, to “we can’t have a long distance relationship” in seventy short pages.
I didn’t pay anything for this book and I still want my money back. It ends in a cliffhanger to get you to buy the next book in the series, but I wouldn’t read it if you paid me.
She ends it with sudden threats, a bloody screwdriver and a possible kidnapping, but instead of making the book more interesting it only makes it worse.

The sex is described more like a meditation. I’m sure “transcendent” is used at one point. It feels more tantric and Zen like, makes me wonder if the author is a virgin.

To the death threat taped on her door Katelyn reacts: “If people took these threats seriously there wouldn’t be so many journalists making a living off of situations where people don’t.”
This is a direct quote taken from the book seconds after she finds the note.

Then there’s several god-awful generalizations and prejudices
*Every girl love horses - Sure, on a sandwich
* Her dad was gay and died of AIDS
* It wasn’t the kind of place to take your girlfriend, unless she was bisexual - This is a direct quote about a “beer-and-wing joint”

His maybe ex-girlfriend drops by at his apartment for the first time during their two months relationship (something he was relieved by until then) and he doesn’t wonder what she wants? She calls and he doesn’t answer.
Next day he learns about the threat she got and this is his reaction ”Jesus,” I muttered. “That’s timing.” I glanced at my watch. Yes, I can see how inconvenient that would be for him
He doesn’t call to check on her, instead he goes to her lab, doesn’t find her there, then goes to her dorm.
He meets the RA of Katelyn’s dorm ”Oh Blake,” she said. “Missy,” she reminded me. Why? Who the hell cares about her name right now. Katelyn got a vaguely threatening note last night”
And no one questions how the kidnapper got inside of her room to begin with.
When he realizes she’s gone one of his first thoughts are What would they think when they started asking her friends questions about me?
her missing-ness hit me for the first time This is coming from an English major.

”Man,” Silas murmured as the police began putting up crime scene tape. “This is just like something out of a bad movie.”
Despite this being tasteless as hell since a girl has been kidnapped and possibly murdered it is the first thing about the story I can’t agree with.

I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, I would rather recommend people NOT to read it.

5 people found this helpful

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I didn't complete reading. Dissatisfied

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

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Too ghetto and too much profanity. I asked for Christian romance novels and this fell in the group. Unfortunately, it doesn't meet my standards. Sorry

6 people found this helpful

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Kindle Customer

Nope.

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2021

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I couldn't connect to the characters. Very stereotypical descriptions and personality traits. I didn't feel like it was a romance... Neither character showed any emotion towards the other so I don't understand how they're supposed to be in love. The book ends abruptly in a cliffhanger. And while a part of me is curious what happens, I have no investment in the story.

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Kindle Konvert

Enjoyed the down-to-earth writing style

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2016

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I wanted a quick read and this one fitted the bill at around 70 pages. However, it is actually part 1 of a 5-part series. The book ends on a cliff-hanger, so be warned!

Blake and Katelyn are complete opposites. He’s the star quarterback on the college football team heading to NFL stardom, and she’s a nerdy chemistry major. However, they seem to ‘get’ each other.

Katelyn is a refreshing breath of fresh air to Blake who is fawned over constantly, and he finds himself working hard to impress her with an interesting first date. However, jealousy abounds on campus and someone really doesn’t like the fact that they are a couple. Add to all that the uncertainty of their future relationship where they will possibly end up on opposite sides of the country.

I really liked the author’s down-to-earth writing style and Blake and Katelyn’s characters. She’s smart and smart-mouthed. He’s actually a really decent guy and not at all a big head, and I loved that he wanted to work at getting to know her. Would recommend but should really buy the other instalments, too, as now I need to know what happens!

One person found this helpful

redreader

Warning: cliffhanger novella

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2017

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It's a novella, with a cliffhanger at the end.
All the rest of the series are novellas too. Added together, they would be one book which you'd have to pay £6.96 for.
Even though the author can write, and the premise is interesting, it's simply not good enough for that.
Stars knocked off for 1) stereotypical/discriminatory language, and 2) above sales tactic.

Maria Nikolova

Playing To Win

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2016

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FOR REAL? That ending! Dammit, I want to know the rest. I really like the author's writing style. I'm not sure I should buy the other books, though. This really sucks---only eight damn chapters. Not fair in the least.

Debbie

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2016

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Good read

Jessm

Cute story, not a ton of depth.

Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2016

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This story was cute, but I couldn't give it more than 3 stars for a couple reasons. Mainly, the writing didn't do it for me. I found that it was difficult to connect with the characters throughout the book, as the author didn't dive very deep with their thoughts or emotions. At the beginning it didn't seem like this would be a problem, but as the story went on the character depth became more shallow. I also thought the story was rushed, making it difficult to lose myself in this book. It was cute though, so I still recommend it to those who want a quick, easy read that they can either finish in a sitting or put down easily.