New Releases September 4!

Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunter #5)

How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken (The Dragon Kin #6)

Playing to Win by Jaci Burton (Play by Play #4)

Play by Play series by Jaci Burton

Great series! I love sports and this series definitely covered sports + romance. The first three books are focused on the Riley siblings. I read the first three books since they have already been released and they were great! The Riley brothers are both pro athletes. Mick Riley (The Perfect Play) is a pro football player, while his younger brother Gavin (Changing the Game) is a pro baseball player. Both brothers are very competitive and they also have their differences. Their only sister Jenna (Taking a Shot) runs their family bar, but then comes pro hockey player Tyler Anderson. I know that the 4th book (Playing to Win) is going to be focused on their cousin who is also a pro football player, but that’s pretty much it. I recall that they introduced their cousin maybe in the third book so I don’t know much about him.

I recently saw that Jaci Burton plans on having 6 books so far for the series. The first five books have their titles and covers, but the sixth one (One Sweet Ride) does not have a cover yet. The 4th book is releasing on September 4, 2012, the 5th book (Thrown by a Curve) on March 2013, and the 6th on June 2013. 

Out of all of her books in the series, my favorite is Gavin’s book. Gavin and Liz were definitely fun characters and were obviously right for one another. Mick was kind of a jerk especially in the second book, but his book was okay. Hopefully Burton’s other books in the series will be as good as Gavin’s! :)

Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

I thought this book was pretty good. It’s about Jordan Woods, the starting quarterback for her school. The problem is that she’s a girl…and girls usually just stick to cheerleading. The guys on the team sees her as one of the guys which is good as long as she can still get her scholarship to a powerhouse university. 

Then Ty Green moves to her school. He’s an amazing quarterback…like one of the best and he’s also hot. Jordan suddenly feels vulnerable. Can she still lead her team or will Ty be chosen to do so? 

When Jordan becomes closer to Ty, she realizes that he’s actually a great guy. Not just one of those cocky jocks. Is Jordan making the right choice? Or is there another guy out there for her?

Miranda Kenneally does a great job writing a book about a girl who loves football and is considered as a good quarterback. The story is something new and there are some twists in the story that some readers may not expect. I surely didn’t expect them. 

Anyways, the book is great and fans of Romance, YA, and sports books should definitely consider reading this book!

Other books by this author are Stealing Parker and Things I Can’t Forget. 

Taking Shots by Toni Aleo

This is the first book in the Assassins series (Assassins is the name of the hockey team). 

Eleanor “Elli” Fisher never thought she was good enough because of her weight. She was abused by her ex boyfriend. She’s a photographer, and she was a living a lonely and depressed life until she was asked to do a promotional shoot for the NHL team. Then she meets Shea Adler…

Shea Adler is the team captain of the Assassins. He was tired of living outside of the rink. He was tired of the girls, wasting money, drinking, and everything. When he meets Elli at the photo shoot, he can’t stop looking at her. She’s feisty, witty, shy, and simply gorgeous.  He had to have her.

Elli doesn’t believe Shea, but Shea knows they were meant to be together. He needed her in his life, but Elli doesn’t understand what he sees in her. Now, Shea must convince Elli that he loves her and that they need each other.