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Malloy and her new book, “Hard Knox”!
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Hard Knox
by Amber Malloy
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GENRE: Sports Romance
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BLURB:
A simple favor to save the
girl turns into the quarterback losing his heart.
As
beautiful as she is fun, Remy Bell has only one problem—a psychotic killer with
political power wants her dead. Always a ‘two steps ahead’ type of gal, she
plans to outrun the maniac. Marriage and a sweet life in the football star’s
hometown in Canada would give her the cover she needs, but Remy doesn’t stick
around long enough to find out. She travels all over the world, photographing
the most beautiful and devastating events, but her now-husband’s tabloid
activities lead her to the one place she should avoid…back home.
Superstar
Gavin Knox wins at everything. However, once he scores the girl of his dreams,
he’s suddenly in danger of losing the one thing he has always needed. Before
she can slip through his fingers, he offers her a deal she can’t refuse—marry
him for Canadian citizenship, which will protect her, and after five years,
they can divorce. Knox is positive that she will fall head over heels in love
with him, but it doesn’t happen. After six years of marriage, two playoff
titles and a third on the way, Knox is forced to contend with a successful wife
almost more famous than he is.
Determined
to get exactly what he wants, which includes having Remy and a family, he
devises a stupid scheme that puts everything he’s worked so hard for in
jeopardy.
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EXCERPT ONE:
“Where
did you come from?” he asked her.
Confusion
shuttled across her stunning face before she tilted her head to the side and
smiled. “Nowhere.”
“So
you just fell out of the sky?” It might have sounded lame, but he meant every
word of it.
“Technically,
you grabbed me. So, what happened here?” She checked out the field. “Did you
win something big?”
“If
the answer’s ‘you’, then sure.” As he looked into her eyes, he almost forgot
the last few minutes of his life.
“Do
you mind?” She glanced down at the ground. “The air’s kind of thin up here in
Giantsville.”
Though
he was reluctant to let her go, he set her down.
“So,
what…? Are you like the main guy?” she asked, looking totally serious.
Knox
laughed. He couldn’t help it. Obviously she didn’t care about football. “Something
like that.”
“Which
makes you a supastar, right?”
Positive
that she didn’t have a bra on under her soft, cream-colored sweater, he
desperately wanted to feel her body against his one more time.
“Are
you going to tell me your name?” he asked abruptly. She glanced over her
shoulder at something. For a split second he wondered if she had a boyfriend,
but, truthfully, he didn’t care.
“And
make it easy for you? No, but”—she raised onto her tiptoes and Knox leaned down
to meet her halfway—“dream about me, okay? Then just maybe…” The warmth of her
candy-scented breath heated his cheek.
Tempted
to tip his head down a little farther to intercept her lips, he froze and hit
the dreaded blue screen.
“Hey,
man, congrat-u-fucking-lations!” His friend Hawk grabbed him in a big bear hug.
When the melody of her laughter kicked him into gear, he realized that the
beauty had disappeared.
Knox
searched the crowd but couldn’t find her. “Where did she go?” he asked.
“Who?
What the hell are you talking about? I didn’t see anybody.”
Positive
that she’d given him a hint to her name, he ran through the possibilities in
his head.
“The
press wants to talk to you. Then we’re going out to celebrate.” Hawk patted him
on the back and led him toward the locker room. Still shell-shocked by his
encounter with the hottest girl he had ever laid eyes on, he reluctantly
followed his friend.
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MY BOOK REVIEW:
A
couple months ago I had the chance to read and review “Winning Her,” by
Amber Malloy, which is the first book in her Perfect Stats Book Series. Since I enjoyed it, I was excited to read Malloy’s
latest book, “Hard Knox,” which is book two in the same book series.
This book is intriguing,
interesting, exciting, and very entertaining!
I love sports romance books!
I’m a sporty girl and I think sports are a great way to stay active and
meet new people – perhaps even a cute guy!
These books are easy to relate to and connect with!
I really liked both main characters, Knox and Remy!! They were both strong, persistent, successful,
driven, and stubborn.
This book is full of fun, playful, witty banter between Knox and
Remy!! There were many LOL moments that
kept me laughing so hard!!
I really enjoyed that the author used so many pop culture references
and well recognized brand mentions. These
allowed for easy connections to be made and provided authentic details to the
story line.
I really liked the story line concept and found it very
intriguing and entertaining!
I really
enjoyed the exciting, suspenseful, action scenes that really kicked this book
up a notch! There were definitely some
surprises and unexpected moments that helped keep the story moving at a
respectful pace and this reader on her toes!
I am
a huge sports fan and follow football, so I was excited to read this book about
a big football supastar. It is clear
that the author is also a sports fan and knows her football! I liked that she was able to convey football
terms that were easy to understand for even a novice, but were not
dumbed-down. She kept the true essence
of the sport in her writing.
There
was really only one dig I had, and it was that I felt this book, like book one, had a strong,
domineering male POV in the writing style.
It felt like many of the scenes with Knox were on the side of an arrogant,
cocky, cavalier manner. At times it even
seemed offensive, misogynistic, over the top, and inappropriate, which really detracted
from the story.
There are some predictable scenes. However, there are still a few very
unexpected twists and turns that you won’t see coming!
This book is Book Two in the Perfect Stats Book Series. Even though I had previously read book one,
this book can be read as a standalone without any confusion.
All in all, there were just a couple hang-ups for me, but
overall, I still enjoyed reading this book and would still recommend it! I think all sports romances readers will like
this book too! So, add it to your TBR
List and get to reading – you won’t be disappointed!
Did you find this review helpful?
If so, please, please, please mark it as helpful
on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1UU41609Q2IUJ
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AUTHOR BIO:
Amber Malloy dreamed
of being a double agent but couldn't pass the psyche evaluation. Crushed by
despair that she couldn't legally shoot things, Amber pursued her second career
choice as pastry chef. When she's not writing or whipping up a mean Snickers
Cheesecake, she occasionally spies on her sommelier. Amber is convinced he's
faking his French accent.
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Amber ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! I enjoyed reading and reviewing your book, thanks for providing the copy! :)
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Sounds like a great book.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a fun read. The cover is nice. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI love the title of the book.
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