Straddling the Line (Play by Play, #8)
Jaci Burton
Trevor Shay has it all—a successful football and baseball career, and any woman he wants. But when he finds out his college mentor’s daughter is in trouble, he drops everything to come to her aid. Haven Briscoe has finally landed a dream job as a sportscaster for a major network. But she hasn’t been able to move past the recent death of her beloved father, and it’s affecting her career. A plum assignment following the daily life of sports superstar Trevor Shay might be just the inspiration she needs… Trevor will do anything to spark life back into Haven, including letting her into every aspect of his world. The chemistry between them flames higher than one of Trevor’s home runs and faster than his dashes to the end zone. But as they grow closer, Haven stumbles onto Trevor’s closely guarded secret, one he’s hidden his entire life. And despite his protests, now it’s Haven’s turn to put everything on hold to help Trevor. Will he let her in and trust her with a secret that could blow his professional and personal world apart?
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0 0This one didn't start off too good for me. Not so much the writing or the storyline, but the heroine Haven. (Which I guess would be the writing in a way.) She is supposed to be not only a journalist, but a sports journalist. So why doesn't she seem to know more about sports and salaries? There is a scene where she is shocked by the size of house the hero, Trevor, owns. He plays two sports professionally. Do you think he makes minimum wages?
What actually saved this book for me was after the reveal of Trevor's "secret". I put secret in quotation marks because I'm sure almost everyone who reads this book will figure out his so-called secret pretty early on. But I liked how it was handled. Without giving too much away, I have a few people in my life that have dealt with such issues on different levels. Trevor's reaction when the truth came out was very real. And Haven's no-nonsense approach to helping him, even if he didn't want help, was true to someone who is an educator.
I enjoyed the chemistry between Haven and Trevor and enjoyed their stories. By halfway through the book Haven no longer acted so naïve. And again, the treatment of the secret. All these things bumped it from the 2 stars it was getting in the beginning to the 4 stars I decided on in the end. So beware, the beginning won't move very fast.
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