Rules of Contact (Play by Play, #12)
Jaci Burton
In the new Play-By-Play novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Unexpected Rush, a football player who knows how to win on the field needs a better game plan for his love life. A defensive end for the San Francisco Sabers, Flynn Cassidy is used to being in the spotlight—he just doesn’t enjoy it. But if getting in front of the cameras will help his new restaurant succeed, he’s willing. Now if he could just meet a woman who loved him and not his fame… After her divorce, Amelia Lawrence is thrilled to start over as head chef at Ninety-Two. It’s just the opportunity she needs to heat up her career—if only she wasn’t wildly attracted to her sexy new boss. Their chemistry might be sizzling hot, but Amelia has no intention of being burned again. Flynn can’t get enough of Amelia, and Amelia loves every second she spends with the tough yet tender Flynn. But trust is a hard-fought battle for both. Breaking the rules of contact and surrendering to their passion was the easy part. Are they willing to risk their hearts to win at the game of love?
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0Yes! This book makes me so happy. I haven’t done a review on a book in the Play-by-Play series since before I started regularly blogging. Unless you follow me on Goodreads you won’t know that, although I love this series as a whole, I’ve been a bit disheartened with it after the last few books. But I loved our introduction to Flynn and Amelia in Unexpected Rush and high hopes for them as a couple. Yes! Yes! Yes! I’m doing a happy dance that it seems Jaci Burton got her groove back with this story.
Flynn and Amelia both have thoughts that they shouldn’t start a relationship but are just so relaxed with each other and drawn to each; it’s wonderful. The relationship seems to happen quite organically and just seems right. They both have fears, Amelia more than Flynn, and have to wrestle some inner demons. For the most part they are able to do that with ease since when they’re with each other everything just clicks.
After my dislike of the heroine in the last book in this series, Amelia is like a breath of fresh air. She has some resistance to a relationship or falling in love, but she has good reason and she finds a way to deal with her issues. She’s really great at drawing that line in the sand between what is work and what is their relationship without making Flynn feel bad or making their coupling seem like a dirty secret. Amelia really has a great head on her shoulders.
In some of the other books that dealt with the Cassidy siblings I’ve complained about their over-the-top ribbing (to the point of cruelty) of each other. It was quite a bit toned down in the last book and in this book it seems to be evened out to a more natural level. Like how siblings really will be with each other when they like each other.
This couple made so much sense and really seemed to “get” each other that when the bit of conflict was thrown in it really seemed out of character. I understand the concept of why Flynn would react a certain way but it just seemed like such a leap from where his head was at the second before it happened. I totally understood Amelia’s side since it did seem so out of character for Flynn. Luckily, that issue didn’t last too terribly long and I absolutely adored the way Flynn went about apologizing for his actions. To. Die. For!
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