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Book Blurb

Bouncing has always been a way of life for Alex Dalton. The former basketball star and new coach likes to keep life simple, bouncing from woman to woman, with no responsibilities and no complications. Then a summer fling opens her eyes to other possibilities, and now Alex wonders if a relationship might be what she really needs. There is an instant attraction to her new assistant coach, Britain Dodge, but for some reason, Brit wants nothing to do with Alex. Then a spontaneous kiss under the stars forces them to admit their feelings and work on their issues. Their love grows, but so do the outside pressures that influence them, and they have to decide if they should forfeit their love or play until the final buzzer.

 

Book Review

There is a positively delicious abundance of story lines, characters, and upbeat and/or intense elements in this book. What a treat! Plus it all felt so magnificently expansive and yet beautifully intimate. Even the third-tier characters and their intricacies feel so alive and multidimensional. This is simply a tour de force and I feel it should not be missed. Superbly wonderful!

Alex Dalton is an imposingly integrated person and a genuine femme fatale, plus a blistering force on the sports playing fields of her choice. Unbeknownst to just a few, she struggles with an insidious health issue that appears to be a difficult and traumatic undercurrent coloring all the facets in her intricate inner world and outer persona. Frankly, Alex is a mind blowing person to observe, to commiserate with, and to grasp how she so artfully wows everyone and anyone who crosses her path. Yet she is by and large comfortable in her skin, an out lesbian who revels in the glory of her summers spent in a very rainbow-colored community, and an emotional powerhouse that I sense is lovingly supported by one of the most endearing families I have ever had the pleasure to get to know. Towering and shining beacon!

Britain Dodge, who mostly goes by Brit, is a treasure. Besides being stunningly attractive in appearance, she is above and beyond loving and caring. She comes from a very close-knit, but unfortunately ultraconservative catholic family. That puts Brit somewhat behind the eight ball, because she cannot allow her lesbianism to be universally known. Nevertheless, a fortuitous introduction at a low-key yet lovely dinner engagement has Brit meeting and nearly instantaneously falling for Alex. This not so little tension-filled plot line weaves in and out and up and down more often than I would have expected. However, Alex is sensitive to Brit's needs and Brit is above and beyond sensitive to her family's point of view. In the long run, Brit needs to grow up, take control of her life, while considering to the best of her capability her family's point of view. The blossoming of Brit on so many fronts is unquestionably one of the tenderest scenarios within a cornucopia of incredibly delectable threads. Impressively alluring!

By the way, there is an awesome sub-plot involving a young man caught in a vicious web that eventually creates a near crisis flare-up between Alex and Brit. I did mention how amazingly rich this story is and how much that fuels my heightened enthusiasm for this book. I believe it is not to be missed. In fact, it probably needs to be savored multiple times to unearth all the gems included within. Exquisitely complete!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 288 pages/101200 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-May-2015
Price	$9.99 ebook, $16.95 paperback, $19.99 bundle
Buy Link	http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/9781626393448B.html