Note: I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

Release Date: January 11, 2022

Blurb:

#12 Johnny Decker. Star quarterback for the Boston Tomcats. Two-time Super Bowl MVP…a decade ago. Nickname: Decker the Panty Wrecker.

I get tackled for a living by men who are built like rhinos. I could take the wings off a fly with a football from 30 yards away. (I wouldn’t, but I could.) Being a veteran quarterback means I’m a mentally alert, fine-tuned athletic machine who can make split-second decisions.

It’s my job to anticipate what’s going to happen next and adapt. But I couldn’t have anticipated the death of our beloved team owner.

His estranged daughter Hannah Strong is a finance nerd from New York. She knows less than nothing about football. Know what she didn’t anticipate? Inheriting the Boston Tomcats.

She’s stubborn, uptight, infuriating, and wrong about absolutely everything—from pizza to how to run my team. And I don’t want to talk about how good she looks in a skirt. Or daydream about how good she’d look out of it.
Really, I don’t.
I’m not Decker the Panty Wrecker anymore—I’ve changed.

I can’t stop arguing with her.

Or thinking about her.

I thought I had a winning play.
But Hannah Strong changed everything.

Review

This book was so much fun! I love a good sports romance, and add in the fact that it’s basically (sort of, in a roundabout way) enemies-to-lovers, and this book wins in more ways than one. The main characters have so much electric physical chemistry paired with some fun banter, it’s insta-love.

Hannah is young and quirky, with no football knowledge whatsoever. I was literally laughing out loud while she learned about football, and even thinking back on it a few weeks after I finished reading, it brings a smile to my face.

My favorite line: “So where do all the fraction backs sit?” She seemed really pleased by her use of the term fraction backs.

“Fraction backs?”

She turned to look at me. “Yes. Halfback, quarterback…” She trailed off when she saw the glee on my face.

“One-third back?” I teased.

Decker is a veteran quarterback on a potentially playoff bound team. He thinks he doesn’t have room in his life for anything except focusing on his football career. The death of the owner of his team really shakes him, yet he’s still able to embrace his team and lead them in a way that they need. Decker brought both leadership and fun to his teammates, which bled into the front office where Hannah works.

Hannah and Decker figure out a way to, shall we say, ~cOmMuNiCaTe~ that works for them. It’s fun and serious and oh-so-steamy, all in perfect balance. Where words fail them, their physical connection heals, embraces, and empowers both of them within the confines of their secret relationship.

Throughout the book, there are true friendships, real sacrifices, and some hilarious movie references.

I give this book a solid 4.5-stars and can’t wait to see what this duo comes up with next!

Rating: 4.5 stars

Decker: Changing the Play is available on Kindle Unlimited today!

ABOUT KAYLEY LORING

Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn’t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she’s an Amazon Top 25 bestselling author who is breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It’s an adjustment she’s happily getting used to.

Rest assured that her funny sexy sweet romances have no cheating or cliffhangers, and always have HEAs!

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ABOUT CONNOR CRAIS

Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife, two kids, and rescue greyhound. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.

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