A STEAMY, romantic suspense (STANDALONE) novel by New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author, L.P. Dover. If you love strong and sexy football players that’ll make your panties drop and wildly hot motocross racers then this book is definitely for you!!
Both have what she wants… but only one has what she needs.
Working with professional athletes and helping them recover from their … athletes and helping them recover from their injuries has always been Kate Townsend’s dream, but after an accident left her scarred and heartbroken years ago she refuses to let what happened in her past happen again. Staying focused is the key, as well as not letting her feelings interfere with her job… no matter the circumstances. All of that is easier said than done when not only one, but two men crave her healing touch, igniting every single desire she’s denied herself for so long.
Cooper Davis, NFL’s star quarterback and most eligible bachelor, packs up and leaves his home to move across the states to the East Coast after an injury results in the embarrassing trade to another team. Bitter from the pain, he deals with his problems through drugs and alcohol–almost ruining his football career–until he meets the one woman who makes him want to feel; the same woman who refuses to give up on him no matter how many times he screws up. He has to have her, and he’s not going to stop until he makes her his. Especially, now that someone else threatens to take her away.
Motocross champion and local bad boy Luke Collins never takes no for an answer. For the past four months he’s used his charms to get what he wants, and now he’s so close to getting the girl of his dreams… if she’ll give in just once. One time is all he needs, and he’s never been known to fail, but he’s also never had to fight for a woman’s affections. Only one man will win their way into Kate’s heart, but which one will intercept the other and take what they want? Which one will she choose?
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I’ve read this book multiple times as well Second Chances Series as a whole but I’ve never actually gotten around to posting a review so here goes. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s my favourite book of the series so far as Cooper and Kate just seemed to really click. I liked that they really got to know each other and they weren’t afraid to be vulnerable together. It’s been two years since Kate’s boyfriend Scott committed su*cide and his mother and sister have been harassing her since then, as they blame her for his d*ath even though it wasn’t her fault. Kate has never told the police about the harassment as she feels guilt over his d*ath and that she somehow missed the signs as she was so involved in studying to become a doctor at the time.
After Claire left Cooper for Mason he got injured, hooked on prescription pain pills and to make matters worse he started having an affair with a married friend of his mother’s who was a doctor and slept with her in exchange for her writing more prescriptions out for him so he could get his fix of more pain meds. She ended up losing her her medical licence as well as her husband when the affair/arrangement was discovered. Cooper was also traded and the only team that would take him was the Carolina Cougars’ who his uncle Joel coaches. He ended up paying big money to keep the story out of the papers before leaving California so no one knows the real reason why he was traded. Kate and Cooper’s chemistry is off the charts but it takes her a bit to accept what she feels for him after losing Scott, she also agreed to finally go on a date with her brother Evan’s best friend Luke and he really doesn’t take it well when he finds out that Cooper is also interested in Kate and he acts like a d*ck on more than one occasion and I can’t wait to see him settle down with the perfect women for him but I know he’s not going to make it easy on himself.
I loved that when Kate found out that Cooper was addicted to pain meds she helped him with a regime to slowly lower the dosage and then when she found out the whole truth about his past affair/arrangement with the doctor in California that resulted in the women losing her medical licence she never shunned him and even helped him get rid of all the pills from his house like he wanted then helped him completely detox and deal with the withdrawals since he stopped cold turkey. Wow, reading about Kate’s boyfriend Scott, why he committed su*cide and his goodbye video to Kate had tears running down my face and I loved how Cooper held her through the whole thing. I’m really looking forward to reading Evan and Summer’s story next. I’d definitely recommend this book, series, universe and author to anyone who likes suspenseful, steamy romances with Happily ever afters.
This beautifully crafted read completely wrecked me, it was mesmerizing, touching, gripping, and I couldn’t bring myself to put it down!! If you like second chance love stories then I highly recommend you pick this one up, it will leave you moved beyond words!! Loved every single minute of it!!!