From international bestselling author Ivy Smoak comes a steamy romantic comedy of olympic proportions.Alina – The rumors you’ve heard about the summer games are true. I mean…what do you expect when you put a bunch of sex-starved athletes in the best shape of their lives together in one small village? But it doesn’t matter to me. I’m focused on winning gold. Who cares if the hottest guy at the … hottest guy at the summer games seems intent on winning me over? Because I’m focused on…wait, what was I focusing on again?
Bryce – I need to win gold. I’ve been training my whole life for this moment. The prize money will be life changing. But there’s a woman with golden hair that my eyes keep wandering to instead of the gold medal. I can’t get her off my mind. But winning her over is the only game here I don’t know how to win.
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Best book I have read in a long time!! Highly recommend!
Going for Gold is a sexy, crazy story from Ivy Smoak. This time though, it’s a sports themed story, set at the International Tournament of Athletes (similar to the Olympics) in Brazil. It stars Alina, a competitor on the women’s volleyball team, and Bryce, a competitor on the track team. Alina is dating another athlete at the games, Chris, but things aren’t going well between them because Chris is a grade a d-bag. She ends up breaking up with him and Bryce is there to comfort her. He’s the complete opposite of Chris, sweet and really cares about Alina. Alina needs to win the gold at the ITA so she can use the money to buy her grandma’s bakery before her dad sells it to someone else, and Bryce needs to win gold in his races so that Rodrigo, an evil Brazilian who is using Bryce (and other athletes at the ITA) to make him money from fixed competitions, won’t kill Bryce’s sister.
I enjoyed this story a lot. Both Alina and Bryce are great characters and their relationship was hot and really sweet. I also loved the secondary characters Kristen, Alina’s best friend and fellow volleyball competitor, Tim, Bryce’s fellow competitor and friend, and Alex, Bryce’s other friend and fellow competitor. I’d love to read a story about any or all of them. Some really, really bats–t crazy things happen at the ITA games, things that you will need to suspend belief to read, but they just made the story that much more interesting. I won’t give away any spoilers about them, but just be forewarned that they’ll have your panties melting right off! Going for Gold is very different than Ivy’s other stories, especially The Hunted series, but in a good way and if you enjoy sexy, crazy sports stories, then this is the one for you!
Loved this Sweet Cravings book, especially Bryce and Alina! This was a fun book that had a lot of heat! Kind of wish some things happened sooner in the book than it did, but still loved it! Now I see why everyone thinks Tim is gay (hahaha)!! Can’t wait to see Tim and Panther in TSSP!!!
Wow is all I can say. Interesting story and glad I read it!
Alina had had worked hard, she had overcome obstacles, heartbreak, and challenges to get to where she was today, and where she was, was the Summer games, desperate to win a gold medal so she could make her dreams come true. What she didn’t count on though, was being pitted against her arch nemesis, a woman who had done everything she could to sabotage her. She must stay focused, keep the gold firmly in her sights, but how can she when the hottest hunk at the games keeps staring at her like that? It’s bad enough the athletes are on a sex ban, but when he looks at her like that she can barely remember her name, let alone what she’d meant to be doing.
Going for Gold is the third stand alone book in the sweet Cravings series. Riddled with humour, romance, and unforgettable characters you’ll be hooked from the start. If writing was an Olympic event, Ivy would take home gold every single time because she consistently delivers amazing books. Hot, hilarious, and seductive Going for Gold is another must read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The characters are just that, fantastically developed personalities that add life and humour to a gripping and immersive tale. If you haven’t picked up any of her books yet, start today, you’ll be hooked.
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Sexy, hilarious, and a must read!! This was definitely my favorite book in the series and I’m still laughing!! Trying to explain it to my husband probably even funnier than my review because his face was priceless when I tried to explain the ending.. lol Loved Loved Loved this book and highly recommend it to all Ivy Smoaks readers and all the readers looking for an amazing Author!! I guarantee that once you start to read her books that you can’t stop!! I never enjoyed reading until I discovered Ivy Smoak! She’s relatable, sexy, sweet, strong, and everything woman should inspire to be like! Thank you for another great story Ivy!
I liked the characters and the storyline, in the beginning. About halfway through and the rest of the book, it was strange to me.
Not what I was expecting. Completely unbelievable.
I don’t really know what to say about this book. It apparently takes place at an Olympic type competition and that’s where it gets weird. While entertaining, so much of what happened was just not believable to the point of absolute ridiculousness. The final competition- …. there is nothing I can say to describe it except that it would ABSOLUTELY NEVER EVER HAPPEN. The book as a whole was bizarre. Tim was very funny though and I am still not sure if he is gay.