Out of all the football stadiums in the world, why did Roxanne “The Ballbuster” Benson have to plow through mine?Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for women playing professional football. But what I’m not for is The Ballbuster waltzing onto my field, trying to take over my position as the Wildcats’ starting kicker. The woman dislocated my knee with her freaking Jeep, for chrissake, and yet all of my … and yet all of my teammates love her!
So what if Roxy’s…gorgeous and sweet and loves football more than anyone in the world? This is my team; and once I recover, she’s gonna have to get used to sitting her fine ass on the bench. It’s nothing personal. Football is a dirty sport where only the best survive.
Now I just have to figure out how to survive a season without ending up with a busted heart; because despite how hard I try to avoid falling for Roxy, she keeps pulling me back into her bed.
Forget her Jeep. With one look, the woman can bring me to my knees. And the worst part is, I keep going back for more.
Ballbuster is a full-length standalone romance. Also included at the end of Ballbuster is a bonus novel, the bestselling sports romance, JAX.
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I feel like a greedy little gnome just waiting to devour ALL Lane Hart’s books… That’s RIGHT! I actively stalk upcoming releases just looking for the next opportunity to read more, More, MORE of this Absolutely Amazing author’s work…
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I LOVE Lane Hart’s books; she’s my go to girl when I’m looking for a Se*y story! Whenever I see Lane’s name on a cover, I know it’s gonna be an excellent read 🙂 It’s gonna be a Feel-GOOD, let myself go piece of self-indulgence, & let me tell you… Holy HOTness…Has she ever hit it outta the ballpark again giving us another truly Spectacular performance! Okay, okay… When doesn’t she! LOL 🙂
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An enjoyable funny well written fast paced interesting story with lots of hot steam about a pro female football kicker and great complex secondary characters. Roxy accidentally smacks her car into Kohen star kicker ranked third in the league, who she was hoping would mentor her but instead puts him out first part of the season. Both distracted googling the other because of their denied mutal attraction. Tension goes beyond and story gets even more interesting when coach appoints Kohen as both guard and roommate to the league’s first female player. Can Kohen get past his major trust issues where women are concerned. An awesome read with a perfect ending for these two.
4,5 Stars
Kohen Hendricks is the star football kicker. Roxanne Benson is his backup. However, after an accident involving these two, Roxanne becomes the start kicker and Kohen finds himself at physical therapy! Roxanne is the first woman in professional football and the pressure she’s in is very much.
Their first encounter is hilarious; I was laughing through it all 😛 The physical attraction between them is instant and their relationship is one of love and hate! I laughed so hard at the car scene when they were driving to training camp. Roxanne is feisty and gives as good as she gets! Kohen was really unfair to her at times and judged her without knowing all the facts.
The epilogue was perfect and wrapped up the story beautifully! I’m definitely going to read the next books as well!!
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This is the second time I have read Ballbuster. I loved the premise of it, as it is a situation that could conceivably happen in the near future as women are becoming as proficient as men in kicking accuracy. Well, hopefully it could happen without running over someone in the parking lot!
I loved the chemistry between Kohen and Roxanne.
I enjoy the writing style of Lane Hart and have enjoyed several of her other works. I highly recommend this one!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I love a good sport’s read! What a unique storyline having a woman punter. Roxy is a strong woman and has not let men railroad her. I loved that about her. Kohen was harder to like. I thought that the author had him distrusting Roxy one too many times. Two times I can understand but the third one seemed too much. Despite his past, it was just too many times to be distrustful. I’m surprised Roxy took him back the third time, especially the way the author wrote her. Still, overall a good read. I hope can’t wait to read about other team members such as Quinton and Lantham!
This is book 1 of “Playing Dirty” and I have to say, it was a change of pace for me. Even though it had depth, it was a light hearted read with humor. Roxy is the first woman to be hired by the NFL as a kicker. That was terrific, until the day she was driving into the parking lot of the team and ran into the team’s active kicker while he was looking at his phone while walking. Now we have the perfect scenerio for an enemies to lovers romance. This was one that I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
As much as I may seem boring and repetitive I have to say that each time I know that this magnificent author has a new book I feel so so happy that I almost float.
For those who do not know, honestly I think is not possible since this Lady is a genius, Lane Hart has a simple writing, very detailed, heartfelt and really hot.
We, the real fans, know that each work is a masterpiece waiting to conquer the literary world and that’s why we think it is imperative that everybody has the opportunity to read them.
“Ballbuster” is her latest work and tells the stories of Kohen and Roxanne.
Cohen is the famous football player from the Wildcats team. Is the one that everyone wants to be, that some men envy and every women desire. Loves his work and wants to be the best. When he gets the news that a woman will come to his team he doesn’t want to believe. Everything goes well until it is hit by a car.
Roxanne is a woman determined to avenge in the male-dominated world. Loves to play football but because she’s a woman life has never been easy. When she gets a contract on a first League team all her dreams come true, until runs over the star of that team.
This book is hilarious. The whole story unfolded in a harmonious, simple, intense and sincere way. I loved every chapter. I loved the ups and downs, the madness, the comedy and the misunderstandings and follies. My god the hot scenes were something explosive and intense. And as always, Lane just leave me wanting more to read, wanting to keep the story flowing for the main characters of this plot as well as left me wanting to know more about the secondary characters.
Will I have to wait too long? Because as the days goes by its becoming difficult to endure the wait.
This was a really good story. Kohen and Roxy have both been hurt in the past and don’t trust easily. This was a really good story about overcoming your preconceptions about people and seeing them for who they really are.
Lovely characters in this story. Roxanne is drafted as the first woman to play in the NFL. Football is her passion since childhood. On her first day with her new team she accidentally hits one of her teammates with her jeep. It just happens to be Kohen the kicker for the team, the one she is meant to be learning from.
This leads to animosity and distrust, but also a smouldering passion neither can ignore.
I just finished reading Ballbuster and it is another good Lane Hart book! It’s the story of the first woman to play professional football and the place kicker that she runs into, literally! Roxy has just been drafted into the NFL as a backup kicker and while she’s driving into the teams parking lot she accidentally runs into their current kicker, Kohen. He didn’t see her because he was looking at a picture of her on his phone but that doesn’t stop him from blaming her for his injury. This is a good enemies to lovers told from dual POV and I would recommend it to any sports romance reader or any rom com fan because there’s more to these two than just football. Ballbuster is complete at 50% of the book and then you get the complete story of Jax, A Cocky Cage Fighter. Jax’s story is another one of my favorites and has been previously reviewed.
I absolutely loved this! I could not, for the life of me, put the book down. I am not really into football but this book was so well written and so great that it made me want to like football. There is definitely more than one story included in this and it was just great! I would definitely recommend this book and reread this all over again.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. So we meet Roxy who is the first woman to play in the NFL, you go girl. We know this is not easy for her being in a male dominent field and it was tough for her. So unfortunately for her she also crashes her car into the kicker for the team she was just hired in, no luck girl. Kohen is all over the place he is hot for her but doesn’t trust her and he just cant figure out what he wants from her.
A well-written story that I enjoyed reading. Roxanne “The Ballbuster” Benson comes to the Wildcats football team to play after she hit the current starting kicker Kohen Hendricks with her Jeep. A fun book to read. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a well written sports romance between Roxy and Kohen. The characters are strong and well developed and the story moves quickly and smoothly. I loved the story line and the bantering between the two. It’s a fun,entertaining read that had me hooked from start to finish. I would highly recommend this book.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Roxy is the first woman to play in the NFL. This was Roxys life dream. Roxy ends up crashing her car into the current kicker for her new team. Kohen is the Wildcat’s kicker whose ranked third in the league. Kohen doesn’t hesitate to let his thoughts have free reign to Roxy. I enjoyed reading this book. I loved the storyline and plot. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is my first time delving into a book by Ms. Hart an it will not be my last !!!
Roxy is a talented kicker who has just found her way to the WIldcats football team as a relief kicker! She cannot believe her eyes as she drives through the parking lot of the stadium that she has finally made it ! Distracted by the aww of the field she accidently runs into something with her SUV or shall we say someone. Kohen has had his share of tough days but this takes the cake ..hit by an car coming out of practice by none other than of course …a woman driver. This is the beginning of shall we say a love / hate relationship for these two athletes.
I loved the sarcastic witty banter that they shared . It was fabulous. Now lets add in the sexual tension and it is game on!!
A great sports romance by Ms. Lane Hart~~
~~Michele McMullen ~~ (
I am a huge football fan. So when there is a story about football players, I am all for it!!! Then add to it that there is a female football player? That throws a twist into it!
Kohen is a super hot kicker… and Roxy is excited to sit the bench as his back up….. Or is she?
She starts off with a bang… literally. They both have trust issues with the opposite sex, and both with good reason. Eventually they get together despite what a sexual relationship could do to either of their careers or reputations.
I think it is a great show of putting the person you love ahead of your ego. I thought that both characters were lovable and I was hooked from the very beginning! I am very excited to see what comes next.
Ballbuster by Lane Hart a baller of a five-star read. This is the first book in a playing dirty sports romance series, what a start. I have to be honest Lane Hart wrote my favourite series with the Cocky Cage fighter series, and this may just be catching up with it.
I surprised myself how much I identified with Roxanne ‘Ballbuster’ Benson as she is a hard-core Jock and my idea of a good game is sitting on the side-lines. But you can’t help but root for her, I wanted to be on the side lines cheering her on, as the first female in professional football playing for the Wildcats. Her leg is like the football equivalent to Beyoncé’s behind. The problem is will her legacy be ruined on her first day with the team?
Kohen Hendricks has it all, star kicker for the wildcats, woman throwing themselves at him. But that could all be over after he is looking at his phone and gets hit by a ‘ballbuster’. Was it her plan all along? Or was it just an accident that may lead to a better outcome?
Roxanne is a great female lead, she has a passion to her that won’t be put down, she is a woman you could get behind and kick the trash to the kerb with. Kohen is man who you could imagine going to the long game with, all the way. They were both proper characters that had a real depth and the background characters were so funny. I for one can’t wait to read more about one background in particular Quinton, I can’t wait to read his story in Perfect Spiral.
This book had laugh out loud moments.
Just loved it! read it, you won’t be sorry!