I’m Bella Dani- Gavinwood, Bella Gavinwood. I’ll never get used to that, but it’s a long story. Everybody’s friend, the good girl, the princess. I’m sick of everyone treating me like I’m made of glass. For once I want to be bad. Do what I want to do without thinking about consequences. Playing it safe got me here, sitting at a bar by myself, thinking about him and what I did wrong. That bastard. … bastard. Screw love. Enter tall, dark and dickish brooding next to me and I think God may have answered my prayers. Scratch that, I don’t think God will approve of what I plan to do with him. I should be thanking the devil.
They say men are dogs, well they never met Brynn Roberts. I didn’t do girlfriends, love, relationships, any of that crap. I tried it with her and got bit in the ass like I always knew I would. I get knocked down to Triple A to rehab my knee injury and poof she’s gone. Gold Diggers don’t do guys that get demoted. So here I am, at the bar drowning my sorrows until I feel a gaze roaming over me. The little vixen, librarian of my dreams slides me a shot, coaxing me with that raspy, sultry voice and all of the sudden I’m asking myself, Brynn who? They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.
What started as a one night stand turns into an addiction. Our bodies are drawn together every second of the day, no matter the distance between us. Are we slowly mending our brokenness together, or are we just putting a bandaid over the pain, trading one heartbreak for another?
This read is intended for ages 18+ due to mature content
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Oh boy, oh boy!!!
I don’t even know where to begin with this one.
I absolutely LOVED Bella and Damon!
How they come together in the beginning is just too perfect. I mean he has her calendar picture up all year round!
I thought I loved Savannah’s sassy and fierceness but boy Bella is a badass! Loved her get to the point attitude, knew what she wanted when she wanted it.
Then there is Damon, oh hotshot Damon. I like how he said he didn’t want to fall again but he just could t help himself when it came to Bella.
Their relationship just warmed my heart. They are so meant to be and have so many personal obstacles to over come.
You will not be disappointed reading this book! It is also very hot and steamy, like you will need to fan yourself at times but it is sooo good!!
5⃣+
Bella came home early from a softball tournament to find her boyfriend of four years balls deep in another girl. She heads to the bar to drown her sorrows to find Damon Johnson doing the same thing. His model girlfriend decided that a baller boyfriend who can’t play isn’t good for her image so she ditched him via text. Sounds like they had a couple winners that they are better off without. They end up drinking together and then leaving together. Both thinking it will just be a one night stand. Surprise Damon is Bella’s new patient for physical therapy. Damon is hooked and wants more which scares him and Bella just wants to keep it friends with benefits. Guess who wins?
I couldn’t get enough of Bella and Damon. He was so over the top sweet when it came to Bella. I loved all the little things he did to surprise her and make her smile. Super hot swoony. Loved Damon. I also loved to watch Bella bloom, grow and find out who she is. Loved how she was pushing herself to do things outside of her comfort zone and live life. And Damon was there to hold her hand the entire time which just helped her flourish even more. Damon ugh, he might be my favorite of these Double Play boys.
Well – unsurprisingly – she did it AGAIN! Nicole Rodrigues has hit yet another one out of the ball park….
As if two swoon-worthy book boyfriends weren’t enough (from books 1 and 2), be prepared to meet three more in the next book of the Double Play series!
We get to catch up with a grown-up Bella Daniels-Gavinwood as she now has both a PT company, thanks to her aunt Savannah and her dad, and she’s playing softball for the US team too. Talk about one ambitious young lady! She’s drowning her anger and pain away in a bar after catching her boyfriend of four years cheating on her – she obviously breaks it off.
Enter the cocky and suave pro baseball player, Damon Johnson (swoon-worthy book bf #1) who too is chasing away his own regrets after his girlfriend broke up with him over his injured knee, via text message (Ouch!)
Two broken hearts are about to collide!
And boy do they! Nic takes you on a journey of their stories as they both enjoy the “benefits” of their arrangement. Bella starts to break out of her shell as she comes into her own and explores her “bad” side and Dirty Damon starts to see this “angel” of his has some dark wings that need to be unfurled. It’s a battle of wills as they both fight their fears, past heartaches, and desires of making this “friends with benefits” deal just that, but will their hearts have other plans?
Dirty Damon is sexy, funny and completely swoon-worthy as he tries hard not to fall for the girl he’s admired from his pinup calendar and now has in the flesh. Bella is admirable, strong, sweet and resembles both her mother, Charlotte, and her aunt Savannah, in her fortitude. I loved getting to catch up with Bella’s family, the Gavinwoods and the Turners and meeting Damon’s, the Johnsons. I loved the sisterly relationship between her and Lacey (loving and fighting each other as sisters tend to do) and the budding relationship that’s simultaneously going on between Lace and Nico (enter swoon-worthy book bf #2) and I just adored the brother and sister connection portrayed when Bella goes to see Devin (her twin brother) – aka book boyfriend #3 – in Texas and the protective side that he shows. (You also get a protective dad moment with Gabe which I also loved.)
This book was sexy, funny and simply swoon-worthy (how many times am I allowed to use that word in one review? – Ah, who cares, it’s true!!!) So, if you’re looking for tough and ruggedly handsome guys who will have you eating out of their hands, these books are definitely for you.
I was a little unsure how I’d enjoy this story about Bella Gavinwood. But Nicole didn’t disappoint, it was great seeing a story featuring on from the first couple of books i read, it was gritty, fun and emotional! (Think I’m getting soppy in my old age ) Loved it
Bella is a member of the USA woman’s softball team. Damon plays baseball for Tampa. When the two meet up, they are both trying to get over their exes. Bella’s ex who cheated on her, and Damon’s ex, who decided she didn’t want to be with him through an injury. Their connection is instant, and their hookup is supposed to just be a one-time thing, but as the two navigate through their hook up, they realize that one time isn’t going to be enough. But when the past comes knocking, can the two trust each other and come out on the other side?
The book was fire from the word go. Bella and Damon burn up the pages, as well as the sheets. Their story is, like the first two in the series, a journey, and it’s one heck of a journey at that. I also have to say that I appreciate that we get to revisit characters from past books as well and learn how things are going for them. I also appreciate that each of these books, sets you up for the next book in the series so beautifully. I need more from Devin and Normani, and I definitely need to know more about Nico and Lacey. Once again, Nicole hit this one out of the park with her beautiful words and even more beautiful story!
Once again, Nicole brings her A game and baseball stats to the party with a home run! This was a beautiful sports Romance with humor, steamy moments and all the feels.
Bella Gavinwood didn’t have a chance to stop and think before running into the Playboy, Damon Johnson. Her heart might have been hurt, but it’s about to burst with more feelings than she never knew she had.
Damon Johnson thinks he changed for the better when he had a relationship that lasted a year. However, when he gets the “It’s not you, it’s me” speech, he knows he made a mistake. However, that mistake led him to drinking and laughing with the beautiful Bella Gavinwood. His crush on her was something special, yet here in her presence, that crush turns into more than he bargains for. Can he let go if the past? Not hurt Bella like she was already hurt and just be. Only time will tell when benefits are involved.
5 STARS
This book was hot! I mean there was so many steamy scenes in this book and sometimes I was just sitting there fanning my self while reading.
I loved this book it was so good it had almost everything I want in a good romance book. A hot bad boy, a badass female, some steamy sexytime and a little twist and drama. The only reason it is only getting 4,5 is that I felt like I was missing something in the beginning in the book and it was a little long in the middle but everything else I loved.
Bella and Damon started out as friends with benefits but you could already see from the beginning that would never work out well.
Bella is such a sweet girl and is all about family, friends and all the good things in life. She has been burned bad by her ex so all she wants is to feel good and just let go and live life. But that is a hard thing to do when you are wearing your heart on your sleeve and is getting hot and heavy with a bad boy like Damon.
Damon is sick and tired of people only wanting him for his fame and money. He is done with relationships and just wants to drown his sorrows but that gets hard when his dream girl, the girl that is hanging on his walls at home slips up beside him in a bar and don’t get crazy over who he is. So why not get some fun out of it?
This book was testing my patience, even if they are getting some sexy time almost from the beginning of this book I was ready for it to be more when I was halfway through the book, but nooo why not stretch it even more. All I wanted was to go in, set down Bella and Damon (mostly Bella) and tell them to just get over this bullshit and get together already. Finally, they get there (ish) and I was ready to do the happy dance but noo Nicole is evil and then threw in some twist and I was back to being annoyed with them again. But not just annoyed now I wanted to shake some sense into Damien and maybe slap him a little too. How stupid can you be? Then we get to the ending and I will tell you guys it is swoon worthy!
So are you looking for your next book boyfriend that will set your body in flames and maybe melt your heart a little too, then this is your book!