He’s her patient. She’s his doctor. They shouldn’t. But God, do they want to. Camden Harris, the famously hot, hulk of a footballer is laid up in a London hospital. But his busted knee doesn’t stop him from running his well-practiced game on Indie Porter—his redheaded spitfire of a doctor. She’s not his type, not even close. But she could be the perfect distraction from the soul-crushing damage … soul-crushing damage this injury could cost him.
Indie’s tired of her naivety putting a target on her back. As a gifted child, she’s let her education take the front seat her whole life. But a fling with a footballer like Camden might be just what she needs to grab life by the balls.
And he could be the perfect guy for the plan she’s been sitting on for over two years.
But when feelings make a final play, there’s no amount of medicine that can heal the damage to their hearts.
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I’m late to the party but man am I glad that I decided to come.
I’ve seen Amy Daws books floating around whenever I am trolling for a new read and normally I go for a more angsty book but I randomly saw a video she did for a KU group on Facebook and decided to give Challenge a try.
I have never laughed more in a book then I did while reading Challenge. The characters are interesting and the story line is perfect. The writing is witty and fun, I was smiling the entire book. AND shocker to me I still got all the girly twisty feels from the book like I love. You don’t lose any of the romance just to get the funny. Its the perfect romantic comedy! I am Amy Daws fan for life!
4 stars
I received a free copy of Challenge: Harris Brothers book 1: A British Sports Romance Novel by Amy Daws and this review was given freely.
Funny, witty, poignant, and steamy this is a British English football/soccer based romance featuring the close knit Harris family from the London Lovers series. Off the wall and sometimes sarcastic humor, over confident alpha males, multifaceted and realistic characters, ending sexual harassment, and of course the happy ending are just a few of the reasons this steamy read featuring the ER doctor prodigy Indie, and the conflicted multi layers of Camden make this a completely fulfilling and enjoyable story.
Cute story, but heroine was getting on my nerves; however, based on her backstory, I don’t think she could have been written any other way. Overall the story could have been a little shorter, I felt a couple parts were a little dragged out. Loved the hero and how his realization of his feelings played out, enjoyed that it wasn’t overly melodramatic. I’m curious to see where the series goes since it involves an entire family of footballers who are all in this book.
Goal!CamdenIndie Great Story & Audible Listen
Challenge
By: Amy Daws
Narrated by: Will M. Watt, Charlotte Cole, Martin Foster
Series: Harris Brothers, Book 1
“Challenge” is a wonderful story, it grabbed me from the start and engrossed me to the end. It is deep at times but Amy Daws adds enough humor to lighten it up. There was great chemistry between the leads, Camden and Indie, they clicked and made sense but they just needed to find themselves first. Indie being emotionally stunted and Camden left dealing with a possible life altering injury re-evaluated his life & career. I loved this story, it had heartfelt and emotional moments, there was drama, angst, laughs, cries and romance. Also loved the characters, they are likable and those brothers are swoon worthy, I am looking forward to their stories. Amy Daws, thanks for another great story.
I listened to the Audible edition, the narrators, Will M. Watt, Charlotte Cole & Martin Foster, are awesome storytellers and voice performers. They bring the characters to life and give them heart & attitude. They tell the story in a perfect flow and add the right amount of dramatic touch to entertain their listeners. They are a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for the great listen
Challenge
Amy daw
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Love love loved it !! Hot football player.. why yes I will.. thank you penis number one !! Can I take you home with me !
I have no clue about football( soccer) I like American football but with that said you don’t have to have a clue about the sport to appreciate this book..
This is the first book I had read by this author and I have already one clicked the second book in series because it was so good !! Those Harris boys are WONDERFUL!! Anywho on to the second Harris boy!!
*4,5 stars*
We met the Harris Brothers in That One Moment and I was very excited that we were getting Camden’s book first. And to have a story around a favourite sport of mine, football, is even better!
I really liked reading the story and loved the blossoming romance between Indie and Camden.
Camden is a very well known football player that never has to chase women, they fall to his feet. He busts his knee during a game and needs to have surgery to get back into the game. At the hospital he meets Indie who turns out to be his doctor and they have that instant attraction to one another. But Indie has other plans than to let Camden be a distraction to what she wants out of life…. or will she let him in… Sometimes life just throws something in your way that you just can’t turn down. You’ll have to take the chance or you will never know what might have been. Sometimes… you just have to let go and have faith…
Found this book on book bub and decided why not try it? Glad I did. It was cute, funny, realistic and I really liked Camden
I first found this author through a free e-book, her London Lovers series. And now, well I’m sold. This book had it all! Hilarious and snarky dialogue, sexy British accents, a sexy soccer player, a nerdy girl, and sexy sex scenes. The male narrator totally made me think of the actors who played Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter movies. And since I do think they’re cute, that totally worked. I loved the main character Indie’s “Penis list”. It was so hilarious! And whenever she’d talk about “Penis number one” and so on, I couldn’t help but giggle. Now, Camden kept jumping to the wrong conclusions, which got a bit annoying. But I guess you have to give him a break since he was injured and unsure what his life would be without soccer, or football in every country other than the US. I’m so excited to continue with the series and meet, or since I’ve already met, get to know better each of the Harris brothers, all football stars.
This book is the first in the Harris Brothers series. These brothers are fun, fowl mouthed and just a little crazy. It was really a lot of fun to read all of these books and I recommend whole-heartedly.
OMFG is was AMAZING !!!!
WHY YES WHY am i m I only reading this book right now. I do really want to slap myself. I have heard so many great things about this book and series. It just took me longer to get around to to yes cause I m stupid sometimes haha. I should of listen to everyone ages ago but anyway I ‘ve finally got around to this brilliant book. Has you can tell I LUVD this book so much. Camden is a great character he is you typical footballer playboy. Works hard on the pitch and just has hard off it. His family are super close, Camden has a twin brother Tanner an older brother Gareth, older sister Vi and younger brother Booker. They have all grown up around football. They have all played on the same team and some still do only Gareth is now playing in the premier league and the rest of the boys are still playing for there dad’s team Bethnal Green a league lower. But thing are looking up for Camden he is having the season of his life and his twin is close to. Things are goin great until Camden gets injured and things start to get a lil rough for him. But things don’t look to bad when he sets his eye on a certain doctor with sexy glasses. Yes things did just get better.
Indie isn’t your normal girl, she is super clever and a lil awkward. She doesn’t have much family and they don’t really bother with her anyway but she is used to it. The only person she classes as her family is her best friend Belle. Belle has been with Indie since they met at Medical school. They even work together in the hospital now. Indie would be lost without Belle, she has helped her in so many way. They are both very different people but there friendship is solid. Indie is the most confident person but Belle brings out the best in her. Indie isn’t sexual activity and has put a lil pressure of herself. She is looking for a certain type of man. There are guys that are showing interested in her but they don’t fit what she is looking for. But the guy that does fit her type came into the hospital and was now her patient.
Wow Indie and Camden suited each other so much. They both brought out the best in each other. Just Indie was a lil harder to break. She isn’t use to bring intimate. Camden isn’t used to being the one that does the chasing he was used to being the one getting chased. So things were a lot different for him but he was liking it. There was something about this woman that has him seeing things for the first time and he was liking it. The sexual tension between them was off the hook they were hit together. Things weren’t so easy for them though they had to deal with emotions and how they were going to work there arrangement out. Both characters did need there heads banged together at some stage throughout the book they just didn’t see what was in front of them.
This book is just amazing I luvd everything about it. Once I started it I couldn’t put it down. The characters had me wanting to know more straight away. I m looking forward to more of the Harris boys. They seem so different to each other, which is great im dying to know more about them. I ‘ve only read one of this authors books and I really enjoyed. But this book was so much better the writing was great and the story was so good it’s flowed so well throughout the whole book. I would highly recommend this book. Bring it the rest of the Harris boys.
Kept reading the series, and it’s great.
I don’t know what I loved more about this story. The heroine who overcomes an almost loveless childhood to grow into a strong and driven woman. The alpha hero who struggles against dropping his playboy status to show real affection. His amazing close (almost suffocating, but in such a good way) family, that doesn’t know the definition of boundaries! The storytelling with emotional highs and lows, heat and sweet! But I think above all that the absolutely amazing duet narration by Will M Watt and Charlotte Cole makes this a favorite audiobook that will surely be in my reread rotation!
Challenge is the first book in the Harris Brothers series, and finds footballer Camden romancing his orthopedic doctor Indie, who happens to be a virgin looking for pen*s number 1 in order to find pen*s number 2. Camden wants to challenge the idea that they can’t be one and the same. While Indie battles the inappropriateness of falling in love with her patient. It’s funny and sweet and steamy and emotional. Which pretty much describes every Amy Daws book. These characters have a way of creeping into your heart though.
Slightly ridiculous, but a steamy read none the less. Book was some what predictable, but was easy to read and kept my attention.
Audible Review:
Overall 4*
Performance 5*
Story 4*
I need a cigarette.
I’m not a smoker, but after listening to Will and Charlotte’s narration I really could have used one. Good lord, I want to be in some kind of three-way with their voices. If that’s wrong I don’t want to be right.
As far as the story- it was sweet, funny, frustrating.
Camden is great and his family, as in your face as they are, is pretty awesome. Indy is very independent because she’s had to be- in some ways that worked in her favor, in other ways not so much.
They are very much opposites and I liked seeing them work to overcome their differences.
*Borrowed through the Audible Romance Package.
I loved this book! Cam and Indie are amazing characters. I loved all the puns that were used through out the story and of course the Penis list is freaking awesome! Cam is a football player (Soccer to those of us in the United States) Indie is a Doctor. I love that Cam reads that alone makes him super hot to me. The chemistry between these two is off the charts This story has a bit of everything its super funny, its hot, there is a little drama mixed in. I look forward to reading the rest of the Harris Brothers.
DNF
This was my first Amy Daws read and I’m officially hooked. This book was laugh out loud funny
and steamy hot at the same time. Indie is the youngest 3 year resident in her hospital and Cam is one of four soccer-playing Harris hotties. When a torn ACL sends him straight into Indie’s hospital he decides to use the hot young resident as a distraction from his potentially career-ending injury. Meanwhile Indie is in search of the perfect “penis number one.”
The book is entertaining. The supporting characters were amazing (Can’t wait to read Belle and Tanners book!) and there was enough angst to keep things interesting, but not too much to cause physical pain (or eye rolls).
Five Stars for this newly minted HarrisHoe
I loved everything about this book. Camden and Indie’s chemistry was amazing and it felt so natural. I loved it so much I’ve read just about all the other books in this series.
This author has been on my TBR forever!! I finally got out from under my rock and read this.
I love a good taboo romance and this one was so good!! This book has me ready to binge EVERYTHING by this author ASAP!!