Mr. Smooth Devin Gavinwood, apparently that’s me. I’m looking for Mrs. Right but just keep finding Mrs. Right Now. Long legged bombshells that just want my money. I see right through their game thanks to my fathers lessons, the infamous Gabriel Gavinwood. I want a love like him and my mama have and I’m close to giving up until I meet her. Sassy Miss Normani Jameson, the new girl at Double Play … Physical Therapy. When she rips me a new one right in the middle of the office, I’m shocked into infatuation. She wrecks every notion I have about seducing a woman and I want to make her mine.
When Normani’s past comes barreling back into her life, everything I’ve ever known is threatened and my positive, cheerful self falls to the darkness. My cursed Gavinwood genes take over and I may cause damage I can never undo. Is Normani the only one that can pull me towards the light?
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I’m broken, damaged beyond belief and I’ve had to fight for my life more than once. My upbringing isn’t my fault, but it’s the reason I’m laying low until someone finds me, Savannah Turner. My need to prove to myself that I am stronger than my demons and can live a normal life is what drives me to work for DP Physical Therapy. That is until pretty boy Devin Gavinwood walks into the office thinking he owns the place and has a right to ogle me. Sorry Gavinwood, not this girl. Except when he turns the tables on me and is immune to my defenses, it stirs a need inside me. A need to smack that smirk off his face, or maybe kiss it. My desire to connect with someone, feel a mans touch the way I should feel it, is suffocating me.
Right when I’m starting to accept opening up to someone, my past derails us and I have no choice but to make things right with the man I nearly destroyed. Can we help each other heal, or are we just going to get sucked into the darkness together?
+This book is intended for ages 18+ due to mature content*
This is the 4th book in the Double Play Series and should be read in that order.
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I have been wanting Devin and Normani’s story since she first came around in book 3!
I was not ready for it. Like Kevin Hart says “Noooo she wasn’t readyyyyy!!” Haha
I fell in love with Devin and his country boy charm. Yes he is a lot like his father, Gabriel but he was just more sweet and charming. He might have beat out Jackson as the number one spot! WHAT! I knowwww. I loved me some Jackson but there was just something about Devin that just pulled my heart strings.
Now Normani, my badass superwoman. This chick is one strong and tough little lady. I don’t think I would ever want to mess with her or get on her bad side. But how Devin made her finally see and feel love, again pulled on my poor heart strings!
Everyone needs to read this story and really all of the Double Play Series! They are steamy, heartbreaking, and loving all wrapped together. To me the best kind of romance book you can ever read!!
5⃣+
Devin is living the life as one of the best starting pitchers in the league getting all the women he wants – well except the ones that want him for him and not his status and money. Normani is trying to start her life over as a physical therapist at Double Play. When they run into each other at a family party Devin is convinced Mani is the one. Mani is terrified of how her body reacts to Devin but soon finds that she can’t resist him as much as she feels she needs to.
Devin is smooth, sweet, charming and sexy but I loved that he kept sticking his foot in his mouth with Mani at the beginning. I was laughing my butt off. But one Mani finally gave in to Devin and his charms it was fire! They couldn’t get enough of each other and I couldn’t get enough of them. I also was so excited that Mani trusted Devin and told him everything about her past and it wasn’t some big looming secret the entire book. I can’t stand that. But Nicole did not disappoint again.
I’m glad there was a follow on to this book series i think it would of been duller if there wasn’t! I found that Devin & Normani’s road to being a couple was a little rushed in this book however didn’t take from the fact is was a great story like the rest with all the feels and a HEA.
I have started calling Nicole Rodrigues the ‘Swoon Queen’… and for darn good reason.
Once again, she’s written a book worthy of 5 stars! Hook, line and sinker.
Devin John Gavinwood is the starting pitcher for the Cajuns and he’s cocky, smooth-talking, and a true lady’s man.
Normani Jameson is a broken spirit with a dark secret and a fighting determination. She’s simply trying to hide in the shadows of her sordid past and is content to stay there until Devin brings his cocky self to Double Play PT one fine day.
These two met at Charlotte’s birthday party and haven’t been able to get their minds off one another since. Devin plays a good game, though, on and off the field and soon, he’s starting to tear down Normani’s walls.
As fate would have it though, our pasts have a way of sneaking back up on us when we let our guards down, and Normani’s is no different. Devin is a protective man and starts to take Normani, the woman who’s slowly crawling under his skin and right into his heart, under his wing. But even Devin can’t prepare for what’s coming…
I loved this book, as I have all the others in this heart-warming, swoon-worthy series.
Devin– Charlotte and Gabe’s son and Bella’s brother– is a true southern gentleman (aka caveman/cowboy) and he had me swooning right away with his accent and mannerisms. Normani is the inner bad-ass chic in all of us; a true fighter who’s been through hell, wiped the blood from her lips, and stands back up for more. She’s stronger than she knows, despite her fears and her big heart is the most amazing thing about her. She’s a true blue heroine that’s super easy to love. This love story was sassy, sexy and had all the feels. And as always, I loved hearing about the other Gavinwoods/Turners and now Johnsons 😀
If you love baseball– cowboys– feisty female leads and a story with a good twist then Changeup is right up your alley — or down the plate (wink, wink).
It truly has something for every romance fan. You won’t be disappointed!
P.S. I’m super excited for Lacey and Nico’s story, coming up in Walk Off: Book 5 of the Double Play series… super swoon…
Devin Gavinwood is living his dream. He is a star pitcher who just won the world series and got traded back to his hometown team. Normani is working at her dream job and trying to move forward from her past. The two, quite literally run into each other, and are instantly attracted to one another. When Devin comes into Normani’s place of work and tries to smooth talk her, she puts him in his place. From there on Devin knows what he wants and that is Normani. The question is, can Normani move forward from her past, and when her past comes knocking can Devin handle it?
This is the 4th book in the Double Play series, and this is the book I’ve been waiting on. Ever since the first book I have been wondering how life will play out for Devin and who Devin would end up with. Nicole didn’t disappoint with this book (but does she ever…NO). From the beginning of book 3, ‘Ballers with Benefits’ I was hoping that Devin and Normani would be the next pair that we got to read about. I also have to say that I greatly appreciate that Nicole keeps us updated and includes the characters from her previous books. That always makes books even better in my opinion. If you like sports, romance, and a little suspense this book is the book for you!
This book has it all
Steamy scenes
Badass heroine
Swoon-worthy alpha
Edge of your seat action
Emotional moments
Awesome friends and family
“This is where you belong darlin’. In my arms, always.“
This series just keeps getting better and better. I have been dying to get my hands on Devlin’s book from when we first met him in book one Curveball he just stole my heart in that first book where he was all protective with his mom and sister and I just knew he would be the best book boyfriend. So I will recommend you read the entire series first if you haven’t or just book one maybe if you really don’t want to read the other so you get the dynamic in the family.
I didn’t think Nicole could write a book more steamy than Ballers with Benefits oh dear was I wrong! This book is kinda a build-up of sexytime. You start with these sweet moments that will make your heart melt and will make you fall in love with both Devlin and Normani. Then work your way up to moments where you think your house is on fire because you feel like you are burning up from the heat coming off of these pages!
“Stay still darlin’. I’m fuckin’ starvin’ for you. Don’t move a muscle unless it’s to shove my face further into this pussy.”
You first met Normani in book 3 and you just instantly know she is special. You just know this woman is a strong one, that she had experienced thing that will make your heart hurt but despite all her strong vibes you also know you have to handle her with care or she will run.
She continued to pull me in and intrigue me in this book. I was amazed at how strong a woman she was how she still had so much love to give and she was still just so innocent despite her past was beyond me. I felt with her all through this book and I wished I could have just given her a hug and told her she was amazing and a superwoman in my eyes.
Even though there is the emotional part of the book with Normani’s past and other stuff this book never felt that heavy because the more Normani got out of her shell the more she bloomed and became this funny sassy woman that just kept making everyone around her smile including me.
“I know I don’t have to say it,” my father says stopping me in my tracks. “But she ain’t a bat bunny Dev.”“I know, Dad. Believe me, I know.” And I did. Normani Jameson was far from a bat bunny. She was the forever kinda girl. I already felt it in my bones that she was gonna be my forever kinda girl, I just had to keep convincing her of that.
Devlin is a complicated man. He has his mothers kindness her heart and he is a huge family man and is really protective of the people he loves. But he unfortunately also got some of his dads Gabriels more stupid genes and sometimes he ends up being a huge asshole where all I wanted to do was kick him so hard and I wished Naromani would just kick his ass like I knew she could (that woman can fight!) So even though he is so sweet and the perfect man when he screws up well he screws up worse than most let me tell you that and he is way to stubborn for his own good.
So, all in all, she did it again. This book just pulled me in and got me hooked from the beginning. It had some different vibes than the other books in the series because there are a little action and fighting in this book but it only made it better for me I love some good action.
And then, of course, the books end on a major cliffhanger! I can’t wait for the next book in this series I need it now and I am really impatiently waiting for the next one because it just cants get here quick enough if you ask me!!!