Rebecca Harrison is screwed. She never intended to get involved in an illegal eGaming scheme. She has a plan, but first, she has to complete one last task for the notorious Symphis—steal financial information from her brother’s gaming company. To do that, she’ll have to get close—veryclose—to her brother’s best friend and business partner, Jake Allen. The man she’s burned for since she was in … she was in high school.
Jake Allen has been called many things. Sexiest video game CEO. Bad-boy. Player. The last thing he wants is to live up to his reputation with his business partner’s sister when Becca propositions that he be her wedding hook-up. He’s wanted her since she was illegal, but having her could ruin everything for him. The Harrisons are the only real family he’s ever known, and he’ll be damned if one night between the sheets with the tempting Becca will ruin it for him.
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Loved it, a great follow up to the previous book in this series. Great characters and amazing chemistry. A definite to add to your TBR list.
Don’t Game Me is the second book in the Game Lords Series. I loved Book 1 and anxiously awaited Jake’s story. Jake is Noah Harrison’t business partner at NJ gaming. He is known for his one night stands and being a playboy. He won’t let anyone close because he is afraid he will be like his dad, and he does not want that. The Harrison family is the closest thing to a family he has ever had, which makes the feelings he has had for Becca since he met her when she was still illegal, very disturbing to him. He does not want to lose Noah or who he thinks of as his family. Becca has loved Jake almost as long as she has known him, so when they are together they usually fight. That relays over to sparks flying between them when Becca flies home for Noah’s wedding. However, she has a secret and is supposed to steal financial data from Noah and Jake’s company so she can pay her debt in an underground gaming world and to Symphis. Tori got away from Symphis in Book 1, This book has angst, suspense, romance, hot steamy sex scenes, mystery, and great characters. Will Jake and Becca give in to their feelings for each other? Will Jake be able to give her more than one ok two nights? Will Becca get caught stealing NJ Gaming financial information? This book was every bit as good as book 1, and while I thought some things were getting answered, in the end, I believe I have even more questions about Symphis and this underground gaming thing than I did after book 1. I thought Noah was a hottie and made a great book boyfriend, but let me tell you, Jake is definitely giving him a run. Not sure of Book 3 will be about Michael, or someone else, but I am now going to be anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next in this series to hopefully get more questions answered. If you like romance and some suspense you should pick this book up, I don’t think you will be disappointed. If you are the above and a gamer, you may like and understand it even more than me, since I am not a gamer. Another great read Zoe Forward, and I look forward to many more books by you.
I loved the first book to this series so I was so excited to be able to read the second book but sad to see another Harrison is caught up in the illegal gaming. Becca is trying to not fall for Jake her brothers best friend but finding out trying to do as she is told is harder than she thought when now she is around Jake for so long. This book keeps you on your toes just like the first one. The danger is still there and to get out will be just as risky and the mystery of not knowing the whole time is such a great thing and the author did a great job on keeping you reading to find out.
A crazy twisting, drama fulfilled story with heaps of steamy scenes. Becca and Jake go from enemies to lovers, but only for one night. Ok, maybe two. Becca is running and Jake is caught up in the mix. He wants to protect her, but Becca does not want to put him or her family in danger. Loved the twists and how this story all played out. Highly recommend!!
It is no secret I love an angsty forbidden love story. There is just something about them that makes my heart go crazy for. This book is just another one that will be added to my ever-growing list of books I enjoyed. This story held my attention all the way through. Jake and Becca were fire. They both were strong characters that only seemed to collide with each other. Neither of them liked to give in but they have to or lose the thing they both long for, each other.
DON’T GAME ME (The Game Lords Book 2) by Zoe Forward is the second romantic suspense in The Game Lords series. I have been anxiously waiting to see what Symphis would do next to try to destroy NJ Legacy and its owners and I was not disappointed. The characters are all involved in the world of video gaming, creating and programming video games and I am not, but the romance and suspense plot are the focus of the story and kept me intrigued and turning the pages.
Becca Harrison is a brilliant programmer. She took a job in California to separate herself from her brother, Noah and his best friend, Jake who created NJ Legacy together and made it one of the premier gaming companies. When Becca becomes involved with an illegal gaming consortium, they blackmail her into using her new spy program to steal financial information from her brother’s company.
Becca is to return home to attend Noah and Tori’s wedding and Symphis has demanded she do anything necessary to get close to her brother’s business partner, Jake to get the financial information she needs to destroy NJ Legacy. Becca has always secretly wanted Jake, but if she does what Symphis wants she knows she will only have one night with Jake.
Jake Allen has a reputation. He is a rich, brilliant businessman, but he only does one-night stands with beautiful women. When Becca returns home and asks Jake to be her wedding hook-up, he does not know what to do. He has secretly always wanted Becca, but he has been afraid of his past and of losing his best friend and the rest of the Harrison family if he crossed the line with Becca.
Becca and Jake have an attraction that neither can ignore, but Becca’s plans to protect her family leave no room for a future with Jake.
I enjoyed this second story in the series as much as the first. I felt the threat level was heightened even more in this book and the surprise twist involving Symphis in the end made me even more anxious for the next book in the series. Becca and Jake’s romance is hot and intense as they learn to trust in each other and reveal their secrets and fears. The sex scenes were explicit and yet tender as Jake was especially responsive to Becca’s insecurities. I did feel a bit irritated at times when Becca held too much back from Jake (and the reader) in regards to her actual actions and plans with the NSA and FBI and they were only revealed after the fact. It was great to reconnect with the characters from book 1 and it is best to read the books in order to follow the overall story arc that ties them all together.
Overall, this is another fast-paced, suspense filled romance in The Game Lords series and I will be waiting to see if Michael is the next Harrison pulled into Symphis’ nefarious plan.
This book is action packed and full of tension!! Tensions are already high with Noah and Tori’s wedding happening but add in Becca’s issues and you have a roller coaster of a book! Becca has gotten herself into a pickle and need out of the gaming world. She has to do the ultimate betrayal to her brother and his gorgeous best friend/business partner but can’t get himself to do it. She wants out but is it worth it? Her and Jake are attractive to each other just haven’t acted on it yet… Noah is big issue but soon it becomes impossible for them to stay away from each other..Becca does what she thinks is the right thing but it soon has her on the run and scared for her life. Noah and Jake have to do what they can to protect and save her. If you are super nerdy and into video games references then you will truly love this book.
WOW!! DON’T GAME ME by Zoe Forward was Absolutely Suspenseful and Surprisingly fast action packed. This is the Second Book of the The Game Lords series and never a Dull moment page after page.
Becca and Jake’s storytelling had so much Adventure and Passion that the Sexual chemistry between the two characters are Off the Charts Hot!
CANNOT WAIT TO read more from this Series!!
I wasn’t sure what to expect other than a brother’s best friend style romance, but this met and surpassed my expectations. I was interested from the very beginning and pulled in deeper and deeper the further in to the story I got. It was amazingly written and I loved that while it was romance there was more to the story than just the romance plot line. The mystery of who Symphis is not 100% revealed in this as it is a delicately balanced situation of is this the right perp or is it a deeper conspiracy. It is the second book of a series, but can be read as a standalone with a different couple in each book and is set up nicely that you don’t feel like you’re missing a huge chunk of the story. Personally I bought the first book as soon as I finished this and plan to keep an eye out for the next one (hopefully will be Micheal’s).
I received a free copy of this book via Hidden Gems Books and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book was really good. I could not believe this great storyline. I enjoyed the characters and their great chemistry. This book was written so well.
This was an excellent read. A great addition to the series but now I need to know who is pulling the strings at Symphis. It’s driving me crazy.
This is book 2 in the Game Lords series by Zoe Forward. I loved booked one and couldn’t wait for book 2. It didn’t disappoint. I loved the suspense and it’s action packed. Once i started reading it I couldn’t put it down. Get ready for a great book.
Zoe Forward, ‘Don’t Game Me’, The Game Lords, book 2.
As a Hidden Gem ARC reader I received this book for free. And promised an honest review. Here it is. English isn’t my first language. Sorry for errors.
Rating: 4 stars (of 5).
In general: Complications within family of computer geniuses.
Leading character:
– Rebecca (Becca) Harrison.
Brilliant intern at a computer company working for the Government. Her boss, Pascal, tricked her in designing a program to steal military information. And sold this info to China. Pascal secretly works for eGaming, a powerful criminal organization playing in an illegal gaming circuit. The same organization that murdered Rebecca’s brother and now also blackmails Rebecca to play in this illegal gaming circuit.
– Jake Allen.
A computer genius too. He started a very successful video game company with Rebecca’s brother Noah a few years ago. They got very wealthy. And Jake became almost a part of her family.
He had a reputation of an one-night-stand aficionado. Rebecca hates that and they quarreled a lot about it.
Pascal manipulates Becca and Jake to date at the marriage of Noah with Tori, an ex hacker and illegal gamer who – with Noah’s help – escaped the criminal gaming organization, that now has Becca in its grip.
The author, Zoe Forward, describes how Becca and Jake develop from enemies to lovers, while she struggles to free herself from Pascal’s company and tries to bring down eGaming, the dangerous, fraudulent gaming organization. It results in an enthralling, sometimes – for me – a bit too technical story with some wonderful characters, interesting dialogues and exciting action scenes. So, after learning about Tori’s escape in book 1, this book 2 of the Game Lords series was for this reader a nice, renewed introduction in the author’s writing.
R. Huiszoon.
This is the second book in the Game Lords Series and is very intense. I enjoyed reuniting with so many characters from the first book. Full of fast-action and suspense. Becca was finishing college and a gaming wizard. She found herself pulled into the world of organized crime and being forced to gather information from her brother’s gaming company. The same group had murdered her other brother and her associate. They insisted that she get close to Jake, her brothers partner in an effort to gain secrets. Lots of danger and drama as she tries to find a way out. The chemistry between Becca and Jake is explosive but he feels that she is taboo since he’s her brother’s best friend and an honorary member of her family. Lots of suspense as Becca rescues with a way to save herself and not harm her brother’s company. This was a great book that was hard to put down once I began reading it. I read an arc via Hidden Gems and voluntarily chose to review.
Thank you Inkslinger for an advanced copy. All opinions expressed are my own.
Don’t Game Me
The Game Lords #2
By: Zoe Forward
*REVIEW*
In Don’t Game Me, Rebecca Harrison has done something stupid, as we all do from time to time. Her bad decision, to be involved with the egaming company in the first place, has now placed Rebecca in a precarious situation. In order to pay her debt and be free, she must steal valuable information from her brother’s company. How to do this? Use his best friend, Jake, whom Rebecca has secretly had the hots for for years. Rebecca uses the opportunity of her brother’s wedding to accomplish her task. Nothing ever goes to plan, though, and Rebecca and Jake end up in unexpected places. Steamy hot! Rebecca is in serious trouble, but she doesn’t want to ask for help. Jake wants Rebecca, but he doesn’t want to risk hurting her and losing his relationship with her family. Will Rebecca succeed? Can Jake help Rebecca without hurting her? Will these two form a serious relationship? This story is hot sexy action with surprise twists. I enjoyed the characters of Rebecca and Jake. They had a solid dynamic built upon respect and, ultimately, love. The tidbits of information about the gaming industry were intriguing. I found the story engrossing and unpredictable with thrills and humor in perfect amounts. This author is new to me, and I plan to go back and read the first book now. Overall, Don’t Game Me is a complex spicy story of secrets and betrayal
with a dose of romance for all the love addicts. I’m definitely a fan and highly recommend adding this book to your tbr asap!
This book was a great read. It had me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. I loved the main characters and I could literally feel the strong chemistry between them. This author definitely did not disappoint. Definitely recommended.
I loved it! It is an amazing continuation of The Game Lords series. I love Becca and Jake’s characters they have such amazing chemistry. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series!
I feel like I’ve been impatiently waiting for the continuation of this series forever, and it’s finally here! In this book we get up close and personal with Jake the grump. But that curmudgeonly personality is only a mask he uses to protect himself from repeating his parents’ mistakes. He’s deeply devoted to the Harrison family and will do anything to protect those relationships. Jake has been the gold standard Becca’s judged all dates against; her brother’s best friend and focus of her youthful infatuation. Now she’s caught in a trap and using Jake’s loyalty to her and her family may be the only way for her to escape it. I loved Becca’s snark and her refusal to dumb down her brilliance. I wasn’t as big a fan of her insistence that none of her “family” could help her with her situation, but I get the feeling that the author is leading us someplace in particular with this. These two are almost too much like each other and that causes fireworks in their every encounter. I loved witnessing their banter. Both are big personalities, and neither was very good at giving in. There are breadcrumbs here leading to more secrets and I’m dying to get my hands on the next book to learn them.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Hidden Gems Books.
Symphis is at it again messing with lives. Becca is put in a hard place. As the story develops we have a lot of secrets and suspense. Her and Jake have been fighting their attraction for a while and we see it grow. Overall a good, easy read. Liked the twists and turns.
This book is the second in this series introduces Becca Harrison, Noah’s sister. She has gotten tangled in the Symphis mess and is being forced to get close to Noah’s business partner, Jake, at Noah’s wedding in order to get into the business mainframe and steal some info. Becca and Jake have had a love/hate relationship since they met years ago and sparks fly when they are near. This book has a over planned wedding, an interfering mother and brothers, FBI, NSA, Comic Con craziness, and hot steamy sexy scenes.