Allow me to introduce myself.My name is Niall Kerry. I’m almost forty years old, and I’m drowning in something that begins with ‘S’ – it doesn’t quite seem appropriate to write it down here.After a lifetime out on a sports field, living as a champion – as someone who never had to ask for anything – I’ve suddenly found myself starting from scratch. I’m living in the middle of nowhere with my … with my parents, I’m jobless, and I have a teenage daughter who hates me. Oh, and I have to try and regain the trust of everyone I know.
It’s not easy to convince people that, deep down, you’re not so bad; that you’re no longer that troublesome kid they once knew.
It’s not easy to work my way into the heart of my favourite headmistress, Jordan. It’s especially difficult when she wants nothing to do with me.
But you know what? I’m not the kind of guy who just sits back and accepts defeat, or who stops at the small print at the bottom of the page. I’m someone who plays right until the final whistle.
And when her heart is on the line, I’m ready to make my strict, sexy headmistress an offer she can’t refuse.
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Last Call by A. S. Kelly is the story of Jordan Hill and Niall Kerry.
Nial and Jordan attended the same school but didn’t have the same friends. Nail was the popular jock and guy where Jordan was the more nerdy girl. Nial ended up going on to be a famous football player who now has to take full responsibility for his teenage daughter Skylar when her Mom passes. So since he now has to be a full time Dad along with his career slump he decided to return to his small town to get things strait with his life and his daughters. Jordan is still in that small town now the Head Teacher for that school that they attended. When a chance meeting at a bar for these two ignite a hot encounter. Nail ends up learning that to get his daughter into their school he will have to go through Jordan. This was a great second chance at love Romance.
Twenty years after he moved out, former playboy and football player Niall Kerry moves back to his parents’ house. With him is his angry fifteen-year-old daughter Skyler who didn’t know her father until her mother died and he took custody of her. Her behavior had her expelled and no other school will accept her—except the Abbey, which happens to be the school Niall attended and the reason why they had to move to his hometown. On his first night back, he goes out and has a one-night stand with Jordan Hill. Neither of them can forget the night they had; nor, it seems, do they want to—until they find out that Jordan is the headmistress of the Abbey!
This was a heart-warming and emotional read. Last Call is well-written and shows the complexities of Niall’s relationship with both Skylar and Jordan in great detail. The story is a bit lengthy (print length is 558 pages) but it’s a page-turner and it kept my interest from start to finish.
Last Call is a small-town, single parent, second chance, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance written in dual first-person POV. It’s a standalone that ends with a HEA. No cliffhanger, no cheating.
I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.
This story was entertaining, witty, charming, and a tear jerker. From start to finish I was immersed in this world and falling for the characters. I absolutely love that the MC has a teenage daughter. I dont get to read many books where the child in question is older.
Niall spent the last 20 years as a self centered jock. Spent the last 15 years as a absent parent to his daughter Skyler. But nine months ago her mom died, leaving Skyler to live with Niall. Niall knows nothing about being a father, especially to a teenager girl who hates him. He moved back to his home town to live with his parents and has a one night stand with the nerdy girl from high school. Sparks fly and feeling are thrown around in this amazing contemporary romance. At 38 it just may be last call to fall to in love.
I recieved an ARC in exchange for a honest review.
Niall had it all but now the tables have turned, and he has returned home to the small town he grew up in and ends up back staying with his parents with his teenage daughter. Jordan is the headmistress of the school Niall wants his daughter to attend. This is a well written story which is heart-warming, emotional, humorous, and about taking chances. I was enthralled throughout this engaging tale and I highly recommend for all readers.
Yet another great read from this author.
I’m not sure what’s with her writing that has me rooted to my seat not wanting to put the book down until I finish it.
Jordan and Niall have quite a few bumps on the road towards their HEA. A few times I was convinced they were not going to make it. But with friends and family there’s nothing that can stand in the way of true love.
Another emotional read that has turned me into a bigger fan than I already am.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
4 stars
This story featured elements from two topics in the romance genre; namely, enemies to lovers and second chances. I liked that the steamy scenes started early and that it was plot heavy. On the other hand, I felt the plot moved slowly at times. 1/3 of the book could have been condensed, in my opinion.