ALLIE HARRIS WANTS PAYBACK. Her cheating ex deserves to see her living her best life; a one-night-stand with a hot South African soccer player would be the perfect revenge. Right? Wrong. Allie is so, so wrong. ROAN DEWALT HAS ALL THE MOVES. On and off the field he’s at the top of his game. Roan respects hard-work, dedication—and follow through. He’s not a one and done kind of man, and he’s far … kind of man, and he’s far from being done with Allie Harris.
One sexy night and two years later, Allie’s job brings her back to town. An opportunity for the perfect replay Roan has been fantasizing about since they slept together.
THE PROBLEM?
Allie Harris has a secret; one she’s been keeping from Roan all this time. Video proof of their one night together—taken without his consent.
Will Allie’s payback plan come back to bite them both? Or can she erase her past mistake and embrace a new future with Roan?
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This was a wonderful read! It was well paced, charming, sexy, sweet, and had many LOL moments to keep me captivated from beginning to end!
Allie had a dumb payback plan (that I knew would get ruined somehow), but I was proud of her for picking her life up both times things went sour. It took a lot of courage to start your life over. She was witty, sweet, and courageous.
Roan was truly a fabulous male lead. He was charming, sexy, sweet, protective, family oriented, ambitious, a gentleman, and a bit naughty. I loved how he proved himself worthy of her several times to the Harris clan and accepted every challenge thrown his way.
All in all, I loved this story!! I’m a Harris Ho and proud, but Roan “make me moan” is tied with Gareth for the top spot. I hope she adds another story to the series (possibly about some other players). Thank you Amy for this copy. This is my honest review.
Having read the other books in the Harris Brothers series I couldn’t wait to dive back into their world. This is cousin Allie Harris and Roan Dewalt’s story and oh what a story it is.
Determined to move on with her life after catching her cheating ex in a compromising act, Allie wants nothing more than payback. What could be better than a hot as Hades one night stand with a sexy South African soccer player? What could possible go wrong?
Her chosen man, Roan is more of a complication than Allie realizes; in fact Roan wants more.
Fast forward a couple of years and fate brings Allie and Roan dace to face again.
There is absolutely nothing that I didn’t love about this story. Payback is everything I hoped for and so much more.
Throw in the outrageous and often hilarious Harris brothers and of course the fabulous and feisty Vi, you just know you are in for a great read.
I absolutely adore this family and the overwhelming love and unconditional support they gave Allie was heartwarming. It was great to see Allie emerge and blossom throughout Payback.
Roan ticked all the boxes for me, totally swoon worthy and his unconditional love for Allie melted me.
Payback is a fabulous addition to the series and one that I highly recommend.
Ummm yeah….. this book- FABULOUS!!! Amy Daws is one of my favorite authors and Payback does not disappoint!! Roan and Allie – so good! I loved the push and pull of their relationship!! This book makes you feel hard- I laughed a lot, cried a bit and felt whole at the end!
Roan is so loyal and swoony! I love Allie and love how she interacts with the entire Harris clan!! There is growth and strength and honesty even in mistakes with Allie and Roan throughout the book! I love the power and strength of the Harris family! Vaughn Harris is amazing in this book!
The connection and chemistry between Roan and Allie is incredible! I couldn’t put this book down! It’s got great life lessons!! No spoilers here but my favorite line is: “That’s because if there’s enough love, all is forgivable.”
I love the Harris family- I want to part of Sunday dinners! I love Amy Daws and the journey she allows readers to have – this book- go read it now!!
Amy Daws, I don’t know how you do it, but I love that you do it and do it so well!!! It’s so good to be back in the Harris world. I’ve missed this family so much! It was like coming home again. My heart is happy and full of Harris family love. I loved Allie and instantly wished I could be besties with her. If there were any one that could get your broekies in a twist, it is definitely Roan DeWalt! The two of them together form a dynamic duo. Each giving what the other needs, in more ways than one! This book will have you literally laughing out loud and swooning so hard to make up for the tugs on your heart strings. I can only hope and pray that there’s more Harris family fun to be had in the near future!!
You know what they say about paybacks? Yeah, it rhymes with stitch and it upends your world. Allie Harris has been wronged in the worst way and she heads to the Harris family wedding in London to exact her plan. Lucky for us, Amy Daws created Roan DeWalt. A very fabulous single night of awesome still smoulders two years later…then catches fire. Allie reminds us that wishing something away does not make it so. I loved a visit to the Harris Sunday dinners, family antics, and the joy of finding love. Roan has bumped Gareth over one spot for me! Cheers, Amy!
Allie Harris live in on a crazed downward spiral and she is doing everything she can to keep her head above water. Meeting Roan at this time and dragging him into her craziness for one magical night. Two years later, they are thrown together by the funny loving Harris family who take insane to a whole new level. Roan has dreamed for two years about the one who caught away from him. Now that Allie is back, he will do everything in his power to make her his forever.
Why I adore this book: He is a soccer/footballer who can ballroom dance!! Daws sense of humor is all over this book. We get to catch up with our precious Harris Bros and their lives. Ahhh the epilogue, it just gets you right in the heart.
Holy South African hotness! Anyone who has read any of the Harris brothers’ stories can attest to the fact that Amy Daws knows how to write swoon worthy, sexy soccer players with hearts of gold. She doesn’t disappoint with Roan Dewalt – Tanner’s fellow striker who is set up with the Harris cousin Allie. Allie is looking to get her groove back and show her less than impressive ex-boyfriend that she’s over him. What she doesn’t expect is her payback scheme to turn in to anything meaningful. With our favorite Harris clan helping guide Allie and Roan together, Payback is full of heat, humor, heart and happily ever after!
We’re back in the Harris’ world, and truly, what could be better? This time, instead of just the usual crazy Harris family members, who are here, there’s an extra added member, all the way from America. After needing a new start, she moves to London, gets completely ingrained with her crazy “footie” family, and gets caught up again with oh so hot and charming Roan DeWalt, an uber sexy teammate of Tanner & Booker that she had a one night sexcapade with 2 years ago (that she secretly recorded). I totally loved how their relationship progressed, how they both completely fell for each other, and how all the Harris brothers became overprotective bears for Allie. I can’t tell you how many times I laughed my butt off while reading this (which is funny when you’re surrounded by people because it makes you look a little cray cray). And there were a few times I cried a bit, which isn’t my favorite, because she does break your heart in here some, but I always seem to forgive Amy for it. Because in the end, Amy Daws writes a books that I completely & totally love, that I’ll randomly laugh at days from now, and will stick with me.
One sentence summary: After a rough break-up Allie’s out for a bit of revenge, too bad she doesn’t realize this one night stand will be a whole lot more.
First thought: I swear to god if my husband doesn’t start playing professional soccer…
Why I read it: Amy Daws is in my top five favorite romance authors! Honestly, I can’t be more grateful to be a part of her ARC team. I’ve been stalking her social media since Challenge was featured on The Story Bites Podcast.
POV: First Person, Present Tense, Alternating M|F
Setting: London, England
Tropes: Sports Romance, One Night Stand
Our Heroine: Allie. She wasn’t the hero for me. I think she’s a bit immature, but I knew what she was going to do before I even read the book. Filming intimate moments is a bit of a trigger warning for me– I thought I’d be able to separate fiction from reality, but this happened to someone I’m very close to and I just couldn’t get over it.
Our Hero: Roan. I need to find myself a man that knows how to dance! (please don’t tell my husband) Roan was persistent about pursuing Allie and I loved that. I don’t always encounter heroes like that, so Roan was really fun to read. His confidence exploded from the page and when he stood up to the Harris Shakedown: swoon!
Overall thoughts: When I wasn’t reminded of Allie’s indiscretion, I loved this story! I actually haven’t read Strength yet, so it was pretty awesome watching the Harris Brothers act brotherly toward Allie. And, Strength is going on my TBR short list. I love big character books and getting to see the growth of everyone. Particularly Vaughn. AMY– I want his happy ending. I’m super excited at the prospect of Freya and Mac’s story, or really anyone else on this football team.
The sexy scenes: I’m dead after reading these scenes.
The best part of the book: Roan! He’s one of the hottest heroes I read in forever.. I mean, I guess since I’ve read Gareth’s story.
My least favorite part: When I read Gareth’s story I raved about it being the perfect end to a series I’d read out of order… I’m glad to revisit the Harris brothers and their teammates, but I kept thinking about those final scenes in Surrender. The pomp and circumstance is incredible, so I felt some kind of way that we were revisiting it.
TLDR: Whether this is your first visit to the world of footy romance, or you’ve been team Harris bros since Camden– Payback is sweet, sexy, and fun romance read.
How I read it: Advanced Reader Copy generously provided my the author.
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Amy has done it again! I marvel at her talent honestly!
We thought we were done with the Harris family. She gave Vi and all the brothers their HEAs and a World Cup in football (soccer) what more could we want or need right?!
I’ll tell you! We needed Roan and Allie’s story! We needed their humor their love and their roller coaster emotions that you always get in a Daws story.
I’ve had my favorite Harris brother for a while In Tanner but I’m telling you Roan is giving him a run for the top spot! He’s perfect in so many ways and flawed all same. A great mixture that you just find yourself rooting for from the start.
Allie Harris is sweet loving girl that gets her heart broken and feels the need to find a way to make those hurt her hurt just as much. While she sets out to use Roan carry out her payback she eventually comes to learn that finding your own happy is the best payback. Thanks to Roan and her London Harris family.
The journey is bumpy and rough in spots but filled with so much love and fun at the same time it’s all worth the read
Oh ROAN you are PERFECT!!!
When you think you wont read more about the Harris brothers, Amy writes this amazing story about Alice their cousin, who lives in Chicago but she goes to London to her aunt’s weeding after she found that her boyfriend was cheating, so she has in mind a payback plan make her ex boyfriend see what he lost, and here is where she meet Roan, a football players who knows all the Harris family and she thinks he is the perfect person to use for her plan, but after the plan evolves she can put it on action because the memory of that is too good to be share with anyone.
Fastforward 2 years after, Alice finds herself living in London and working for a PR company that will work with the same team that her uncle is coach, so she finds herself in front of Roan again, and once Roan sees Alice he wants more not just a friendship, but we know not everything cant be easy when you start a relationship and worse if you have a secret about the guy.
So if you want to know what happen, and how these characters get involve in this payback plan you need to read this book as soon as is available, also i will let you know the Harris brothers and theirs sister make some pretty cool appareance in the book and is amazing because we can know more about them!
The book is pretty amazing and i LOVEEEEED it so so much!! Congratulations Amy for this amazing story and btw i LOVE Mack too!! just saying!!
“I know we’re a bad idea. I know that after the awful thing I did, getting close to him isn’t wise. Any relationship that starts with a lie like the one I’m hiding is doomed to fail. But he and my family seem bound and determined to shove us together at any available opportunity, making it really hard for me to resist him.”
Two years ago, when Allie Harris concocted a harebrained payback plan against her cheating ex and her ex-stepsister, she never imagined she’d be moving to London or seeing Roan again. But the meddling Harris ladies have other plans.
Roan DeWalt never thought he’d see Allie Harris again. He’s fantasized about their night together for two years and now that she’s back in London he’s determined to win her over. But he better be prepared for the Harris Shakedown.
“All this time, I’ve been worried about the Harris Brothers interfering when, in reality, it is the Harris ladies that I should be keeping an eye on.”
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting this story like I have since it was just a three-part short story teaser, you are going to instantly be enamored with the confident and determined Roan DeWalt and the cautious and quirky Allie Harris that the London Harris clan has taken under their wing, and so ecstatic that we’ve gotten another Harris book!
No one delivers heartthrob footie players like Daws—if you loved the Harris brothers just wait until you meet Roan DeWalt. Confident? Check. Fun? Check. Sexy, charming, and swoony-worthy accent? Check, check and check!
Scandal, meddling matchmaking, second chances, laugh-out-loud humor, family, heartbreak, magical, unforgettable moments, and love like only the Harris family can deliver: unconditional, crazy, bigger than life love – Payback delivers it all!
“There’s no better payback in life . . . than a happily ever after.”
Now can a certain sexy Scottish teammate and a fiery redheaded best friend have their story told next?
4.5 stars
4.5 Stars (although I am sure after listening to the narrators bring this story to life when the audiobook is release, I will bump it up to 5 stars)
I absolutely love all of the Harris Brother’s books, if I could just be adopted into that family it would be wonderful! I thought after Gareth’s story we were done with the family but I am so happy Amy decided to continue on with other teammates and extended family!
Allie is a cousin to the Harris group, she moved to the US with her dad when she was young and lost contact with them. When her life imploded she decided to visit her London family for a wedding and get a little payback on her ex at the same time. After their one night together, Allie goes back home and tries to start over and build a new life for herself. It took Allie two years to realize that she couldn’t escape her past when she was still surrounded by the same people so she picks up her life and moves to London. I must admit I wasn’t a huge fan of Allie’s at the beginning, she was just way too accepting of how people treated her and it drove me crazy. Once she started hanging out with Roan and the Harris’s more she seemed to grow and find her self worth and I loved it! I’ve been interested in Roan ever since he joined Tanner’s team as Camden’s replacement and of course since he tried to pick up Belle in front of Tanner. He is completely opposite of what the twins were, he is serious about his career and trying to walk the straight and narrow. Roan has family back in South Africa that rely on him so he knows he can’t do anything to mess up and get kicked off the team. Even though him and Allie are more serious than the other Harris’s there are still so many laughs with this book, how can there not be when Camden and Tanner make so many appearances! Vaughn Harris was also a surprising character for me in this book. He really stepped up his dad game in Dominate and he continued to improve in Payback. How he was there for Allie when she needed him and admitted his own parenting shortcomings was wonderful to see. I seriously can’t wait for the audiobook to be released… and then hopefully we will get Mac’s story too!
I don’t even know where to start! This book has so many unforgettable moments! Roan and Allie captured my heart immediately ! Their chemistry is off the charts. And that epilogue pulled at every one of my heart strings! I can’t even tell you how much I am in love with this book and these characters. It is immeasurable !
I absolutely loved this one!! Roan is a sexy, flirty alpha footballer and supposed to be a one night stand, a payback… Roan and Allie’s chemistry is scorching hot and instant. Their witty and flirty banter keeps you hooked until the end. I devoured this read and enjoyed everything about it. You will laugh, swoon, and possibly tear up a bit and it’s all so worth it! I highly recommend this must read!
You can never have too much of the Harris family. Payback is such a great combination of a unique love story and a continuation of the Harrises. They are protective of those they love and they accepted Allie into their family so easily. Allie never thought she would see Roan again after her aunt’s wedding. What started as a revenge ploy turned into something she never expected. Roan made her feel things about herself that night she never felt before. She tried to ignore those feelings when she came back to London and even thought Roan would not remember them as well. How wrong she was. Roan too could never forget that night. She too made him feel things he never did also.
Amy Daws did such an amazing job with their story. Watching them fall in love and how he dealt with her protective cousins. He took everything they dished out in the name of love. What a great story and one series I hope that will continue on. The Harris Family is a family everyone would love to be a part of.