As wide receiver for the Rough Rider’s football team, I have the best hands… on and off the field. I also have a secret– one I would do anything to protect. An airtight NDA keeps my membership to Club Velvet, and my need for dominance private. Exercising control, needing it… craving it even, serves me well under the lights on the field and over a willing woman in the bedroom. Imagine my … over a willing woman in the bedroom.
Imagine my surprise when the latest partner to be blindfolded and bound beneath me, is also the reporter assigned to me.
By day Elizabeth Hayes follows me around, capturing my good deeds and by night I capture her breathy moans, as I do wicked things to her.
One story is all it would take to destroy my career.
So I use my magic hands and give her all the pleasure she begs for, in a way that I crave, keeping our identities sidelined.
She might trust me to dominate her body, but I’m not sure I can trust her with the truth… or my heart.
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Elizabeth Hayes is a reporter. An independent woman who knows what she likes. While attempting a promotion for the anchor position, her personal life goes through a troubled moment, where she is virtually pursued by her ex boyfriend while she is working. And to ease the tension, nothing better than a visit to the Velvet Club.
Gage Bryant is the dream of many women. A handsome, famous, rich and with a good heart player. Son of a pastor, the life of his family is marked by loss. Always worried about his image and the repercussion of his actions on the life of his parents, despite wanting marriage and children, a secret keeps him away from relationships. The Velvet Club is the only place he can be himself, without any worries.
Wicked Player is the third book in the Rough Riders series, but can be read separately from the previous ones. Each book in the series tells the story of a different couple and has no overlapping facts, which allows reading out of order.
The story of Gage and Elizabeth is romantic and thought-provoking, with well-built protagonists, great secondary characters and well-developed narrative. A daring book, but with the right pinch of tenderness and drama. Able to make you smile, dream and also lead to tears.
*ARC provided in exchange for an honest Review *
“I knocked on the door twice, signaling I was about to enter and turned the knob. Let the wicked games begin.”
I was very intrigued by the synopsis of this story. Sexy football player, kinky secrets, and mystery lovers sounded too delicious to pass up, so I didn’t.
The author tells the story in dual POV so it’s fun to know what each of the characters is thinking, but not sharing with each other. But it will make you want to whisper secrets in their ear to move things along quicker. I’m not talking about their sexy times, that part was good from the get-go. It’s their hidden identities that I was anxious to be revealed. The anticipation was exciting as I imagined how it would eventually play out.
Another thing that kept me on edge was the possibility of Gage’s greatest fear actually happening. His privacy means everything to him and the media finding out about his sexual proclivities would be scandalous. Not that it would hurt his career, we all know that single athletes are always in the news. But what would it do to his straight-laced family to learn his secret in such a public way? Better not to ever find out, right? That’s why he takes such extreme measures to protect himself.
What I wasn’t expecting was to find myself so emotionally invested in the events surrounding the opening of the new wing at the children’s hospital. My heartstrings were pulled tight. I know this story is the third in the Rough Riders series, but I read it as a standalone. I had no problem keeping up, but I did meet some amazing support characters that made me interested in reading the previous installments.
Holy guacamole! This book was so much! So much intense sex, so much emotions and feelings that will hit you straight in the heart!
I would describe this book to be probably right there with 50 Shades of Grey but the sex scenes so much more intense because they start the feel things for each other from the very beginning.
Gage Bryant is a very successful NFL player for the Rought Riders team, a preachers son, and an all around do-gooder with open up a new wing at a children’s hospital. He is known to never have had a public girlfriend or a girlfriend for that matter since going in the NFL. He has never been seen or photographed with a woman other than his mother ever.
That doesn’t mean he doesn’t get his needs met.
Gage is a member of a dominate & submissive club called Velvet, where he goes and gets to have all his intense needs fulfilled. No woman outside of that club has ever been into that sort of thing so he never even tried to date or be with woman outside of the club. All his women he meets with at the club are blindfolded to help ensure his identity is hidden. But when he gets a night with a certain blonde he wants nothing more than to rip off he blindfold and watch her face as he brings her to ecstasy. WHat he doesn’t expect after having the best night with the sub is to come face to face with her at a press conference for his charity. He recognizes her, but he can tells he doesn’t recognize him.
Elizabeth Hayes is a local reporter who loves to be in control of everything in her life— except when it comes to her personal needs. After a much needed break from being an active member of club Velvet, she comes back, only to be blindfolded for her assigned Dom. She has an amazing night, and when the guy says he doesn’t do repeat Subs, but wants a repeat with her, she is all willing to do it and can’t wait for their next night together.
It takes a bit for her to catch on that Gage Bryant, the NFL player she is shadowing around while the opening for the new hospital wing is underway, is her Dom.
They both let it go on that they don’t really know who they are, but eventually it comes out and Gage gives Elizabeth two options:
1. they can have one more night together and that be it…or
2. They have one more night- with her blindfolded like usual- then they go to her place and they see where this goes.
They both are falling hard and fast, and its scaring them both. But when someone is out to out them and ruin what they have, Gage is determined to make things right again.
Building trust with Beth blindfolded he had her touch him first, but he was losing strength with his self-control, with each touch of hers, and for the first time he didn’t want he blindfold but it had to stay
Although she’s been blindfolded before there was something different about John, the way she felt she wanted everything he could give her. He didn’t earn her submission he took it and she only wished there was no blindfold. He told her he didn’t do repeats but wanted to see her again and soon, it felt special and she knew it was dangerous.
Seeing the press, he sees one woman, Elizabeth or Beth as he knows her, Gage knows who she is, but can he keep the woman from last night and the reporter from today separate.
Elizabeth can’t deny the way Gage makes her feel, but he seems to hate her, working out that Gage is John, John the man she’s falling for, her ex makes her an offer, she decides to make a statement to Gage and accept it, but how will he react.
This is the third book in the Rough Riders Series and it can be read as a standalone which is good as I hadn’t read the others. I hadn’t realised until I started it that it was part of a series.
This is Elizabeth Hayes, A TV reporter and Gage Bryant a football player’s story. Elizabeth is assigned to follow the story on him setting up a Children and Family wing at the hospital.
Gage is a very private person. He uses CLub Velvet where to be a member you have to sign an NDA which is the perfect places for his Dom tendencies to come out. At the club he meets Beth. Shes a sub who he has blindfolded the whole time and has no idea who her Dom is.
This book will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat and all hot and flustered.
I loved the relationship between Gage and Elizabeth both inside and outside Club Velvet. There is so much more to these too and the connection between them is hot! Stacey has delivered a brilliant blend of passion, lust, and deep raw emotions.
Another great read from Stacey
Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn is book three in the Rough Riders Series. This is the story of Elizabeth Hayes and Gage Bryant.
Gage is a professional football player who guards his privacy super strongly. He has a need to dominate off the field, in his sexual life which has him as a member of The Velvet Club. Gage and Elizabeth meet at the Velvet Club, end up having the hottest sex as strangers. Then when she walks into his interview, he remembers her instantly and he knows things are now so messed up. When they had their sexy time together, Elizabeth was blindfolded so she doesn’t realize at first that Gage was the man she knows as the famous football player who is the one that was her Dom. Gage and Beth go between their personal Don/Sub relationship and the working one before settling into a harmonious balance. Gabe and Beth’s insta-chemistry is immediate, full of connection and is a combination of heat, passion, love, and quite the emotional feels. This the one book that you do not want to miss.
My Rating: 4.5 stars *****
Elizabeth Hayes has decided to return to The Velvet Club after being gone for 6 months. She is uneasy about returning but the owner, Tristan, has assured her that he has set her up with a respectful partner. Elizabeth works for XTCP News and has a chance at an anchor position if she successful completes her latest assignment.
Gage Bryant plays for the NFL team the Rough Riders and is working hard at setting up a wing to the local children’s hospital. Gage loves his anonymity and he has been going to the Velvet Club but needs to have his partner blindfolded in order for them not to discover who he is and his latest partner is a beautiful woman that responds to him well.
When Gage realizes who Elizabeth is will he risk his identify to have her one more time?
This was a great book that is hot!!!
I liked Elizabeth right from the beginning and I knew something had happened to her in the past but wasn’t too sure what. I was excited for her that she was in reach of her dream but I realized quite quickly that things could go sideways fast.
Gage was interesting as he was a successful football player and I completely understood why he wanted his identity protected. Yet at the same time he had his own past that linked him to the Children’s Hospital and he was private about his own past initially but soon everything began to make sense and I really respected what he was doing.
The chemistry between Elizabeth and Gage was so hot but you knew that secrets wouldn’t stay for too long with the intensity that was between them. I had faith that the two of them could work together but I was definitely worried about how this would affect Elizabeth’s job if anyone else found out.
There were some twists and turns with Elizabeth’s ex Connor and a young patient named Brandon that made me keep flipping the pages to discover what was going to happen next.
I was so mad near the end although I had been expecting something to happen!
The very end was awesome and I loved how it all ended! – By Rebecca
Stacey Lynn delivery another hot book!
Gabe is a superstars football player, and of course he doesn’t want to be involved in relationship or scandal that can cause any bad press for him, he wants easy, but Gage has needs, different sexual needs that needs stay under wraps, so he attends a very private club the Velvet Club for that.
This particular place where can you find you “flavour” he met Beth for the first time, she is blindfolded so luck him, he can keep his identity in privacy.
Gabe & Beth together is a sight for sore eyes, the chemistry, the attention is ore the can imagine, HOT!
The sex scenes gave a lousy case o hot flushes.
This book gave me so many emotions, and I cried so much.
Thank Stacey for another Amazing book.
All the stars
Gage and Elizabeth met in a very different way. She didn’t know who he was and he didn’t know what she did for a living. After their one hot night together they run into each other the following day. He figures out who she is but she still has no clue who he is. You’ll have to read the book to figure out how she didn’t recognize him.
As time passed Gage being the star football player didn’t trust many people and Elizabeth as tiny as she was she had 3 brothers that thought her to never be a pushover. She was a tiny tough cookie. Feelings started getting in the way and they gave it a shot. But a jealous ex along with Gage trust issues made them separate for a little bit. By the way the way Elizabeth stood up to Gage had me mentally giving her high fives. And Gage won me over with what he did to clean up the mess and get her back. There’s so much more to these two they are both awesome but I don’t want to spoil it.
I really enjoyed seeing Shannon, Oliver,Beaux and Paige. These friends are such a great bunch and always has each other’s backs.
Gage is a football player with a secret kinky side. He is a member of the Velvet Club. He meets a woman that could be his match there. Elizabeth is a reporter assigned to follow Gage around for a story. She doesn’t think anyone knows she was at the Velvet Club. She is in for a shock when she finds out Gage is the dominant she spent time with at the club. A sexy, fun read that made me want to keep reading til the last page.
I received a copy of this book and am leaving a review.
First I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. I love football but I also love a good scandal and this book has it is spades and you will be surprised by what you are reading. It is a world where few tread but it is becoming more main stream for both men and women. BDSM clubs are secretive and very hard to find but when you do it is a whole new world for you whether you are a dominant or a submissive you get to be free with yourself and get what you need and want.
Gage is a famous football wide receiver that is a dom in secret. He loves playing football and he loves to be in control in the bedroom and it shows when he meets a submissive Elizabeth at the exclusive club The Velvet. They are explosive in bed and each get what they want and need from each other and vow to continue to see each other.
Only Gage is sponsoring a new wing at the Children’s Hospital and has a reporter who is following him and shadowing him to report on this famous man who has donated the money for this new wing. When he meets the reporter he freaks out because yes it is the submissive he has been having fun with but he soon finds out that she doesn’t realize who he is. So he thinks he is in the clear and continues to see her at night as her dom and in the morning as her cover story.
This is one amazing story that was funny and swoon worthy and steamy as hell! So go on and one click it! You will not be disappointed!
4.5 STARS
“He was still so bossy, but sweet. The dichotomy of this huge man who had the strength to snap me in two but care to be gentle with me threatened to unravel me.”
I have read and enjoyed many of Stacey Lynn’s books in the past, so I jumped at the chance to review Wicked Player for my blog. As the third book in the Rough Riders Series, Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn was fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and characters. Gage and Elizabeth were sexy together And I felt like there story was very fresh. Definitely not something I have read again and again. This dual perspective sports romance is sweet and spicy! Wicked Player can be read as a standalone, although light details about the couples who make up the other two books in the Rough Riders series is shared. The story has a few different arches that occupy the readers without flooding them in filler. I struggled with the fact that the blurb was a little misleading—the book isn’t really a BDSM romance. That being said the story itself was still fun and imaginative. There is a very light sprinkling of a D/s relationship between Gage and Beth. If you are uncomfortable with heavy D/s or BDSM, don’t let that stop you from reading Wicked Player. Gage is not your typical Dom—he’s actually incredible sweet and not a Dom anywhere but the bedroom. Somehow I didn’t really read him as a Dom even when he had a scene with Beth—his brand of ‘Dom’ is definitely a lot softer than I think the majority of us read. Side note: The hospital addition for sick kids really brought my emotions to the forefront. If you ike sexy football players? Kinky Sex? And emotion rich romances, check out Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn!
Read on behalf of Spellbound Stories
What do you do when you find your perfect match, but they can destroy everything for you?
That is the dilemma facing both Gage and Elizabeth.
Gage is the son of a small town pastor, and philanthropist working on a new area for the local children’s hospital, inspired by his own brother’s fight with childhood cancer. As a public figure, any scandal will embarrass his family and jeopardize his work for the hospital. Elizabeth is a popular young reporter, working hard to reach the anchor desk. A scandal will not only embarrass her, but destroy her career.
When they first meet as strangers, Beth is blindfolded and never sees her companion. Once she is assigned to shadow Gage for a few weeks until the opening of the hospital wing, Gage is shocked to see her but she has no idea she knows him outside of their professional relationship. As their attraction to each other grows, the lines between personal and professional blur.
I really liked this book. Gage and Elizabeth are a good match for each other in every way. There is so much more to this book than a simple romance book, though. This book touches on double standards men and women face, survivor’s guilt, and the effects of childhood cancer on everyone from the child, to their family, to friends and others who encounter them on their journey.
This is definitely a book worth reading.
Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn was a decadent treat full of love, passion and drama. This was a perfect combination of a BDSM romance and a contemporary sweet romance. Gage and Elizabeth heated up my device quite a few degrees!
Elizabeth is a confident, beautiful and ambitious woman but she craves to be dominated in bedroom Naturally she has to keep her sexual preference under wrap because it would make people judge her and jeopardise her career as successful reporter in local news channel. Gage is the star player of the football team but he has so many layers in him. He is handsome, philanthropic, caring, protective and just too perfect. But he has his own sexual secrets too. Things get complicated when Elizabeth has to follow Gage for her next assignment while Gage is promoting the new children’s wing in local hospital. Because they spent the last night exploring each other’s body intimately yet secretly in Velvet, the local sex club. What will happen when they recognise each other? What if their deep dark secrets spill into their real life and threaten to ruin them? Can they come over the hurdles and give love a real chance?
I have one expression for the story. HOT. The chemistry is scorching hot. The sex scenes are so intense and delicious. The bedroom games went along with real life obstacles. I hate that the couple had to suffer so much due to the judgemental people around. Their families were so nice and supportive. I was thrown into dark and deviant BDSM scenes in one chapter and then taken to sweet love in next one. I loved both the parts equally. Stacey created some intense characters and circumstances to make this a memorable read.
Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn will give you a taste of raw passion, swoony love and breathtaking characters. A perfect romance for any romance lover.
(Received ARC for Honest Review)
What a ride ! Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn is the third book in this series. The previous books are Dirty Player and Filthy Player. Every book is about another couple and can easily be read as standalones.
Wicked Player is nothing like eypected and everything I could have asked for at the same time. The story starts out like a BDSM read, but that changes pretty quick. This book is more, much more. It’s a heart-wrenchingly beautiful story that gave me all the feels. It made me happy, made me sad and at some point I was angry at the characters. I greatly enjoyed the excellent writing and the great storyline. I recommend the book and give 4,5 stars.
A sensual and seductive romance, Wicked Player made me want to get to my knees and beg for more! Gage and Elizabeth’s chemistry runs incredibly HOT and every interaction they had was bold and sexy and decadent.
Stacey Lynn’s storytelling is special. She knows what her readers want and delivers a blast of heat that is always welcome. Her Rough Riders are incredible and have readers like me clamoring for more. And with Wicked Player, the moment I read the synopsis I knew I was in for a real treat. Elizabeth is a woman I admire. She is sassy and brave and beautiful and so smart while Gage is a definite alpha who is drop dead gorgeous and knows what he wants and likes. Their personalities seem to match up perfectly and the story itself was pure temptation and seduction. It was heady and made the breath catch in my throat.
Wicked Player gets a HOT AND STEAMY FIVE SEXY STARS!
What a fantastic read!
I’m a huge fan of this author. And with every book I think this is my favorite, well I’m thinking that now. Gage and Elizabeth are wonderful characters. What started as a one time exciting night turned into so much more.
Elizabeth a reporter, Gage a professional football player. She’s up for a promotion, it all depends on how she does on this next assignment. The assignment? Following a certain sexy football player for the next few weeks. She’s totally got this.
These two are perfect for each other. Their chemistry is off the chart sexy and I absolutely loved their story. No way I could ever get enough of Gage. He’s perfect! Loved this!
What a fantastic read!
I’m a huge fan of this author. And with every book I think this is my favorite, well I’m thinking that now. Gage and Elizabeth are wonderful characters. What started as a one time exciting night turned into so much more.
Elizabeth a reporter, Gage a professional football player. She’s up for a promotion, it all depends on how she does on this next assignment. The assignment? Following a certain sexy football player for the next few weeks. She’s totally got this.
These two are perfect for each other. Their chemistry is off the chart sexy and I absolutely loved their story. No way I could ever get enough of Gage. He’s perfect! Loved this!
*Review by Michelle
This was a great read! The writing flowed well, and although this was a first for me from this series, I wasn’t lost at all. Gage and Elizabeth have great chemistry, and I loved them as a couple. Gage is all alpha, and that’s my favorite kind of hero! Elizabeth was sweet, but also strong. This author had me fooled for a minute, but Elizabeth did stand up for herself. I hate when a heroine lets people walk over her. There were some sad parts in this story too. Brandon was a super sweet kid, and reading about his mother’s heartbreak was rough. I teared up a few times. When the drama starts, I thought I knew who was causing it, but there was a curve ball thrown in there. I thought it was sweet that Gage was willing to put himself in front of Elizabeth’s scary brothers to make sure that she was okay. There were some hilarious moments in there too between Elizabeth and her brothers. The ending was sweet, and I loved that these characters got their HEA.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book.
Sports romance to love. Two awesome characters. This is part of a series, but it can be read as a stand alone. Gage and Elizabeth heat up the pages, but go through some tough times as well. So, the book is a bit angsty. Dual points of view. No cliffhanger.