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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When Wicked Player was announced, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it because I enjoyed Filthy Player so much….and THAT book is what got me hooked on Stacey Lynn’s writing! *hint: read her books!*
Wicked Player is pure, seductive fire!!! Heat and carnal desires radiate from the pages of this sexy story, enrapturing you with its forbidden romance story line and captivating character dynamic.
Gabe and Beth’s insta-connection is a fiery combination of lust, passion, and deep emotions. Not only will this book burn you from the inside out with its sexuality and wanton inhibitions, but it’s also the raw emotions that bleed from this story in a way that makes you feel torn wide open, eliciting pain and heartbreak for innocent loved ones.
Wicked Player is intoxicating, electrifying you with its red-hot sensuality. I could go on and on and on about how amazing this book it. I could give a play-by-play about what happens with these two spectacular characters. I could give so many details about the specifics on why I loved this book so much. But I won’t. All I’m going to say is READ IT. Seriously…read it. This story starts at 100 and doesn’t slow down one bit. You won’t regret picking it up, and you’ll battle with yourself on your ability to be able to put it down. An absolute, and undoubted must-read!
5 Wicked Stars!
4.5 Stars
Dolls! This book is so freaking steamy. The first chapter alone is But this is a Stacey Lynn book, you know it’s laced with plenty of heart. And it nearly did me in. Not only does super sexy foot ball player Gage Bryant have a heart of gold, he’ll mesmerize you with his Wicked Player has everything to melt you heart and destroy your panties. A little bit of kink, a dash of football hunks, and full dose of emotions. I need more more more of Gage and Elizabeth.
Gage, mega hunk football player, has devoted his life to helping sick children. OMG when he’s interacting with patients at the hospital, my heart nearly broke in two. The writing is so sensitive, it’s perfect. I think I spent nearly the last third of the book holding back tears. Each tender moment deepened the connection between Gage and Elizabeth, drawing them closer to where they can’t deny their chemistry.
Elizabeth is a total boss babe. I love her fierceness, her independence, and how much she knows herself. She’s not afraid to go after what she wants. Including a big promotion to become the nightly news anchor. Does she have to give up her dreams in order to be with Gage or can she have it all? Will their secret expose them both and ruin everything they’ve worked for? Why can’t she have it all if she’s worked so hard and always played by the rules.
Wicked Player is super steamy, swoon worthy and so good!! I couldn’t put it down until the last page, and I sighed for more! I love couples with that instant connection that continuously draws them together. There’s an electricity that ripples through every page. There’s excitement every time Gage and Elizabeth are together. I loved this book, definitely a recommended read.
He’s a player on and off the field. Football star Gage Bryant can’t keep his hands to himself when it comes to Elizabeth Hayes and that just may get him burned. He’s got his secrets, she has a few of her own, but the attraction they share is hard to contain. Can the couple with everything to lose, risk having more than either dreamed possible. Wicked Player is a saucy tale of lust, love and football. Lynn throws a touchdown with this sassy temptation.
Wicked Player is the third book in the ‘Rough Riders’ series by Stacey Lynn. Following on the heels of Dirty Player and Filthy Player, Wicked, is Gage Bryant’s story. Gage has been the enigmatic member of the guys group so far. He was quiet and respectful, never seen with a woman since being traded to the Rider four years earlier. But, Gage has a secret. In fact has has a few.
So, he keeps close to his heart, others are out there to be found. If the right person is looking. One of his secrets is how he likes his sex. A little bit, dirty and a lot kinky. He knows where to go when he has an itch that needs taken care of.
A special club for people just like him, where he can get what he needs. Safely and anonymously.
The Velvet Club, is that special place which Gage frequents, and it’s here he meets Elizabeth Hayes.
She captures his interest, and not just for a moment. But, Gage doesn’t have relationships outside the club because he can’t risk the truth of his ‘deviant acts’ being made public. It would be bad for his reputation. Not just with his professional relationship with the Riders as their star wide receiver, but in his private life too.
Gage has put a lot of free time and a lot of money into getting a special wing made at a local hospital. One where sick kids can have fun while there. This means a lot to Gage and now that the opening is almost here, he has agreed to allow the press to follow him for two weeks, so that everyone can hear about it.
Little does he know that a surprise awaits him on the first day of the press tour.
Elizabeth can’t get the man from Velvet out of her head. She might have been robbed of her sight while she and ‘John’ were together but that didn’t stop him from hot and dominant, just the way she loved. But, she’s at work now and needs to focus. Too bad that Gage Bryant seems to be the one she can’t stop staring at. He’s all that she can see. And he’s drool worthy. Too bad he couldn’t be her sexy secret.
Or could he?
These two skirt the edge of revelation. Gage recomizes Beth as she called herself, but she wore a blindfold so he was safe from discovery. His problem now, was that he wanted more of her at Velvet. He could pretend.
And so that’s what he did.
Until, he couldn’t anymore.
The more time Elizabeth spent with ‘John’, Gage’s anonymous name, the more she was convinced she knew him.
With secrets between them and both their jobs hanging in the balance, if the truth came out, can Gage and Elizabeth make a real life together?
I really enjoyed this book. Gage was hot, dominant and utterly sexy when at Velvet, but it was his kind and gentle soul that really made him for me. This man has more depth than your usual hot player, and watching him unravel them was challenging at times.
Elizabeth was strong, fiercely independent woman, but she craved love, but she’d been burned once. Falling for Gage came easily, but at a price. Would she pay it?
I swear, this story brought me to tears, but I was smiling at the end. You will top. One-Click this fabulous story today and get your latest fix of the Rough Riders.
I love this series and Stacey Lynn’s writing. Gage is such a sweetheart with a very dirty need. I love that Elizabeth is that girl for him. The forbidden romance hidden behind the story. The anticipation will get you while you dying to see when these characters identity are revealed. I loved the way these two are just meant to be. I loved this story and believe me you don’t want to miss out with this series!
Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn is book three in the Rough Riders Series. This is the story of Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Hayes and Gage Bryant. I haven’t yet read the previous books, so for me this was a standalone book.
Gage is a professional foot ball player and guards his privacy very strongly. But he has a need to dominate in his sexual life which leads him to be a member of The Velvet Club. Beth also like to enjoy being dominated over which is how she ends up ‘meeting’ Gage. But she is blindfolded so she doesn’t realizes at first that Gage the man she knows as the famous football player is the one that has been her Dom. Gage and Beth have a ‘dance of sort’ between their personal Don/Sub relationship and the working one. Ms. Lynn never disappoints on the hotness of her stories that keep you turning pages after pages until you have read ‘The End’.
Talk about a hot read. This book reminded me why I love Stacey Lynn books.
I loved Gabe and all he represented and how he was giving back. He always puts himself last and when he meets Elizabeth he struggles with the change she brings into his life. I loved how well they fitted each other. It was so fun to read how they both tried to stay away but at the end they learned that they belong together. The chemistry was scoring hot and I had to fan myself a few times to be honest.
I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to see what Stacey Lynn has in the bag for us next.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
This is a story that’s full of passion and drama, it’s the perfect mix of BDSM and a sweet love story, it’s easy to read and it’s got characters you will fall in love with.
Gage and Beth know each other but they don’t realise that because the place they met is a club where they both go to play, Beth is always blindfolded and their meetings are always in secret.
Beth is a sports reporter and when she assigned to the club Gabe plays for they hit it off straight away but maybe that’s because they have met before maybe it’s because of the secrets and the games they both love to play……..
Gage may love to dominate in the bedroom but he also has a soft side a side that comes out when he visits sick children in hospital and it’s only the select few who get to see that side of the tough football player and Beth is one of the few. Beth has been a member of The Velvet Club for a while but she hasn’t visited for over 6 months due to a bad experience will she be able to trust the man who insists on anonymity and a blindfold……
This is a love story with plenty of raw passion, it’s got characters you will fall in love with and a story that will keep you interested right to the very last page. A great read for any romance lover.
To be honest, I didn’t think I was going to like this book at all. However, I’m not one to give up on a book based on the first chapter. I’m really glad I continued!
Gage Bryant is an awesome football player with a huge heart and an appetite for kink. Never in a million years did he think he would run into his last partner from the Velvet room during a press conference for the opening of the new hospital wing which he funded. Elizabeth Hayes the well known TV reporter has no idea that the subject of her top story rocked her world the night before. Check it out and see how the story unfolds. I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised.
Reviewed by: Christina K.
4 Stars
Mmmh. I am at a loss how to describe this book. First, I got the impression from the blurb that this was a BDSM book. But I don’t think it is but I will say it is not vanilla either. It is something in between, a little dom/sub but only in the bedroom and not a lot, they just played I think is the best way to say it.
I like this plot about Elizabeth not knowing who she is falling in love with, it is so rare that I read a story with that plot that is believable but it is such an awesome trope. There were so much passion and lust when Gage and Elizabeth got together that I could feel them connecting as if I was in the room with them.
“I knocked on the door twice, signaling I was about to enter and turned the knob. Let the wicked games begin.”
Gage is such a sweet guy and isn’t a man that is haunted or had a bad relationship or anything like normal book boyfriends, he is just a simple man who loves football, family and wants to do a difference for sick kids. He was the perfect match for Elizabeth that had a few bad experiences in her backpack but was so open and willing to trust that there wasn’t any drama like that. It is a long time since I have read an M/F book that didn’t have that drama in them but this was all over a believable book with some sweetheart characters in them.
So do you need a little spicey book with some hot sex scenes, a hot athlete and a little bit of drama but nothing much this is your book.
Wicked Player is one hot, steamy sports romance!
Gage is so much more than just a football player. He is simply a good guy combined with depth and passion with an added edge of dominance! He and Elizabeth have instant chemistry and holy hotness I needed a cold shower. She is the perfect match for him in and out of the bedroom. Elizabeth is also very career driven but she is sweet, kind and shows compassion for those not as lucky in life.
This is the first book by Stacey Lynn that is have read. It was well written with memorable characters and an enjoyable storyline that kept me engaged from start to finish.
Gage Bryant has a very high profile life by day, and a keeps a very low profile life by night. He has unique tastes that require him to depend on the services provided by the Velvet Club, a club that promises anonymity. When they notify him that they have found just what he has been looking for, he is admittedly excited to see what they have in store for him. With his day life being hectic he needs a good distraction right now, and he is hoping she will allow him to forget everything, even if it is just for one night. But the moment he opens the door and sees who is waiting for him, he instantly knows one night won’t be enough!
This tantalizing little page turner will invade your heart, and command your full attention! The moment Gage wandered onto the page he stole my breath, and my heart, never have I had a character get to me that quickly. I was completely enamored with this man, and the story he had to tell. He is a good-hearted man, with a dirty little secret, one that I fully enjoyed being privy too, he did not disappoint behind closed doors! This is definitely my favorite installment in the series, Gage and Elizabeth spoke volumes to me, bringing life to the pages, and loads of feels to my heart! Another can’t miss read from author Stacey Lynn, I highly recommend you meet these two, their journey is unforgettable!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.
Holy what a read this was. One minute I was laughing and happy and the next I’m crying. This book to say the least pulled all the feels out of me. Gage and Elizabeth were so perfect together, they had the kind of relationship everyone dreams about, the chemistry, the sass, the emotional support for each other. They just needed to find their way together and keep it on track. Some may say their relationship should be forbidden, the dom/ sub side or the football player and reporter. But holy do they make it good!