Rough & Ready

ByTracy Wolff

Release Date: 2018-10-16
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Score: 4

From 35 Ratings

Description

Sparks fly between a football pro and an ex-WNBA player. But he needs to prove that he’s more than a sports hero if he wants it all in this steamy standalone from the New York Times bestselling author of the Crave series.

Tanner: I may be a baller, but I’ve always tried to do the right thing. Maybe it’s because I’ve been in charge of my four younger sisters for half my life, or because I understand how important it is to be a role model—something I learned from my grandfather, a Southern Baptist preacher who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. Either way, my pro football career makes it easier to give back, so when a local rec center needs help, I do my best to even the playing field. And not just because Elara Vance, the smoking hot ex-WNBA player who runs the place, has me looking to score off the field.

Elara: Before I got sidelined by an injury, my time on the court taught me that pro athletes are all flash and no substance. Sure, Tanner Green talks a good game and wields a big checkbook, but I’m not buying the whole good-guy routine. Still, it’s hard to miss all the good he’s doing for my rec center and even harder to ignore the way one look from him makes me tremble in all the best ways. I just wish I knew if he’s for real. Something tells me a little one-on-one might be the only way to find out. . . .

Don’t miss any of Tracy Wolff’s seductive novels:
The Ethan Frost series: RUINED • ADDICTED • EXPOSED • FLAWED
The Sebastian Caine series: PLAY ME WILD • PLAY ME HOT • PLAY ME HARD • PLAY ME REAL • PLAY ME RIGHT • PLAY ME: THE COMPLETE STORY
The Lightning series: DOWN & DIRTY • HOT & HEAVY • ROUGH & READY
The His Royal Hotness series: ROYAL PAIN • ROYAL TREATMENT
And her standalone reads: LOVEGAME • FULL EXPOSURE • TIE ME DOWN

Reviews

Pretty amazing!
5
By ~Mindy Lou~
I'm pretty impressed with this book. Really this whole series has been a bit of surprise with how much I like these characters and their stories.

Due to a knee injury, Elara is former WNBA player. That right there already shows she's not your typical heroine and throws this book into the unique category.

What makes her an even better heroine is that she turned something bad that happened to her into something good. She opened a rec center for underprivileged kids. This center has it all and honestly, if I was a kid, I would be living at this rec center.

The way Elara cares about these kids is pretty amazing, especially when she had so much personally she's had to battle. Her story is heartbreaking in a way that you don't always hear about.

Tanner is currently in the NFL and one of the greatest in the game. His own story has a sad background but like Elara, he's turned that sad into something great.

Tanner has four baby sisters he takes care of. That combined with what happened to his high school girlfriend is what made him into the man he is today. That man is one who truly knows how to treat a woman and made me fall in love with him.

I got such a kick out of getting to know both of these characters. When the author added so much heart to their story, I couldn't do anything but fall in love with this book. I'm not sure if the author can top this one, but I sure hope she tries. ARC Provided by NetGalley.