Genres: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance
Published by Indie/Self Published
Released on 6 June 2017
Pages: 169
Format: eARC
Source: Author
The Delight
A light and heartwarming, easy-read childhood friends to lovers romance set in the college football world and a southern university small town.
Review
Winning Dr. Wentworth is the second book in the Sterling University series. It worked fine as a standalone or out of order with the characters of book one getting an ongoing story thread that doesn’t confuse or interfere with this new one.
Shelby Wentworth is a brilliant statistician, but she has come home with tail tucked thinking her life has hit an all-time low with a failed marriage and a research scandal that tainted her academic career. She can only look up from where she’s at. Nash was once the golden boy football player who was injured before his NFL career could really take off and then he had to watch his ex-wife do exactly that. Shelby had a crush on Nash who was one of her high school best friends, but he inexplicably nixed any chance between them when there was something there. Now, she discovers that seven years has not been long enough to get him out of her system. This set up well for a good story backdrop.
I enjoyed this story in a right book for the right mood and time way. It was a fast read and not extremely challenging when it came to the conflict and resolution. It stayed a surface read for me in spite of several factors that could have made this a deeper longer book. Maybe in another mood I would have wanted to explore all that.
Nash and Shelby needed to catch a break after what they’ve been through and the story clearly showed how they matched up well together- all that history growing up together and their tight friendship made the adult relationship that came on quick seem more as a true second chance now that the timing was right.
My one niggle was the reason Nash never gave it a chance at the end of high school and walked away. He was young, but man, I’d like to think a young guy in love would have tried a little harder to overcome that particular obstacle.
The group of friends working in and around the university, college small-town everyone knows each other atmosphere, Nash’s farm house and horses, football games, and some meangirl action settled around a pair of lovers getting a reset worked great for me.
I recommend this one and the series to those looking for some light, slightly spicy, quick contemporary romance.
My thanks to the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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I really like the sports angle and friends to lover storyline, but the page length reminds me a little too much of a novella, which I haven’t been reading much of lately. Hugs…
Yes, it did go by fast with the shorter page length. It was a cute one.
Awww I love friends to more romances and I love novellas these days.
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Oh, then this sounds like a perfect fit for you, Karen. 🙂 Hope you get the chance!
ooh at first I thought this might be a NA but its not and it looks good. Thank you book pusher 🙂
It does trick one at first because its appears at first to be centered around college sports, but nope. Middle-aged folks. 🙂
You betcha, Debbie!
Oh I didn’t realize she had a new one. Cool. I read her a few years back and really enjoyed the one I picked up. I’ll have to work this one in 🙂
Its a nice light and quick series of stories. And hey, settings in your neck of the woods. 🙂