Playing with Trouble
by Amy Andrews
is now live!
From pro rugby player to...Manny?
Australian rugby pro Cole Hauser has had enough of speculations about his future post-injury. So when a football buddy puts his house in America at Cole's disposal, he jumps at the chance for some peace and anonymity. The plan is perfect--until he discovers he's roomies with a woman who knows how to wield a nail gun and her kid. Awesome. Not.
Single mom Jane Spencer is supposed to be spending four weeks alone in the wilds of Colorado rehabbing a house that'll put her business on the map. Instead, her time is overrun by her four-year-old and a grumpy, too-sexy rugby dude whose only goals are to watch ESPN and brood. Awesome. Not.
When, surprisingly, McHottie offers to get his ass off the couch and help Jane out with Finn, she's hesitant. But before she knows it, Cole is knee-deep in kid activities during the day and they're both fighting their simmering attraction at night.
Anything between them can only be temporary - their time together is short and Cole lives on the other side of the planet. It should be easy to say goodbye, right? Wrong. It doesn't take long for them to realize they've borrowed a whole lot of trouble.
But trouble never felt this good.
MY THOUGHTS
Well, there’s a way to meet! Waking up in bed to find a good looking specimen of a man next to you – and he’s virtually naked! That’s the situation Jane Spencer finds herself in when her renovation project overlaps with Cole Hauser’s invitation from a friend to use his house.
Cole Hauser is not only recovering from a car accident, his injury spells the end of his rugby career. He is understandably lost and wants to lick his wounds. Jane Spencer is a single mother who – once again – has learned that the only reliable person in her personal life is herself. Instead of tackling a renovation project full time, she finds herself having to look after her son after his father once again backed out of a care arrangement. These two definitely have dark clouds hanging over them but the forced proximity of temporarily living in the same house sees them spending time together and indulging in a short term romance.
This story is well written and an easy to read one that will keep you diverted for the duration. I liked that both Jane and Cole were portrayed as rational adults, just getting on with what has landed on their plates. On the flip side, this same reasonable behaviour is what made me feel there was a lack of fireworks between the two. I can certainly see the attraction between them but there was just not enough magic in this romance for me. I actually felt the relationship between Jane’s son Finn and Cole is what made me keep reading to the end.
Kudos to the author for including the cartoon character, Bluey, into the story. It never occurred to me that one day I would read about a contemporary kid’s cartoon character that I love written into a romance novel I am reading.
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