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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Beauty and the Quarterback by Ava Woods

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: 🔥🔥.5

Royals Quarterback Prescott Reeves always thought there was more to the animosity that sportscaster Zoe Peters throws his way than his occasional game hiccups. It wasn't until she inadvertently asked his son to help her with a broadcast during a field trip that he discovers she used to be "Doughy Zoe," a former classmate whom he and his friends bullied in high school.

Zoe did not want to like Prescott. After all, he stood by while his girlfriend and friends made her life a living nightmare during high school. But helping his son also scored her the coveted interview from the elusive quarterback, and this is an all-access pass. The more she got to know him, the more she realized that there was more to the quarterback than she thought.

I thought this was a cute, low-angst read. I liked the insta-family dynamic between Prescott, his son Brent, and Zoe. Ava Woods did a great job of creating a natural progression in their relationships. The chemistry between and Prescott and Zoe was well-done. I wished there was more of a tension build-up, but you get just enough to find them likable and to hope for their HEA. 

I wished his ex who bullied Zoe in high school got a better comeuppance; she certainly deserved the karma. But losing Prescott and the adorable Brent is enough, I suppose. (Yeah, I know -- petty is my favorite color.)

This is technically the first in the Baltimore Royals series, even though there is a fun prequel novella. It can be read as a standalone, even though characters from that novella do make an appearance. I believe Prescott's teammates are also going to be the main characters in the subsequent books.

ABOUT THE BOOK

It’d take a Hail Mary for love to score between these two …

Prescott Reeves. Just his name throws me back to my less fortunate years of high school where “Doughy Zoe” was the only name I was known by.

Fast forward fifteen years and people now know me as Zoe Peters, Sports Caster, the take-no-shit on-camera dynamite – a name I’m beyond proud of.

Now, a chance run in with Prescott’s son might score me an elusive interview with the cocky Quarterback himself. One that could launch my career to the next level.

But an interview with my long-standing enemy proves harder than expected. After all, in showing how much I’ve grown despite his torment, I might see just how much he’s grown, too …

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Zoe Peters has filled my career with snarky criticism and unsavory commentary. The most popular, and damn sexy Sports Caster has everyone but me wrapped around her finger.

The woman does me no favors. So the last person I expect to see helping my son is her. Turns out she understands him in a way I never have. And all she wants as a thank you is an exclusive, all-access interview.

‘How much harm could one interview do’ is quickly turning into my famous last words. Especially when it’s not just my son’s heart on the line … it’s also mine.

***Beauty & the Quarterback is an Enemies-to-Lovers, Single Dad, sports romance that’s the perfect mix of sexy and swoon. It is a novel inside the Baltimore Royals Football Series, though each book can be read as a standalone. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after for all.

MEET AVA WOODS

Ava Woods is a pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Anna Applegate. Ava writes sexy contemporary romance novels while living tucked away in rural Maryland with her beautiful daughters, building a mini-Disney Princess army in their own little happily ever after.

Ava loves to escape into her fictional world - whether through her unchecked book addiction, or by creating swoon-worthy romances that will sweep any reader off their feet.

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