False Start

Playing for Keeps, Book 2

By: Neve Wilder, Riley Hart

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo

If only my feelings were as fake as this "relationship" with my former teammate.

Cullen: I’ve been the NFL’s “problem child” since my rookie year. If there’s trouble, I’ll find it.

But my biggest weakness has always been Houston McRae. We were secretly together in college before it blew up in our faces.

So when I see him again years later, you’d think I’d know better than to end up in an airport bathroom stall tearing his clothes off.

To make matters worse, because of mistakes I’ve made, I find out afterward that I’m being traded to Denver.

Where Houston lives. Because of course.

I’m not taking responsibility for the two of us ending up in a fake relationship. That’s all on him, but I can’t pretend I won’t enjoy it. As long as I don’t let myself fall for him again, I’ll be fine, right?

Houston: I lived, breathed, and slept football until an injury sidelined me for life. Now, I’m solely focused on finding my place again, until Cullen Atwood walks back into my life and tempts me into an airport bathroom stall, where every ounce of passion for him I thought I’d buried returns with a vengeance.

Now he’s playing for the Rush.

And staying in my apartment.

And did I mention he’s also my fake boyfriend who makes it clear he still wants me every chance he gets?

I’ve got my future to think about though, and we’re one wrong move from becoming a tabloid headline. I can’t afford to think of Cullen as anything more than a casual hook-up.

So why do I keep wishing this relationship was real?

False Start is a low angst, high-heat sports romance in the Playing for Keeps series.

©2023 Neve Wilder, Riley Hart (P)2023 Neve Wilder, Riley Hart

great follow up in series

good story plus good narrator...the essential ingredients for a good experience. This has both.

Book 2

Second chance romance. well written with all the feels. Great group of guys that are all finding Love. Nick J. Russo did a wonderful job narrating and bringing all the characters to life. well worth the credit.

Awesome

Loved every minute of it. These 2 authors rock it. Narration is fantastic. This will be a re-listen to me. Keep it coming.

Nice story but not very deep

I am a huge Neve Wilder fan, she writes incredibly hot scenes and characters that just have chemistry off the chart. This story covers both those essentials but it’s just too short to get very deep or build out on some of the key sub plots and past emotions that are driving the MC’s in this novel. But it is still a good read.

Russo does a very nice job and is a top shelf narrator.

Easy 7.5/10

good

loved this book and series. feelings and chemistry of all characters. well narratored.. I read these as well