Tight Ends & True Crime

Houston Pumas Sports Romance, Book 2

De: Ranee S. Clark

Narrado por: JD Tomlinson, Amelia Hugh

Falling for my football star vacation fling? Inevitable. Unless he turns out to be a murderer…

Okay, that's unlikely. But after my straight-laced, seemingly upstanding ex turned out to be an international drug dealer, trust doesn't come easily.

Enter Law Card, the new Houston Pumas tight end, your typical boy-next-door. He's maddeningly patient with my suspicious, true-crime obsessed self. But he has "too good to be true" written all over him.

If there's one thing I know, it's that everyone has something to hide.

Now, Law's neighbor's wife is MIA. All my instincts say something feels off, but Law thinks I'm taking my suspicions too far. I'm letting my doubts spill into our budding relationship and threatening my chance at a real happily-ever-after.

Trusting him could cost me everything. Not trusting him could break my heart.

Tight Ends & True Crime is a swoon-worthy sports romance with a mystery twist inspired by Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Listeners will enjoy the crime-fighting shenanigans, slow-burn chemistry, some forced proximity, and found family vibes.

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So Fun! RomCom With a Hint of Mystery!

This audio book was so fun to listen to. The narrators did a great job! I enjoyed the combo of quick attraction between Law and Carlie when they met on vacation, which then moved into a slow burn as Carlie opened up about her struggles to trust after what had happened to her. It was difficult to see Carlie begin to spiral with her fears and concerns about her employer, Chad. And Law was so patient and understanding with her even when she wouldn't let her suspicions go.

The author did a good job of infusing enough strange clues to give Carlie's ideas some merit, while also adding a bit of mystery to whether Carlie was onto something.

I loved getting to dive back into the world of Pumas football and seeing characters I had gotten to know in The Comeback. I also loved the wonderful epilogue and bonus epilogue!

(4.5 stars)

Annoying FMC

First I was good with the premise of the story. The FMC had a bad breakup realizing her ex had a double life doing illegal stuff, so she’s paranoid about trusting someone enough to date them. She’s also obsessed with true crime. The combination leads to her constantly second guessing everything her new boyfriend says to her wondering if he’s who he says he is, as well as her questioning what really happened to her neighbors wife and if he possibly killed her. This is supposed to be a romance book, but most of the plot feels like the FMC’s annoying and invasive sleuthing attempts on her neighbor, as well as he like and yet distrust of her new boyfriends motives. It’s the entire book. There’s so much more of the FMC’s garbage than the actually couple developing their relationship, and she doesn’t seem to have a character arc at all. It’s the same thing the entire book. I’m at the very end and can’t wait for it to be over. Not sure if I’ll listen to the third because of this one.