The Date Deal
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Description de l’éditeur
Seven years ago, I went from being America’s Golden Son to That Idiot faster than you can say, “Foul ball.”
At the time, I thought I was making the right decision by ditching my professional baseball career and today, I know I did. But I’ll admit, being the punchline of every late night comic changed me. The paparazzi no longer follow me and the media’s moved on, but I still live by rules created to ensure I would never be a laughingstock again.
My rules are restrictive and controlling. They dictate what I do and who I do it with.
They do not allow for a free spirit, bound and determined to get a recording deal in Nashville. A woman actively chasing a public life I turned my back on. And they certainly will not accept the little sister of the man who recently married my ex.
Unfortunately, this siren with the voice of an angel, is the only woman I want.
So I made a deal...
THE DATE DEAL
PRAISE FOR TARA’S CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review for THE MASTER
“An erotic, deeply loving BDSM romance...Fans of erotic romance will delight in its mix of heat and heart.”
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“For those Fifty Shades fans pining for a little more spice...the Guardian recommends Tara Sue Me’s Submissive Trilogy, starring handsome CEO Nathaniel West, a man on the prowl for a new submissive, and the librarian Abby, who is yearning for something more.”
Avis des utilisateurs
3.5 stars—engaging and energetic
3.5 stars—THE DATE DEAL by Tara Sue Me is the second instalment in the author’s contemporary adult romance series. This is former professional baseball player Tommy ‘Tate’ Maddox, and wanna be Nashville star Carsen Taber ‘Clarke’. THE DATE DEAL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Carsen and Tate were originally introduced in THE DATE DARE.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Carsen and Tate) THE DATE DEAL follows the building relationship between former professional baseball player Tommy ‘Tate’ Maddox, and want be Nashville star Carsen Taber. Seven years earlier Tommy Maddox walked away from a multi-million dollar baseball contract opting for a life working with at risk and under privileged children. Now going by Tate Maddox, our hero finds himself on the outside looking in when the woman with whom he was falling in love, fell in love with Tate’s friend , and her best friend Elliott Taber. When a potential abuse situation is stopped by a familiar face, Tate Maddox steps in and makes an offer that cannot be refused. Enter Carsen Taber, Elliott Taber’s sister, and the woman with whom Tate will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Tate and Carsen, and the potential fall-out as Carsen’s time with Tate comes with an expiry date.
Carsen Taber diffused a potential situation but in doing so was charge with ‘disturbing the peace’, a charge that will be served working at Tate Maddox’s camp for at-risk youth. Tate Maddox knows his time with Carsen is limited but an surprise phone-call finds their time together shorter than expected.
The relationship between Carsen and Tate is one of immediate attraction ; a friend’s younger sister situation that finds Tate falling for a woman in light of the rules he has set for himself. A bit of a ‘martyr’, Tate is willing to sacrifice his happiness for that of everyone else including our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are passionate but limited.
The secondary and supporting characters included Elliott and Darcy Taber (The Date Dare #1), as well as Tate’s assistant Susan, her daughter Jane, and Jane’s daughter Haley.
THE DATE DEAL is a quick read; a sweet story of friendship, sacrifice, and falling in love. The premise is engaging; the romance is energetic; the characters are lively and animated but I struggled with Tate’s need to sacrifice for the sake of everyone else, sacrifice that continues from book one.