Fourth and Long
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
Fourth and Long is a 70k sports romance with dual POV.
Ellie
My professional life is a failure—I've convinced more couples to divorce than to work on their marriages. My personal life is a mess—my mother wants my attention, but not my advice, my father is pushing me to bond with his second family, and my sister, who likes to meddle in my love life, thinks I need to get laid.
When I meet Slater, an infamous quarterback trying to salvage his career, I know better than to form expectations. Our relationship starts out casual, but as our lives become more intertwined, I can't help falling for him. Problem is, he's leaving as soon as he signs with a new team, and he'll never choose me…or will he?
Slater
It's my last chance to prove I have what it takes to be a starting quarterback. I need to be the reason my team wins, not the reason we lose, so my offseason plan consists of clean eating, watching film, and working out. I barely even have time to go to the Grammys to watch my best friend perform.
I can't risk distractions, so when I hook up with Ellie, I tell myself she's nothing but a pretty girl. We keep it casual because as soon as the ink is dry on my new contract, I'll be hundreds of miles away. She follows my rules and lets me go without a fight, but even though football consumes me, I can't forget her. What if loving her is what makes everything else worthwhile?
Customer Reviews
My new standard for a sports romance.
I expected to enjoy this book but I didn’t expect to bond with these characters so thoroughly! They felt real and flawed, I will miss them.
The development of the relationship I loved, there wasn’t that instant jump to a perfect relationship they had to work through their own problems that were holding them back. The emphasis on the friendship bond was very refreshing to see, they helped each other grow.
This is how I want sport to be in romances I read. It’s an important part of an athlete’s life so I has to feature but it doesn’t have to be so overpowering that you get bored. I also feel the way football was talked about was not alienating to people who know nothing about it. The great device of having the FMC not know anything about football allowed for a slow development of the readers knowledge along side her.
The ending result is a relationship that feels long lasting as it has strong foundations (can’t say the same for other romance books 👀). I think double epilogues should be standard practice now to show that they haven’t just gotten the easy “married with kids” ending.
I Britt Belle is definitely on my autobuy author list now. Anyone who can develop characters that well and keep me engaged in the story will always have me wanting more!
I received this as a free eARC from the author but these opinions are my own.