The Soccer Star
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4.2 • 18 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A soccer star and a kind-hearted artist find themselves on the same team, but love is a game they never planned on playing.
Lucy Martin left her small hometown behind after her divorce. Now she's back, caring for her soccer-crazed nephew while his parents are deployed. She'd do anything to make him happy—including approaching her high school crush and current soccer superstar, Ryker James, for a favor.
Nursing an injury, Ryker is laying low at his parents' house until he can rejoin his club and prove he has reformed his bad boy ways. When the sister of an old friend asks him to coach her nephew's soccer team, he should decline. But Lucy intrigues him, and he finds himself unable to disappoint her.
Coaching forces them together and sparks fly—on and off the field. Lucy is wary of romance, and Ryker can't afford a distraction. Before the final whistle blows, will they take a shot at love or forfeit the match?
Download The Soccer Star today and dive into this clean romance that will have you cheering to the end.
* This is a revised, expanded version of a book previously published as It Started With a Crush.
These men know what they want, and love isn't on their list. But what happens when each meets a keeper?
A Keeper at Heart Romance series:
Book 1: The Groom
Book 2: The Soccer Star
Book 3: The Boss
Book 4: The Husband
Book 5: The Date
Book 6: The Tycoon
Customer Reviews
Great characters, great story
I adored this book so very much! Lucy is a wonderful chat who has overcome so much in her life and now has taken on the challenge of caring for her nephew, Connor, while his parents are overseas in the military. She’ll do anything to try to put a smile on his face. Even if that involves asking for a favor from a sports superstar, who’s also a childhood friend of her brother.
Ryker is rehabbing from an Injury, one that could have been avoided had he not been showing off! He’s anxious to clean up his slightly tarnished image and heal enough to get back on the soccer field. That doesn’t include coaching a soccer team. But he can’t resist Lucy or Connor, so maybe helping can’t hurt.
Ryker isn’t as much of a bad boy as he’s portrayed, but even a hint of it is enough to make Lucy nervous after all she’s been through. Ryker likes and admires Lucy, so a but if flirting can’t be all bad, can it? I really loved their sweet relationship and admired both of them and their dedication to both Connor and his team. I thought their reconnection was believable and definitely threw off more than a few sparks.
This book was classic Melissa McClone! Strong female lead who’s seen some heartache and the man who helps her see herself in a new empowering way. While part of the Keeper Series, The Soccer Star is a stand-alone, sweet feel good story. I loved it!
Survivors
Lucy survived liver disease and a transplant and her ex-husband cheating on her with a woman she thought was her best friend. Ryker survived growing up poor and being bullied constantly to become a world renown professional soccer star. He’s a player off the field and she’s been cheated on, so how could she survive the fake relationship to improve his bad boy image he proposes, but she thinks of her 9 year old nephew Connor and all the good Ryker can do assisting his soccer team. I didn’t know much about soccer before reading this book. I loved that Lucy was an artist and graphic designer and has a career that she could do anywhere so she was available to take care of her nephew while her brother and his wife were serving in the military. This was a clean romance with plenty of funny and romantic moments.