
How does one get to be a thirty-year-old virgin?
In my case, start with being risk-averse and cautious, focused on building your career, then inherit your 12-year-old, special-needs brother. Done!
Zane Bradford appeared at the perfect time.
He takes my brother to equine therapy, he gives me rides to work, and he rescues me when I collapse in the shower. (Yes, he saw me naked.)
He says he only breaks things, but I only see him fixing everything. Heck, his job is as a repair man.
This grumpy, angry god with lean muscles, silky dark hair, and ice blue eyes has taken himself out of the game.
But massage therapy is my job, and I’m ready to play.
Rachel Wells is ruining everything.
She walks into my workplace and argues with me, talks back, defends herself.
She gives me romance books to “improve my mood,” and insists on massage therapy to ease my pain.
Chronic pain isn’t my problem—she is, with her bright green eyes and sassy attitude.
Then she tells me she’s never been kissed. (What’s wrong with the men in Birmingham?)
The more she tempts me, the more I feel my resolve weakening.
She wants to play, but I’m not going to break.
(THE WAY WE PLAY is a small-town, grumpy-sunshine, sports romance with close proximity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, and a virgin FMC, and an over-protective alpha hero. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)
Rachel and Zane have a chemistry that cannot be denied, no matter how hard they try. Grumpy Zane Bradford has returned home after a career-ending injury, which he blames on Karma. But hey, maybe Karma was working her magic when she sent the sunny Rachel Wells in his path at every turn.
Rachel has not been dealt a great hand, with two parents who don't deserve the title; she has been raising her younger brother since she was a child. When she was offered a job away from where she was currently living with her grandmother and brother, her grandmother encouraged her to go and start her own life, and she would care for Eddie. Only when Rachel seems to have gotten things on track does she receive a call saying that Eddie has gotten into trouble at school again and she needs to get him. I loved that she dropped everything and not only went to get him but restructured things so she could home-school him until he could start his new school after the holidays.
Eddie was a scene stealer. I loved his character so much, and I look forward to seeing him in the upcoming books as well. Eddie is on the spectrum, and when his parents found out there was something different about him, his father walked away, and his mother became neglectful and drank a lot, hence why Rachel was caring for him. He brought a lot to this book, and I believe it was because of him that Zane was able to let his guard down at times.
This story was fun, sexy, and heartwarming. I recommend it to readers who enjoy STEAMY Contemporary New Adult Romances, enemies-to-lovers romances, Close Proximity Romances, Found Family Romances, Workplace Romances, Virgin FMC Romances, roommates-to-lovers romances, or Small-Town Romances.
Happy Reading!!!
**I have voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book for my Blog, Nadine's Obsessed with Books**
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