Hard Count is a zero angst, sweet as pie feel good romance between a widowed governor of California and the NFL football player he falls in love with.
From the blurb:
Evan Ellis
Evidently, I’m a rule breaker.
The rule I broke? Falling for the straight man with two kids. Didn’t help that he is the Governor of California.
As the starting tight end for the San Diego Storm, you’d think I had better self-control. But there was no avoiding it when our unlikely friendship blossomed, and he unknowingly started flirting back. It was out of my control.
Yes, I want him. But I’m probably the last complication he needs in his life. I was fine being just friends until the tension between us broke, and our lips found one another.
From that point on, I knew one thing. I wanted him more than my next breath, and I’d take him any way I could get him. Even if it meant we were just friends.
Governor Hudson Gatlin
If anyone were to ask me how to fall in love with the most unlikely human and staring tight end for the Storm, the answer would be simple.
Sling your drink all over him at a black-tie fundraiser. And if he just smiles and sends you flirty texts, then he’s yours.
Problem was, as much as I enjoyed his friendship, I found myself wanting more from him. But he didn’t seem to care. He saw the hot mess who needed a friend. And that’s what I thought we were, until we both wanted so much more.
This is our love story and how he found a missing piece of me I didn’t know I’d lost.
Content Warning: death of a spouse
Hard Count is book one in the San Diego Storm Football Series. Tropes include: age gap, opposites attract, single dad, long distance love affair, finding love after loss.
Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:
This was just the fluffiest, sweetest romance ever! Regardless of the fact that these two men were pretty opposite, and Hudson had been happily married to a woman for most of his life, Evan and Hudson were just so perfect for one another. They really were just the cutest and could get absolutely schmoopy on occasion.
From their very first meet-cute, which was definitely memorable for them both, Hudson and Evan felt the attraction for one another. It was almost if their meeting was meant to be. I questioned several times in my mind if Adley, Hudson's assistant and late wife's sister, had an idea that these men would hit it off, but it is never truly stated if them getting together was on her agenda from the start. I will say I loved how supportive she was of Hudson finding love again. It couldn't have been easy, but Adley knew how much her sister wished for Hudson to find happiness again.
I also loved how respectful Evan was of Hudson's past marriage. He never seemed jealous that Hudson had been previously married to someone he loved. It was pretty clear that Hudson had only eyes for Evan once they let themselves go there. Even Hudson's children, who are very present in the story, could tell there was something going on with their father. Speaking of the kids, Evan's relationship with both of Hudson's children, Jack especially, was such a lovely addition. When Jack confided in Evan something he hadn't told anyone before, it showed me how much he accepted Evan as a part of his father's life and his.
The next book in this series is Lennox, Evan's best friend and the quarterback of The Storm's football team. He's quite the character and like Hudson, has never been with another man before. He's also a huge slut and I always enjoy reading a playboy change his tune for the right guy. Lennox totally fits the bill!
Hard Count is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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