Personal Foul (The San Diego Storm MM Football Series Book 3) by Emerson Beckett

Personal Foul is a mild enemies-to-lovers romance between a hot-headed Rugby star and the captain of his new NFL football team!

From the blurb:

Pushing him to the edge of no return has become my mission in life.

Carson St. James
I detest my new teammate. The cocky, infuriating, obnoxious Australian rugby star, Colin Kearney, gets under my skin in every way imaginable. No wonder he got kicked out of his league. From the moment we met, he's occupied all my attention, so much so that we give in to one night to f*ck it out. When he kisses me on the nose at training camp, after I rake him over the coals, it sets off a chain reaction in me I can't come back from. And I don't know if I want to find my way back.

Colin Kearney
Okay. I might enjoy driving my uptight team captain crazy a little too much. But it's the most fun I've had since being kicked out of the NRL. He thinks I'm drongo, but I'm not stupid. I know exactly what I'm doing, and I'm not gonna stop until I get him under me. Or over me. And I don't mean on the field.

When I convince him to give me one night, neither of will ever be the same. There are things he doesn't know about my life, and I'm afraid when he finds out, he'll leave me like everyone else has.

Personal Foul is a hurt comfort, off-limits, forced proximity MM Sports Romance, and book three in the San Diego Storm Football Series.


Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:

"𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸'𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖."

Emerson Beckett sport romances always promise you a sweet read. Personal Foul, though beginning as an enemies-to-lovers tale for a short while, still delivers on that sweetness completely. The start of the book was an emotional place for Colin. I mean the whole scene had me clutching my chest because my heart hurt for him so bad. Thankfully Colin didn't need to stay in that dark place for long. Meeting Carson was the start of something new, even if it was just fun and games getting under Carson's skin at first.

Carson was pretty buttoned up before meeting Colin so I can see how some of his antics could drive Carson mad. I'm not gonna lie, it was kind of fun. The rest of the team thought so too which I enjoyed. But no matter how worked up Carson would get, there was still an undeniable attraction between him and Colin. One that Carson fought against tooth and nail.

"𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘."

"𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜."

I almost jumped for joy when Carson finally relented and the romance started to move forward. It was obvious these two cared for one another. It wasn't just some hook up to either of them. Though their relationship moved pretty fast once they broke that last barrier, it made sense for them and their situation. I think I would do the same if the person I loved more than anything could be taken from me. And though that was a big reason for how their happily ever after played out, I have no doubt those two would have made it there themselves sooner than later.


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