Title: On the DL
Series: MVP Duet #1
Author: Laramie Briscoe
Genre: Sports Romance
Release Date: 20 July 2018
Release Date: 20 July 2018
Blurb
A second-chance romance as scorching hot as a baseball diamond in August.
Slater "Savage" Harlow
Winning the MVP award for the Birmingham Bandits last year was the highlight of my baseball career. It was the culmination of childhood dreams, calculated adult decisions, sacrifice, and a hell of a lot of focus. Tearing my ACL in spring training? Not what I expected at all.
Now I'm home, in small town Georgia, rehabbing in the comfort of my own home, with people I know. I'm connecting with friends I haven't had time to talk to in years, spending days at home with my parents, and getting to watch my little brother play minor league baseball.
What I don't expect is to see Malone Fulcher walking into Del's Diner one
morning while having my coffee and egg whites.
She's old flame, the one who got away, and the woman I compare all others to.
Malone Fulcher
Spending the summer in my hometown wasn't what I had planned, but it's what I need. Recovering from a hard year, both personally and professionally, I need to reconnect with who I am. When my mom encouraged me to come home and do some soul searching, I can't say no.
Memories are all over this small town, from the Baptist Church to the east
field on my parents farm, to the diner. On my second day in town, I decide to go in, memories be damned.
I lost my breath as soon as I saw "Savage" Harlow sitting alone at a
booth. Our eyes lock, my heart flutters, and my hands shake - all the same way they did back in high school. But back then we couldn't make it work. Going our separate ways to differing colleges, we decided we weren't meant to be.
A decade later, as soon as our eyes meet, I'm wondering if we were right,
because those green eyes of his do nothing but take me to a past that I can see being my future.
Author's Note: This does end in somewhat of a cliffhanger.
Review
This is a second chance romance and the first book in the new
Duet, MVP. Be prepared for a cliff hanger!
Malone and Slater were young sweethearts who were separated
to pursue their own dreams when they finished school. It wasn’t an amicable
separation and the two have held onto the hurt ever since. Now finding
themselves face to face again after all those years back in their home town,
the two start on a journey of forgiveness and reconnection.
This was a relatively simple second chance romance where
both characters easily fell back into a relationship with each other again. I
would have expected much more angst and rebuilding of the rekindling to give
the read much more of an edge. I liked the characters though and both were determined
to push forward with their newly found love for each other. I also like the
small town feel which is one of my favourite tropes.
The ending as stated is a cliff hanger and leaves the reader
with an inkling of what is going to come next (hopefully) so not that much of a
pain and also the next book is due out soon. Overall a nice second chance romance
that kept me engaged throughout. Four stars.
*ARC kindly provided by the author to Foxylutely
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Author Bio
Laramie Briscoe is the best-selling author of the Heaven Hill Series and the Rockin' Country Series.
Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie Briscoe has published over 10 books. She's appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble. She's been called "a very young Maya Banks" (Amazon reviewer) and her books have been accused of being "sexy, family-oriented, romances with heart".
When she's not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on her DVR. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband (the Travel Coordinator) and a sometimes crazy cat named Beau.
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