Mixing business and pleasure is a dangerous game…

Tyrell Ransom, the new men’s basketball coach, is ready to whip his team into shape and start winning some games. But when compromising photos of his soon-to-be-ex-wife with one of his players go viral, everything comes crashing down. With reporters thick on the ground, Ty and his team need some serious damage control―now.

When public relations guru Millie Jenkins arrives in her leopard-print cape to save the day, things really heat up… Soon they’re going to have to work double time to keep their white-hot chemistry out of the headlines.

Titles in the Love Games series include:  Love Games – Play For Keeps –

Title:  Play For Keeps
Series:  Love Games #2
Author:  Maggie Wells
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  April 3, 2018
Publisher:  Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating:  3 stars

Play For Keeps leaves me in an odd place.  While there were parts of the story that I enjoyed, there were also parts that kept me from being fully engaged with this couple.  Mainly Millie kept this story from falling into the loved it slot for me.  Ty is a strong man, he’s been handed a crappy situation that he’s trying to fight his way out of.  He has an attraction that is strong and could be very good for both himself and Millie once all the dust falls and settles from his divorce.  I liked Ty.  I could understand where he was coming from.  Unfortunately, Millie did not do that same thing for me.  Frankly, Millie is her own worst enemy.  And while she does come to her senses eventually, I’ve been bombarded by her rules and attitude for too long to believe in her changes by the end of the story.

For me, Play For Keeps falls into the “it’s a good book” category.  I think there are readers who will love Ty and Millie’s romance.  I didn’t love it or hate it, I simply got tired of Millie’s attitude and stopped caring one way or the other.  In order for me to care what happens to characters I’ve got to have something to hold on to that I like about them… I couldn’t find that with Millie.  I wish I could have but sometimes it simply doesn’t happen.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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