Release Date: May 13, 2014Published by: William MorrowRusk University, #1Source: Own (Pre-ordered)For fans of: Sports, Contemporary Romance, Chick lit, NANew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.
In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.
Dallas Cole loathes football. That’s what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.But life doesn’t always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.
Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It’s obliterated.
Dallas doesn’t know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn’t know that Dallas is his new coach’s daughter.
And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.
TAKE ME AWAY…
AFTER DARK!
*This book is part of the new adult contemporary romance genre! It is more mature than both MG & YA. I have featured it in Take Me Away… After Dark as a way to feature the few Adult and New Adult titles I am beginning to read!”
*MY THOUGHTS*
“In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip.“
1%
“Good is never good enough.“
19%
“Sometimes its hard to see past our own broken pieces.“
63%
“Regardless of how much I like [him], do I like the person I am with him? It would be an easier question to answer if I had an idea who I really was..“
74%
“If humans were capable of being perfect there would be no such thing as Jerry Springer, and the world would be filled with unicorns and fairies, and families would never be broken, and children would never disappoint their parents, and things wouldn’t hurt as badly, but it also wouldn’t feel so damn good when things go right.“
75%
Normally when I review Contemporary Romances I talk about the characters individually, together, and whatever issue they have separating them.In this case, it wasn’t really an issue, but a sport. Football. I loved how Carmack wrote bits and pieces of games into it. I swear I was swept away to Rusk in the stands. It seemed like I was really there watching the game by how worked up I was. And when I saw “worked up,” I really mean it. During the Homecoming scene I found myself even get a little teary because I was so damn proud of Carson. When I say I was attached to these characters, I mean it lol
“The only things we can do is try to find people whose scars compliment out own.“
75%