The Player Next Door by, USA Today bestselling author, K.A. Tucker, is now live!
Scarlet Reed has returned to Polson Falls, convinced that twelve years away is long enough to shed her humiliating childhood identity as the town harlot's daughter. With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up.
That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door.
Shane Beckett, the handsome and charismatic high school star quarterback who smashed her heart. The lying, cheating player who was supposed to be long gone, living the pro football dream and fooling women into thinking he's Prince Charming. Shane Beckett, who is as attractive as ever and flashing his dimples at her as if he has done no wrong.
Scarlet makes it abundantly clear that old wounds have not been forgotten. Neighbors they may be, but friends they most certainly are not. She won't allow herself to fall for the single father and firefighter again, no matter how many apologies he offers, how many times he rushes to her aid, or how hard he makes her heart pound.
But as she spends more time with him, she begins to fear that maybe she's wrong.
Maybe Shane has changed.
And maybe this time she's the one playing herself—out of a chance at true happiness.
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My Review:
My Rating: 2.5 Stars
Scarlet just moved back to her hometown after 12 years to teach middle school. She bought the house she always admired when she was younger and who could be her next door neighbor but Shane Beckett, her ex. She thought he had moved away and was playing football, but now he's a sexy, single father and a firefighter. How can she resist?
There were quite a few things I didn't are for, but what I did like was Shane. He was mature, put his child first and tried to do the right thing as an adult. I thought the kid was for the most part a true representation for a kid his age. There were a few moments I actually did like Scarlet, but they were few and far between. I think I just didn't understand her a lot of the time. I liked some of the side characters, but wish they would have been flushed out more.
I wanted to love this story, but I just didn't. I felt Scarlet was too whiny and acted super immature for her age. I didn't feel the connection she had with Shane from high school. I wish the author would have shown us more glimpses of how they were in high school because I didn't feel Shane's betrayal as more than just him being a stupid teenager. I wish we would have seen more of Scarlet and her mom's relationship. I didn't understand how Scarlet flipped so much when she went to college as to how she was in high school. I would have liked the author to make this dual point of view so we could see Shane's point of view through this story because at times Scarlet gave me whiplash with her emotions and I would have liked to see what Shane thought of everything. I felt the ending was rushed and would have benefited from an epilogue or a few chapters to make it feel less abrupt.
Overall, this book was not bad but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be. There was a lot of drama that I think took precedence over the second chance romance. As I said before though not every person is going to like the same books and this one just didn't have me connect to the story or characters as much as other books I've read.
About K.A. Tucker:
K.A. Tucker writes captivating stories with an edge.
She is the USA Today bestselling author of 17 books, including the Causal Enchantment, Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water series, He Will Be My Ruin, Until It Fades, Keep Her Safe, and The Simple Wild. Her books have been featured in national publications including USA Today, Globe & Mail, Suspense Magazine, First for Women, and Publisher's Weekly. She has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance 2013 for TEN TINY BREATHS and Best Romance 2018 for THE SIMPLE WILD. Her novels have been translated into 16 languages.
K.A. Tucker currently resides in a quaint town outside of Toronto with her family.
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