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The story is about Susannah and Ryan. Susannah married to a football superstar Ryan Sanderson has finally decided to give up on Ryan and move on as she is sick of playing second fiddle to his team, watching women throwing themselves at him, and living in terror of the hard hits he took on the field. With their divorce just days from being final, she’s already planning a wedding with her new fiancé. On the other hand Ryan has finally figured out what’s really important to him. He has just ten days to convince his soon-to-be ex-wife to give him a second chance. He has just brought home his third championship and his career is at its pinnacle, but during the year of their separation, Ryan’s come to realize it doesn’t mean anything at all without Susannah.
Upon reading the synopsis and finding out the five stars it gathered from Amazon I was a bit hesitant to read this novel because I thought the story is focused in sports and that the romance between Susannah and Ryan would gear toward Ryan playing football. I was wrong because the story is more than just sports – the story is about Ryan taking his chances of winning back the love of his life. Both main characters in the story are fully developed enough to get to know them and feel the whirlwind of passion, enough to feel the need to read more and more of their struggles and heartaches, worthy enough to finish the novel while absorbing a happy ending story.
Marie Force is a first for me and her work created a remarkable impression an author I will surely follow and seek for more of her previous novels as well as in the future to come.
I loved this one. Ryan was great, and once she got over trying to be so superior, I really enjoyed Susannah as well. Real life problems, and I loved how devoted Ryan was to the marriage.
ReplyDeleteI had problems with the next book, but they were of a personal nature, so I'll definitely read her upcoming one.
Hi Lori. I'm curious -- which next book you had problem? I wasn't familiar with the rest of her books since LOS is my first for this author. Is it the Love at first flight?
ReplyDeleteYup I loved Ryan. I couldn't compare him to any real football player since I wasn't really familiar with the game itself but I had a vivid image of Ryan imprinted in my head.
Nice review! It's nice to see a romance novel about a couple working on keeping a marriage together... even if Susannah was already thinking she was moving on.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine. A story about a couple working on keeping a marraige (nicely said by the way) is what makes this novel interesting and different from others. I like the twists and tricks the author throws into the story making the plots more interesting and appealing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely review, Natalie! I'm so glad you liked Line of Scrimmage, which was my first book. Love at First Flight is out now, and Fatal Affair is coming as an e-book in June from Carina Press. After that, it's Everyone Loves a Hero, early next year from Sourcebooks. In the meantime, we can keep in touch on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Force/248130827909) or via my blog at http://mariesullivanforce.blogspot.com. Thanks again for the review!
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