So, the hooker is a position in rugby if you are like me and had no idea that was a thing. (It is a thing, for real) I don’t know enough about rugby besides a scene from Friends or that any rugby player I see on TV is huge so when I read this book, I was fascinated by our hero rugby player. Ronan is… perfection. He’s a bit of an alpha and needs to protect his tarnishing image as the bad boy of rugby. And our heroine is just ADORABLE. I loved Annie. She was so real and relatable.
Throw in a fake-dating, bad-boy needs to clean up his image, and a little steam? You get a wonderful, heartfelt, delicious story that had me FLYING through the pages. Penny and L.H. teaming up is genius and leave the reader (ME) wanting SO much more. While the story features a rugby player, it is not a huge plot in the story. Still worth it though, 100%.
This book in three words: witty, steamy, and FUN.
The blurb:
New York’s Finest
Blogging as *The Socialmedialite*
April 22
LADIES AND GENTS! I have an announcement!
You know that guy I featured on my blog a few months ago? The really, really hot Irish rugby player who plays the position of ‘hooker’ in the RLI (Rugby League International)? The one with the anger management issues, the body of a gladiator and the face of a movie star? The one with the questionable fashion choices leading me to ask whether he was the lovechild of a leprechaun and a hobbit? Ronan Fitzpatrick? Yeah, that guy.
Well, I have a confession to make…
THE HERMIT
Annie Catrel, social media expert extraordinaire at Davidson & Croft Media and clandestine celebrity blogger, can make anyone shine in the court of public opinion. She is the Socialmedialite, anonymous creator of New York’s Finest and the internet’s darling. Virtual reality is Annie’s forte, but actual reality? Not so much.
THE HOOKER
Ronan Fitzpatrick, aka the best hooker the world of rugby has seen in decades, despises the media—social or otherwise. The press has spun a web of lies depicting him as rugby’s wild and reckless bad boy. Suspended from his team, Ronan has come to Manhattan to escape the drama, lay low, fly under the radar. Only, Ronan isn’t easy to overlook, and he can’t escape the notice of the Socialmedialite…
THE PLAN
When Ronan is sent to Davidson & Croft Media to reshape his public image, he never expects to cross paths with shy but beautiful Annie, nor does he expect his fierce attraction to her. He couldn’t be happier when her boss suggests pairing them together.
What lengths will Annie take to keep her virtual identity concealed? And what happens when the hooker discovers who the hermit really is?
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