Title: Reckless Rebound
A Cocky Hero Club Novel
Author: Brooke O'Brien
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 30, 2022
Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.
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Jaxsen Wild has landed himself in hot water with the NBA.
After letting his temper get the best of him during a game, he’s slapped on the wrist with a warning—get your act together, or your career and the championship with the Miami Blaze is on the line.
He wasn’t looking for love, and he certainly never saw Emmy coming when she crashes into him at the airport. Jaxsen is used to women using him for his money and the media dragging his name through the mud.
The last thing he needs is another scandal with his name plastered in the headlines. Still, something about how she has no idea who he is, draws him in.
Learning her ex cheated on her has Emmy swear off men and relationships forever. All she wants is one night of passion to forget everything—no strings attached. Who better than Mr. Tall, Dark and Dreamy staying at her hotel after their cancelled flight leaves them stranded in the city?
Except Jaxsen wants more than one night with Emmy, and he isn’t ready to let her go so easily.
When word gets out about their relationship and Jaxsen finds out the secret she’s been keeping, Emmy fears he’ll believe she’s using him like all the women before her.
Or worse, he'll live up to his bad boy reputation and turn out to be as much of a player off the court as he is on it.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My review:
Star NBA player Jaxsen Wild’s temper keeps getting him into trouble. He is given the choice to either straighten up or have his career end with the Miami Blaze team. He was trying to return to Miami, but his flight was canceled. He met Emmy at the airport, and he was delighted when she didn’t recognize him, and he could be a normal guy. After spending one night with her, he wants to see her again except she gives him the wrong phone number. When he runs into her again, he decides he is not going to let her go without a fight.
Emmy had sworn off men and relationships after discovering her ex had been cheating on her. She just wants to forget everything for one night and spend it with Jaxsen with no strings attached. It sounded like the perfect plan since she did not think she would ever see him again since she was moving.
This was an easy book to get into and hard to put down. I loved watching Emmy and Jaxsen’s relationship develop. He fell hard for Emmy and having her in his life helped Jaxsen’s anger issues. She was the calm to his storm. I enjoyed this book and look forward to future books.
Reckless Rebound is part of the Cocky Hero Club collection. This was a new author for me, but the synopsis intrigued me. I haven’t read a lot of basketball sports romances, so I was excited to get a chance to. The book was fast-paced, entertaining, and easy to read.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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USA Today Bestselling author Brooke O'Brien writes steamy and swoon-worthy contemporary romances.
She believes a love worth having is worth fighting for, and she brings this into her stories where her characters risk it all for love.
If Brooke's not writing or reading, she's probably spending time with her family, binge-watching the latest crime documentary, indulging in chocolate, or watching Hawkeye football or NBA basketball.
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