Tempting the Player (The Gamble Brothers #2) by J.Lynn

Title: Tempting the Player
Author: J. Lynn
Series: The Gamble Brothers #2
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rating: 3/5

Chad Gamble, all-star pitcher for the Nationals, is one of the best players on—and off—the field. And right now, the notorious bad boy wants Bridget Rodgers. But with her lush curves and snappy comebacks, the feisty redhead is the kind of woman a man wants to settle down with…and that’s the last thing Chad needs.

When the paparazzi catch them in a compromising position, Chad’s manager issues an ultimatum: clean up his act or kiss his multi-million dollar contract goodbye. To save his career, his meddling publicist says he'll have to convince everyone Bridget isn’t just his flavor of the week, but his girlfriend.

Being blackmailed into a fake relationship with Chad Gamble isn’t easy, especially when the sizzling physical attraction between them is undeniable. With a month to go on their arranged pretense, it's going to take every ounce of willpower they have not to fall into bed together...or in love.
 

Review:

I downloaded this book onto my Nook ages ago and forgot about it until yesterday.  I needed something a little different than what I had been reading up to that point - mostly paranormal and fantasy - so clicked on this one.  It's a bad-boy meets good-girl story that I enjoyed.

Chad Gamble is a star pitcher for the Nationals and he's also a wicked bad boy.  Then he meets Bridget Rodgers the ultimate good girl in a bar that caters to Dom's, Sub's and Swingers called Leather and Lace. And things happen, very delicious things.

Because of Chad's reputation an image consultant is brought in to clean up Chad's act or he will be cut by the Nationals.  This is also the time that Bridget comes back into Chad's life and they are caught in a compromising position.  Enter fake relationship stage left.

What I liked about this book was that the characters are real and genuine.  You feel like you could be friends with these people if they weren't fictional characters.  Chad's got a bad reputation but he loves his brothers and his extended family very much.  Bridget is much the same way, minus the bad reputation.  I really enjoyed the secondary characters as well.  They added a lot of humor and dimension to this story.  I can hardly wait to read there stories!  The love scene's in this book were incredible too.

What I didn't really care for was the way the love scene's were written.  It comes out early in the book that Chad is a Dom when it comes to the sexual stuff.  Yet when you get to the love scene's he's written as a pretty girly-man Dom. That bothered me a little bit.  What also bothered me, which is entirely my fault, was that I started with the second book in the series.  Not the smartest thing I've done recently, especially sense references are made to the first book.

Overall, I enjoyed this book very much.  I wish I had started with the first book instead of the second but hey, what's done is done.  I have the first book on my Nook as well and I can hardly wait for June to get here so I can read Chandler's story!