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Zusatztext "Jaci Burton's stories are full of heat and heart." — Maya Banks , #1 New York Times bestselling author “Jaci Burton’s books are always sexy, romantic, and charming!” — Jill Shalvis , New York Times bestselling author "Jaci Burton is a stalwart in the romance genre." — USA Today "A wild ride." — Lora Leigh , #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Riding the Edge "One to pick up and savor." — Publishers Weekly , on Surviving Demon Island “Jaci Burton delivers.” — Cherry Adair , New York Times bestselling author “Captures everything I love about a small-town romance.” — Fresh Fiction , on Hope Burns Informationen zum Autor Jaci Burton is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of the Play-by-Play series including All Wound Up , Quarterback Draw , Straddling the Line , Melting the Ice , One Sweet Ride , Thrown by a Curve , Playing to Win , and Taking a Shot , and the Hope series, including Hope Flames , Hope Ignites , Hope Burns , Love After All , and Make Me Stay. Klappentext In the new Play-By-Play novel by the New York Times bestselling author of All Wound Up! a football hot shot and his best friend's sister are breaking all the rules. All the Right Moves For Barrett Cassidy! playing defense for the Tampa Hawks is a dream come true. And now he may have discovered his dream woman. Harmony Evans! once the sweet! gawky teenage sister of his best friend and teammate has grown into a smart! gorgeous woman with moves he finds hard to resist. But he knows he can't get involved with his best friend's sister-it's guy code. Harmony has always gone after what she wants with single-minded determination! from her independence to her education to her career in interior design. She never expected her youthful crush on Barrett to develop into something deeper. And she's not about to let some ridiculous man rules or her brother stand in her way. When the chemistry is this combustible! lines tend to get crossed. And when Barrett and Harmony's secret gets out! it just might be game over... Chapter One “Men suck.” Harmony Evans tossed her purse on the kitchen table of her mother’s house and pulled up a chair next to her best friend, Alyssa. It was Thursday night—family dinner night at Mama’s house. Everyone was coming over, as it always was at Mama’s. Right now she’d prefer to be sitting in the corner of a dark bar, nursing a dirty martini. She was going to have to settle for sweet tea because, short of death, you did not miss Thursday night dinner at Mama’s. She’d already come in and kissed her mother, who was holding court in the living room with Harmony’s brother Drake and several of his friends, giving her time to catch up with Alyssa. Alyssa laid her hand over Harmony’s and cast a look of concern. “Oh, no. Is it Levon?” Harmony wrinkled her nose, preferring never to hear the name of her now ex boyfriend again. “Yes.” “Did you dump him?” “I did not break up with him. He gave me the classic, ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ speech. He’s doing so much international travel with the law firm, and he just can’t devote enough time to the relationship, so it wouldn’t be fair to lead me on when he knows he can’t commit. He went on with more excuses but it was all blah blah blah after that.” She waved her hand back and forth. Alyssa’s gaze narrowed. “What a prick. Why is it so damn hard to find a man of value, one who will respect a woman and give her honesty?” "I have no idea.” Harmony pulled one of the empty glasses forward and poured from the pitcher that sat in the middle of the table, already filled with tea and ic...
