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    The Virgin Game Plan by Lauren Blakely

    written by Dísir
    The Virgin Game Plan by Lauren BlakelyThe Virgin Game Plan by Lauren Blakely
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    Published by Lauren Blakely Books, Little Dog Press on 9th June 2021
    Pages: 362
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    three-half-stars

    The woman I want is as off-limits as they come.

    I had an excuse two years ago when I met her on campus. She interviewed me for a story on major league baseball's rising stars, and we shared a hot, passionate night that ended far too soon, and without a mention of who her father was.
    Now I know the innocent but sexy woman I can’t stop thinking about is the coach's daughter.

    That means her dad is the guy who determines if I bat fourth in the starting lineup in every game, or ride the bench.

    All the more reason to resist alluring, confident, brainy Reese every time I run into the reporter-turned-sports publicist.

    That ought to be easy enough, until the time she confesses she's still carrying her V card, and she’s been wanting me to cash it in since the day we met.

    Staying away from her is going to be harder than resisting a fastball down the middle.

    Especially since I'm pretty sure she's the one who got away, and letting her slip through my fingers again would be a rookie mistake.

    ‘The Virgin Game-plan’, despite the rather non-enticing and somewhat cringey title, is a very tight and sweet second-chances lovers-to-lovers story with a gap of two years in between where neither one forgot each other.

    Whatever you’d like to call Reese’s and Holden’s relationship, I’d give Lauren Blakely kudos for making it open, mature and honest. Whenever you think something might end up being a potential for blow-up for conflict sometime later down the road, it’s immediately nipped in the bud, resolved through talking and/or mature decision-making.

    In this respect, ‘The Virgin Game-Plan’ is—like so many of Blakely’s other books—nearly angst-free, primed for easy readability, with family-issues coming to the fore with forgiveness and reconciliation becoming the prime movers in all characters going forward with as little of a grudge as possible.

    Many of the supporting cast in Blakely’s books do come and go in a way that’s non-intrusive: their stories are those that I’d probably read and forgotten, sad to say. But they don’t really detract from Holden/Reese’s story, only that they add to the general sense of the happy-ever-after type of lightness that gives romance escapism its famed high and the glittering stardust.

    My only (minor?) complaint that the trade-off for readability is memorability: the very prolific Blakely writes fun and generally-likeable characters and protagonists of late, but after a while, their stories (not helped by the sheer number that Blakely churns out) seem to coalesce into a familiar pattern of flying through a book then easily forgetting about it a day or so later.

    three-half-stars
    The Virgin Game Plan by Lauren Blakely was last modified: June 11th, 2021 by Dísir
    12th June 2021 0 comment
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    Thanks for Last Night by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 11th December 2020

    Thanks For Last Night by Lauren Blakely Series: The Guys Who Got Away #3 Published by Lauren Blakely Books on 16th September 2020 Pages: 274 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Let…

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    Hard Wood by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 25th October 2017

    Hard Wood by Lauren Blakely Published by Lauren Blakely Books on October 21st 2017 Pages: 191 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Women often say a good man is hard to find.…

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    The Knocked Up Plan by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 25th June 2017

    The Knocked up Plan by Lauren Blakely Published by Lauren Blakely Books on June 23rd 2017 Pages: 225 Buy on Amazon Goodreads There are three little words most guys don’t…

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    Joy Ride by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 6th May 2017

    Joy Ride by Lauren Blakely Published by Lauren Blakely Books on May 1st 2017 Pages: 300 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Let’s be honest, ladies. A good man is a lot…

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    Well Hung by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 12th September 2016

    Well Hung by Lauren Blakely Published by Lauren Blakely Books on September 12th 2016 Pages: 300 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Here’s what you need to know about me — I’m…

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    Mister O by Lauren Blakely

    by Dísir 3rd May 2016

    Mister O by Lauren Blakely Published by Lauren Blakely Books on May 2nd 2016 Pages: 308 Buy on Amazon Goodreads From the NYT Bestselling author of BIG ROCK, comes a…

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