Review: Foolish Games – Tracy Solheim

A Hail Mary play for the heart.

Bridal gown designer, Julianne Marchione knows better than to lose her head at a client’s wedding. But, much to her embarrassment, a mix of migraine medication and a smoking hot football player lead to a steamy one night stand resulting in a surprise pregnancy. Julianne has every intention of leaving her NFL hookup far in the past until her son, Owen, is born with a life-threatening blood disorder that requires a transfusion—and Julianne is not a match.

Will “William the Conqueror” Connelly grew up tough, shouldering the stigma of being a bastard child born on the wrong side of the tracks. He refuses to let any child face the same discrimination. When he finds out about Owen, he’s furious that Julianne kept his son a secret. But when he sees her again at the hospital, he realizes that his feelings for her go far beyond anger.

Will insists that Owen recuperate at his home in North Carolina, and he’s adamant that Julianne become his wife—even if it’s only a temporary marriage in name only. But will their simmering attraction ever lead to a real connection? Or are they just playing foolish games?

Series: Out of Bounds #2
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Publisher: Berkley
Source: NetGalley
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

FOOLISH GAMES is a fast paced, engaging story about a hot, football player and a successful wedding dress designer. Will and Julianne have a chance meeting and it changes their lives forever.

Will Connelly is known as William the Conqueror in the NFL, he is a linebacker for the Baltimore Blaze football team. Will is a domineering, opinionated alpha male, but has always felt insecure about his upbringing. Julianne Marchione, is a wedding dress designer to the stars, she is a strong, independent woman. Julianne had a lonely childhood and today she is closer to her friends than she is to her family.

Will Connelly is blindsided when he learns he has a child. One year ago, he met a beautiful stranger on a stormy night. They spent a passionate night together, in the morning she was gone and they never saw each other again. Julianne, the mother of his baby, has kept her pregnancy and the birth a secret until now. Will doesn’t understand why Julianne never told him he was a father and is suspicious of her motives when she finally decides to share the information with him. This is a wonderful story about two successful people who have scars from their past.

Tracy Solheim, is a talented writer and her story immediately draws you in. Her characters are believable and Will and Julianne have some steamy scenes together. FOOLISH GAMES is the second book in the Out of Bounds series, but each book is a stand-alone. Can Will and Julianne learn to trust each other?