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Seattle Phantom Football #3
Wild Card
(Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0CBCPNKMF.)
The infamous playboy and star wide receiver for the Seattle Phantom is the last person on earth I would ever expect to come to my rescue. Tobias Westfield and I can’t see eye-to-eye on anything.
But when my date goes to hell and I end up stranded in the pouring rain on my birthday, he’s there—holding my hand and playing the adoring boyfriend. I might have had him all wrong.
Until a leaked video and a motorcycle accident turn everything upside down.
When he struggles in the aftermath, walling himself off from the rest of the world, our friends volunteer my help—whether he wants it or not.
So we’re stuck together while my job is in limbo and he fights to save his career. But every door I open and every day we spend together has me wondering if we're really all that different...
The infamous playboy and star wide receiver for the Seattle Phantom is the last person on earth I would ever expect to come to my rescue. Tobias Westfield and I can’t see eye-to-eye on anything.
But when my date goes to hell and I end up stranded in the pouring rain on my birthday, he’s there—holding my hand and playing the adoring boyfriend. I might have had him all wrong.
Until a leaked video and a motorcycle accident turn everything upside down.
When he struggles in the aftermath, walling himself off from the rest of the world, our friends volunteer my help—whether he wants it or not.
So we’re stuck together while my job is in limbo and he fights to save his career. But every door I open and every day we spend together has me wondering if we're really all that different...
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Published October 12, 2023
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October 11, 2023
Seattle Phantom wide receiver, Tobias Westfield loves nothing more than to get under Scarlett’s skin. When he’s enlisted to come to her rescue, she begins to see underneath the coçky exterior he presents to the world.
With roles reversed and Spitfire coming to his aid, they find themselves unable to deny the intense connection that was once fueled by loathing.
Maggie Rawdon was new-to-me just a few months ago. She’s become a one-click author because her books literally get better with each one I read. These two were my favorite so far.
✅ Banter
✅ Chemistry
✅ Character Development
✅ Steamy Spice
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/3
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥1/2
Darkness: 🤍
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: ☹️🥵🫣🫠😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Sports Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Enemies-to-Lovers, One Night Stand, Opposites Attract, Pro Athlete, Reformed Player, Rich AF
💋 Kinks: Biting/Marking, Exhibitionism, Finger Licking Good, Smex 🎥, Smex Toys
⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Wild Card is part of the Seattle Phantom series, but can be read as a standalone. While no other books need to be read in order to follow the story, reading prior books may enhance the experience.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
With roles reversed and Spitfire coming to his aid, they find themselves unable to deny the intense connection that was once fueled by loathing.
Maggie Rawdon was new-to-me just a few months ago. She’s become a one-click author because her books literally get better with each one I read. These two were my favorite so far.
✅ Banter
✅ Chemistry
✅ Character Development
✅ Steamy Spice
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/3
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥1/2
Darkness: 🤍
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: ☹️🥵🫣🫠😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Sports Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Enemies-to-Lovers, One Night Stand, Opposites Attract, Pro Athlete, Reformed Player, Rich AF
💋 Kinks: Biting/Marking, Exhibitionism, Finger Licking Good, Smex 🎥, Smex Toys
⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Wild Card is part of the Seattle Phantom series, but can be read as a standalone. While no other books need to be read in order to follow the story, reading prior books may enhance the experience.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
October 12, 2023
Amazing!
Every book I've read by Maggie has been wonderful! Tobias and Scarlett were fantastic! I loved their romance and how they got together. One-night stand? How about more than a one-night stand? Yes! Tobias is so possessive, swoonworthy, and in love with Scarlett. I love how his feelings for Scarlett grew once he realized she was different than his typical one-nighters. He had "real" feelings for her. He knew she was different. Made for him.
Scarlett is headstrong, she knows what she wants out of life, and is a very loyal and loving friend. I would love to be besties with her.
I love the push and pull between these two. It was so fun to watch. Their chemistry was insanely amazing!
This book was written well and kept me hooked until the very end. I loved the bonus epilogue. It was so beautiful!
Every book I've read by Maggie has been wonderful! Tobias and Scarlett were fantastic! I loved their romance and how they got together. One-night stand? How about more than a one-night stand? Yes! Tobias is so possessive, swoonworthy, and in love with Scarlett. I love how his feelings for Scarlett grew once he realized she was different than his typical one-nighters. He had "real" feelings for her. He knew she was different. Made for him.
Scarlett is headstrong, she knows what she wants out of life, and is a very loyal and loving friend. I would love to be besties with her.
I love the push and pull between these two. It was so fun to watch. Their chemistry was insanely amazing!
This book was written well and kept me hooked until the very end. I loved the bonus epilogue. It was so beautiful!
October 11, 2023
I can confirm- Tobias Westfield does not disappoint! He lived up to the hype and then some!
We’ve met Tobias in both Maggie’s college series and the previous books in this pro football series and so I thought I had a good idea of what his character was like, but it’s actually much deeper than my first impressions- there’s more to him than meets the eye for sure.
He and Scarlett meet because their best friends (Alex and Harper) are together and they mostly bicker, but when Scarlett needs rescuing on her 30th birthday Tobias doesn’t hesitate to step in.
The first third of this book happens prior to the ending in Over Time so we get to see some background of what’s been going on with Tobias and Scarlett before things take a nasty turn. Then it’s Scarlett who steps up to help.
I loved the push and pull between them, and loved seeing Scarlett chip away at Tobias’s walls. He fell so hard and definitely had me swooning just like his brother Easton did in his book!
What a fantastic end to this series. I loved seeing lots of Alex and Harper again, and Wild Card is pretty much tied with Pick Six for my favourite Maggie Rawdon book so far.
Huge thank you to the author for this arc in exchange for my honest review.
We’ve met Tobias in both Maggie’s college series and the previous books in this pro football series and so I thought I had a good idea of what his character was like, but it’s actually much deeper than my first impressions- there’s more to him than meets the eye for sure.
He and Scarlett meet because their best friends (Alex and Harper) are together and they mostly bicker, but when Scarlett needs rescuing on her 30th birthday Tobias doesn’t hesitate to step in.
The first third of this book happens prior to the ending in Over Time so we get to see some background of what’s been going on with Tobias and Scarlett before things take a nasty turn. Then it’s Scarlett who steps up to help.
I loved the push and pull between them, and loved seeing Scarlett chip away at Tobias’s walls. He fell so hard and definitely had me swooning just like his brother Easton did in his book!
What a fantastic end to this series. I loved seeing lots of Alex and Harper again, and Wild Card is pretty much tied with Pick Six for my favourite Maggie Rawdon book so far.
Huge thank you to the author for this arc in exchange for my honest review.
October 5, 2023
5/5⭐️
3.5/5🌶️
This was my MOST ANTICIPATED read of the year & let me tell you… Maggie freaking delievered. 👏🏼
Wild Card is book 3 in the Seattle Phantom Series following Tobias & Scarlett. Tobias is the infamous playboy on Seattle’s NFL team & Scarlett is his best friend’s girlfriend’s best friend & the one girl who seems to be immune to his charm. Except when he ends up rescuing her from an embarrassing situation, the last thing he expects is for them to hook up. But not long after he gets himself into quite a bit of trouble & ends up needing Scarlett’s help & lucky for them both, she desperately needs a job. So what happens when the girl who was just supposed to be a one night stand starts to get under his skin & into his heart?
I knew after reading Easton’s story that I was going to love Tobias & now I would say that’s an understatement. I’m obsessed. With that said, I’m claiming Tobias as my book husband 😏 I love that man with my whole heart. There’s just something about those Westfield brothers 😮💨 If you love the reformed playboy, boy obsessed tropes, you will love this book! This was such a good opposites attract love story. The connection between Tobias & Scarlett was unmatched… emotionally, mentally, sexually, etc. they were just so perfect & really balanced each other out.
I’m so sad that this series has come to an end. I have loved every second of the Seattle Phantom & the Play’s & Penalties Series. I will miss these characters so much already but can’t wait to see what else Maggie has in store for us with her next series & her hockey RH coming up 👏🏼
Tropes:
- Sports Romance
- Frenemies with Benefits
- Opposites Attract
- Reformed Playboy
- Boy Obsessed
- Forced Proximity
- One Night
3.5/5🌶️
This was my MOST ANTICIPATED read of the year & let me tell you… Maggie freaking delievered. 👏🏼
Wild Card is book 3 in the Seattle Phantom Series following Tobias & Scarlett. Tobias is the infamous playboy on Seattle’s NFL team & Scarlett is his best friend’s girlfriend’s best friend & the one girl who seems to be immune to his charm. Except when he ends up rescuing her from an embarrassing situation, the last thing he expects is for them to hook up. But not long after he gets himself into quite a bit of trouble & ends up needing Scarlett’s help & lucky for them both, she desperately needs a job. So what happens when the girl who was just supposed to be a one night stand starts to get under his skin & into his heart?
I knew after reading Easton’s story that I was going to love Tobias & now I would say that’s an understatement. I’m obsessed. With that said, I’m claiming Tobias as my book husband 😏 I love that man with my whole heart. There’s just something about those Westfield brothers 😮💨 If you love the reformed playboy, boy obsessed tropes, you will love this book! This was such a good opposites attract love story. The connection between Tobias & Scarlett was unmatched… emotionally, mentally, sexually, etc. they were just so perfect & really balanced each other out.
I’m so sad that this series has come to an end. I have loved every second of the Seattle Phantom & the Play’s & Penalties Series. I will miss these characters so much already but can’t wait to see what else Maggie has in store for us with her next series & her hockey RH coming up 👏🏼
Tropes:
- Sports Romance
- Frenemies with Benefits
- Opposites Attract
- Reformed Playboy
- Boy Obsessed
- Forced Proximity
- One Night
October 18, 2023
The way that I impatiently waited to get my hands on this book was borderline embarrassing for me. I discovered Maggie not too long ago and she quickly became an auto buy author for me. I just love her writing so much. She is one of those authors that you can easily get sucked into the world that she builds, blink, and realize that you've read almost an entire book without meaning too. All adult responsibilities cease to exsist.
When Tobias was introduced during Pick Six, I quickly asked Maggie if he was getting a book. He was the totally a-hole playboy but something drew me to him. I could just tell that there was so much beneath his surface and I was DYING for his story! And let me tell you, Tobias and Scarlett are my FAVORITE Seattle Phantom couple. Watching them fall for each other was nothing short of perfection. I absolutely loved every second of it and am so sad that it's over.
Did I mention that she write INCREDIBLE SPICE? Holy hell! So hot! 10/10 you must drop everything to read Maggie! IMMEDIATELY!
When Tobias was introduced during Pick Six, I quickly asked Maggie if he was getting a book. He was the totally a-hole playboy but something drew me to him. I could just tell that there was so much beneath his surface and I was DYING for his story! And let me tell you, Tobias and Scarlett are my FAVORITE Seattle Phantom couple. Watching them fall for each other was nothing short of perfection. I absolutely loved every second of it and am so sad that it's over.
Did I mention that she write INCREDIBLE SPICE? Holy hell! So hot! 10/10 you must drop everything to read Maggie! IMMEDIATELY!
October 19, 2024
This book omg. One of my fav sports romance books.. ever?? No notes- I just loved everything about this book. The plot, the couple, the MCs as individuals, the found family, the spice 🥵 it was just 10/10. Maggie writes incredible, unique spice and books that are so easy to read. I loved this series as a whole & will be reading more of Maggie in the future.
read if you like:
Reformed playboy
Football romance
Academic FMC
She takes care of him
Found family
5/5⭐️
3/5🌶️
“Good. Cause you’re my f**king muse out on that field right now. I just want to make you proud and see how all your hard work and support paid off.”
“You can wear any man’s name on your back you want, Scarlett. I don’t give a f**k because you’re still going to be mine.
read if you like:
Reformed playboy
Football romance
Academic FMC
She takes care of him
Found family
5/5⭐️
3/5🌶️
“Good. Cause you’re my f**king muse out on that field right now. I just want to make you proud and see how all your hard work and support paid off.”
“You can wear any man’s name on your back you want, Scarlett. I don’t give a f**k because you’re still going to be mine.
September 29, 2023
Tobias Westfield is everything I needed him to be. The last of his crew to even think about settling down, he falls hard for Scarlett and does a complete turn around. And my God the bedroom chemistry (or elevator, or office space, or bar, or stairwell… you get the drift 😏) is immaculate.
When Scarlett’s 30th birthday goes totally wrong, Tobias steps in and saves the day, leading to a one night only agreement between the two… but it doesn’t stay that way for long. Then when Tobias is in a motorcycle accident, Scarlett is the one to take care of him. The two realize the physical attraction actually goes much deeper; Scarlett learns Tobias is kind, intelligent, and passionate, and he realizes Scarlett is there for him in ways no one else has been.
I loved everything about Wild Card! Great plot, character development, and did I mention the spice 🥵. And we got to see all the guys from Plays and Penalties in addition to Xander, Colt, and Tobias. Can’t wait to see what Maggie has for us next!
When Scarlett’s 30th birthday goes totally wrong, Tobias steps in and saves the day, leading to a one night only agreement between the two… but it doesn’t stay that way for long. Then when Tobias is in a motorcycle accident, Scarlett is the one to take care of him. The two realize the physical attraction actually goes much deeper; Scarlett learns Tobias is kind, intelligent, and passionate, and he realizes Scarlett is there for him in ways no one else has been.
I loved everything about Wild Card! Great plot, character development, and did I mention the spice 🥵. And we got to see all the guys from Plays and Penalties in addition to Xander, Colt, and Tobias. Can’t wait to see what Maggie has for us next!
December 19, 2023
This is probably my favorite of the series.
I love a good enemies to lovers.
Tobias, reformed playboy
Scarlett, spitfire
🌶️🌶️
I love a good enemies to lovers.
Tobias, reformed playboy
Scarlett, spitfire
🌶️🌶️
December 22, 2023
This pains me deeply to have to say this, but DNF at 30%.
I tried to read this for 2 weeks, stopping and reading 3 other books in between just desperate to connect with it since I’ve loved Maggie’s work. But today, I wave the white flag in surrender as I attempted to read FMC waking up at 3 AM exhausted and feeling her 30 years but deciding “Hey we should do a multi-angle sex tape and I’ll tilt the phone against my face to start.” Why this struck me as so dumb I laughed, I have no idea, but I couldn’t stop laughing and the vibe was dead from there.
I just feel like people (I’m 33) in their thirties would be smarter than to leak their sex tapes. I don’t have a problem with filming yourselves if it’s what you’re into, but I do have a problem with you not being smart enough to be discrete. I don’t think it’s sexy to get so carried away you forget about protecting FMC and yourself from undue harm emotionally/financially/physically. Especially a professional athlete with sponsorships to protect. I don’t even know if it gets leaked or not, but I feel like that’s the obvious trope here.
I loved Maggie’s Plays and Penalties series where we first met Tobias (and my number 1 book Husband Easton Westfield), and I have waited for his story for SO LONG!!! Only to find out he is totally shallow with no hidden emotional depths. I read romance to get perfect, emotional/emotionally intelligent men with hidden depths. I’m not saying I don’t love a himbo—because I SO do—but he’s not dumb, just emotionless. I’m also put off by the way he describes her. He is not going to refer to boobs and gut as “curves”. I’m just saying.
Tobias and Scarlett seem to have no chemistry, and there are no real emotions happening here for me. I’ve read some other reviews trying to get an idea if it was going to improve and saw a review that said Tobias rages at her at one point and she just takes it and doesn’t set any boundaries with him so I won’t be continuing on. No weak FMCs allowed in my universe.
I tried to read this for 2 weeks, stopping and reading 3 other books in between just desperate to connect with it since I’ve loved Maggie’s work. But today, I wave the white flag in surrender as I attempted to read FMC waking up at 3 AM exhausted and feeling her 30 years but deciding “Hey we should do a multi-angle sex tape and I’ll tilt the phone against my face to start.” Why this struck me as so dumb I laughed, I have no idea, but I couldn’t stop laughing and the vibe was dead from there.
I just feel like people (I’m 33) in their thirties would be smarter than to leak their sex tapes. I don’t have a problem with filming yourselves if it’s what you’re into, but I do have a problem with you not being smart enough to be discrete. I don’t think it’s sexy to get so carried away you forget about protecting FMC and yourself from undue harm emotionally/financially/physically. Especially a professional athlete with sponsorships to protect. I don’t even know if it gets leaked or not, but I feel like that’s the obvious trope here.
I loved Maggie’s Plays and Penalties series where we first met Tobias (and my number 1 book Husband Easton Westfield), and I have waited for his story for SO LONG!!! Only to find out he is totally shallow with no hidden emotional depths. I read romance to get perfect, emotional/emotionally intelligent men with hidden depths. I’m not saying I don’t love a himbo—because I SO do—but he’s not dumb, just emotionless. I’m also put off by the way he describes her. He is not going to refer to boobs and gut as “curves”. I’m just saying.
Tobias and Scarlett seem to have no chemistry, and there are no real emotions happening here for me. I’ve read some other reviews trying to get an idea if it was going to improve and saw a review that said Tobias rages at her at one point and she just takes it and doesn’t set any boundaries with him so I won’t be continuing on. No weak FMCs allowed in my universe.
October 12, 2023
4.5 STARS
I adore enemies to lovers and great banter, this book is overflowing with both along with a Ghost Pepper spice level that is decadently naughty!
Tobias has a big personality, he seems extremely confident with a side of cockiness. He’s a no relationship kind of guy and seems like he’s living life to the fullest as an NFL “bad boy”.
Scarlett works at a museum, she has the hot, nerdy and smart thing going for. She feels a bit like she doesn’t fit in completely with her friends who are dating or married to NFL players.
Scarlett and Tobias have a relationship full of snarky quips and heated banter. It hints at their attraction and intelligence in my opinion and I loved it.
They keep getting thrown together in situations because of their mutual friends, and maybe they have a one night stand or more…..
The sex is next level naughty and a complete smoke show. Their conversation’s are entertaining and quick witted. I love the pair and their chemistry ends up not being the only amazing thing about them.
While it is a spice heavy story there are absolutely swoon worthy gestures, a great emotional connection between them and serious situations that they prove themselves to be really good people.
I love Scarlett’s secret bolder side so much. It matches with Tobias’ larger than life personality. Tobias is over the top in generous, yet understated ways that made me fall head over heels for him.
I loved Tobias’ emotional growth and big win in his personal life at the end. Scarlett didn’t have as much backstory or emotional issues that were shown. I would have liked a little more from her. I still adored her and the story.
I enjoyed this sports romance so much and I love the familiar secondary characters from previous books and series.
This is an interconnected standalone, I advise you read the previous two books in this series. They are all 4.5-5 STARS from me.
Another touchdown from this talented author.
I adore enemies to lovers and great banter, this book is overflowing with both along with a Ghost Pepper spice level that is decadently naughty!
Tobias has a big personality, he seems extremely confident with a side of cockiness. He’s a no relationship kind of guy and seems like he’s living life to the fullest as an NFL “bad boy”.
Scarlett works at a museum, she has the hot, nerdy and smart thing going for. She feels a bit like she doesn’t fit in completely with her friends who are dating or married to NFL players.
Scarlett and Tobias have a relationship full of snarky quips and heated banter. It hints at their attraction and intelligence in my opinion and I loved it.
They keep getting thrown together in situations because of their mutual friends, and maybe they have a one night stand or more…..
The sex is next level naughty and a complete smoke show. Their conversation’s are entertaining and quick witted. I love the pair and their chemistry ends up not being the only amazing thing about them.
While it is a spice heavy story there are absolutely swoon worthy gestures, a great emotional connection between them and serious situations that they prove themselves to be really good people.
I love Scarlett’s secret bolder side so much. It matches with Tobias’ larger than life personality. Tobias is over the top in generous, yet understated ways that made me fall head over heels for him.
I loved Tobias’ emotional growth and big win in his personal life at the end. Scarlett didn’t have as much backstory or emotional issues that were shown. I would have liked a little more from her. I still adored her and the story.
I enjoyed this sports romance so much and I love the familiar secondary characters from previous books and series.
This is an interconnected standalone, I advise you read the previous two books in this series. They are all 4.5-5 STARS from me.
Another touchdown from this talented author.
October 9, 2023
I've had quite a ride with Scarlett and Tobias. It started so well. I felt that spark, and I liked both Scarlett and Tobias. The way he stepped in and was there for her, he really made me soft for him. Then the accident happened, and everything got downhill from there. The characters changed their dynamics, and Tobias was really ruthless at times. Also, there was a voice in my head that kept telling me that some things just don't make sense or are unnecessary. The force proximity was really forced, plot-wise.
But the thing that got to me the most is that there was no believable emotion connection whatsoever. Yes, there was physical intimacy, but nothing more than that, in my opinion, especially after the first quarter of the book.
This was definitely a miss for me, and it really pains me because I liked all the books I have read from Maggie Rawdon before and her style.
But the thing that got to me the most is that there was no believable emotion connection whatsoever. Yes, there was physical intimacy, but nothing more than that, in my opinion, especially after the first quarter of the book.
This was definitely a miss for me, and it really pains me because I liked all the books I have read from Maggie Rawdon before and her style.
May 21, 2024
Yet another KU author who must have flunked out of English class.
Reading this hot mess was what I imagine waterboarding must feel like.
I mean… just read this shite:
Cue Harper who is now happily dating Alexander “Xander XXL” Xavier, the defensive end for the Seattle Phantom, and wants to get everyone else coupled up just like her. Her matchmaking plot between Carter and me started the second she saw us flirting and culminated in her suggesting that we double date for my birthday.
The book listed an editor but I’m fully convinced it must have been the author’s mom just showering her in participation trophies.
Reading this hot mess was what I imagine waterboarding must feel like.
I mean… just read this shite:
Cue Harper who is now happily dating Alexander “Xander XXL” Xavier, the defensive end for the Seattle Phantom, and wants to get everyone else coupled up just like her. Her matchmaking plot between Carter and me started the second she saw us flirting and culminated in her suggesting that we double date for my birthday.
The book listed an editor but I’m fully convinced it must have been the author’s mom just showering her in participation trophies.
October 30, 2023
Ug this just did not do it for me and I’m so sad about it. I’ve loved all of Maggie’s other books but this felt disjointed and either over edited or not throughly thought out. The couple was needlessly together too soon, we didn’t need a sex tape plot line along with the injury one. I love a good “nurse him back to health” trope but we barely spent time with it.
Such a bummer, really hoping this is just a random fail as this author has become an auto buy .
Such a bummer, really hoping this is just a random fail as this author has become an auto buy .
October 11, 2023
Just when I was going through withdrawals and needing my fix of one of Maggie Rawdon’s talented football stars, and the sassy women who steal their hearts…Tobias Westfield arrived to save the day.
Tobias is everyone’s favorite party guy, always up for a good time, and throwing bashes whose attendees require a week away from work in order to sleep them off.
It takes Scarlett, a sultry museum curator and part-time podcaster,to see his sweet and generous nature at work.
After Tobias rescues Scarlett from a scrape involving a former coworker, and a double date-gone-wrong, these two find out that their banter and constant irritation, with one another translates to sizzling chemistry between the sheets, a stairway,and even a library…
I love their chemistry.
I love their support of one another, in both their personal, and professional lives.
These characters are perfect for one another, and I just cannot get enough of them.
In keeping with tradition, we are treated to cameos from all supporting characters in the series, and the camaraderie and deep, abiding friendships they all share provides both a sense of satisfaction,and nostalgia, as with all of Maggie’s books.
I am very much looking forward to her next installment of the series.
Perhaps with Easton and Tobias’ sister Madison as our hell-raising heroine….
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tobias is everyone’s favorite party guy, always up for a good time, and throwing bashes whose attendees require a week away from work in order to sleep them off.
It takes Scarlett, a sultry museum curator and part-time podcaster,to see his sweet and generous nature at work.
After Tobias rescues Scarlett from a scrape involving a former coworker, and a double date-gone-wrong, these two find out that their banter and constant irritation, with one another translates to sizzling chemistry between the sheets, a stairway,and even a library…
I love their chemistry.
I love their support of one another, in both their personal, and professional lives.
These characters are perfect for one another, and I just cannot get enough of them.
In keeping with tradition, we are treated to cameos from all supporting characters in the series, and the camaraderie and deep, abiding friendships they all share provides both a sense of satisfaction,and nostalgia, as with all of Maggie’s books.
I am very much looking forward to her next installment of the series.
Perhaps with Easton and Tobias’ sister Madison as our hell-raising heroine….
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
August 10, 2024
4*
I must confess that I’m not really sure from where I picked up this book. If it was a recommendation from kindle unlimited, goodreads or tiktok, but I had it downloaded on my kindle for a while and decided to give it a chance. And thankfully, this chance paid off very well. This book was better than expected. It was fun and entertaining, but it went a little deeper than that.
The main characters were a great couple and they dodged take their time getting together for real. They started as slightly enemies with chemistry to kind of friends with benefits to not actually together to finally a proper couple. The heroine was such a nice person that deserved something good and the hero became better for her. He wasn’t my favorite in the beginning, despite the chemistry, but he became a lot better and deserving of her throughout the story.
This was not my first book by Maggie Rawdon, but I enjoyed this one a lot more than the previous work I’ve read. Her writing is quite smooth and easy to read. It was all I needed for a few hours on my day off to get my mind of all things. I actually enjoyed the universe she created with the team and there is a big chance I will be coming back to her other works in the future.
I must confess that I’m not really sure from where I picked up this book. If it was a recommendation from kindle unlimited, goodreads or tiktok, but I had it downloaded on my kindle for a while and decided to give it a chance. And thankfully, this chance paid off very well. This book was better than expected. It was fun and entertaining, but it went a little deeper than that.
The main characters were a great couple and they dodged take their time getting together for real. They started as slightly enemies with chemistry to kind of friends with benefits to not actually together to finally a proper couple. The heroine was such a nice person that deserved something good and the hero became better for her. He wasn’t my favorite in the beginning, despite the chemistry, but he became a lot better and deserving of her throughout the story.
This was not my first book by Maggie Rawdon, but I enjoyed this one a lot more than the previous work I’ve read. Her writing is quite smooth and easy to read. It was all I needed for a few hours on my day off to get my mind of all things. I actually enjoyed the universe she created with the team and there is a big chance I will be coming back to her other works in the future.
October 10, 2023
I had been waiting for Tobias, and he did not disappoint. This was a really fun and steamy professional football romance. I was expecting the vulnerability of Tobias, and it made me love him all the more.
This entire series of standalones was amazing, and it will be one of my favorite football romances!
ARC read
This entire series of standalones was amazing, and it will be one of my favorite football romances!
ARC read
October 25, 2023
Another fantastic book by Maggie Rawdon. Tobias Westfield is book boyfriend goals. This was the perfect frenemies to lovers story. Scarlett and Tobias were so good together, and the mouth on this man, was so freaking hot 🥵 🥵 I loved this book from start to finish.
October 18, 2023
Can we take a minute to appreciate Tobias? He was the whole package and more, and I fell hard for him; he is my favorite.
Scarlett and Tobias were FIRE! They had push and pull, and I loved that Scarlett could peel back his layers. These two were the whole package for me; they had chemistry and, oh, the banter. I just ate it up, and let's not forget the spice because Maggie brings the heat.
I love Maggie's writing and can't wait to read Lords of Misrule.
Scarlett and Tobias were FIRE! They had push and pull, and I loved that Scarlett could peel back his layers. These two were the whole package for me; they had chemistry and, oh, the banter. I just ate it up, and let's not forget the spice because Maggie brings the heat.
I love Maggie's writing and can't wait to read Lords of Misrule.
July 24, 2024
There was no pacing whatsoever , everything was happening all at once. The amount of dialogue may as well just be a script, almost no description of scenes or places ie people. Would give 0 stars if possible
November 3, 2023
Every book is the same and I read every book.
September 8, 2024
1.75 stars, rounded up. I was bored. This thing had absolutely no plot. Just sex. And i can respect that.. i suppose. Wanted a little more romance and woo’ing but alas
September 30, 2023
You take a chance on a new-to-you author, and sometimes it pays off and you become a fan for life. I just wish this one had paid off a little more to push it higher than a 3.5 star read for me. The story has good bones and the writing is polished, but there are some things I just couldn’t get behind. But first, the positives.
I love a sports romance that shows some game time and the camaraderie between teammates. This one has that in spades, and it's very well done. I love the gal pals and how they support each other, and I loved Scarlett's character, although I thought she got taken advantage of at times. And the fact that a player reforms and gets the nerdy girl, well who wouldn’t love that?
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There was some storyline amidst the prodigious mattress gymnastics, but the majority of the focus seemed to be on the physical relationship. Because of this, I didn’t feel the emotional component between the two MCs. I didn’t love the way Tobias treated Scarlett for good part of the book. I get he had his issues from his dad, the video, and his wreck, but it came off as heartless and unsympathetic, like he was the only one in the relationship who mattered. And him “allowing" her to go on dates when they were already a thing was weird and discomforting.
This wouldn’t be the first sports romance I would recommend, but it's still a fun story and decent escape from the real world for a few hours.
I love a sports romance that shows some game time and the camaraderie between teammates. This one has that in spades, and it's very well done. I love the gal pals and how they support each other, and I loved Scarlett's character, although I thought she got taken advantage of at times. And the fact that a player reforms and gets the nerdy girl, well who wouldn’t love that?
From here on out, it's spoilers, so stop reading if you don’t want to see them.
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There was some storyline amidst the prodigious mattress gymnastics, but the majority of the focus seemed to be on the physical relationship. Because of this, I didn’t feel the emotional component between the two MCs. I didn’t love the way Tobias treated Scarlett for good part of the book. I get he had his issues from his dad, the video, and his wreck, but it came off as heartless and unsympathetic, like he was the only one in the relationship who mattered. And him “allowing" her to go on dates when they were already a thing was weird and discomforting.
This wouldn’t be the first sports romance I would recommend, but it's still a fun story and decent escape from the real world for a few hours.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 24, 2024
Well guys, the girls were right. This was my favorite book of the series. And if you want to know why, one word - TOBIAS.
- football romance
- good girl/ bad boy
- reformed playboy
- dislike to lovers
- spicy tension
I ate this book up. I read this book in under 24 hours. Something about a sports romance by Maggie Rawdon just gets me out of a book slump.
This was a spicy, fun, low stakes romance and I highly recommend.
This type of story is just always going to do it for me lol
- hockey romance
- childhood best friends
- it was always her
- bad boy mmc
- curvy fmc
- exhibitionism
The way this man was gone for her. I will never recover. Love this low-stakes type of romance!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- football romance
- good girl/ bad boy
- reformed playboy
- dislike to lovers
- spicy tension
I ate this book up. I read this book in under 24 hours. Something about a sports romance by Maggie Rawdon just gets me out of a book slump.
This was a spicy, fun, low stakes romance and I highly recommend.
This type of story is just always going to do it for me lol
- hockey romance
- childhood best friends
- it was always her
- bad boy mmc
- curvy fmc
- exhibitionism
The way this man was gone for her. I will never recover. Love this low-stakes type of romance!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
June 11, 2024
Wow wow wow. What a way to end a series. I’ve loved Tobias from his first introduction and to see his character growth over the whole series be portrayed so well was so satisfying. And then to add in Scarlett who we’ve also had glimpses of throughout the series and get to see a different side of her was so much fun. Their banter and chemistry AND SPICE was off the charts. And let’s just have a moment for Morse Code, y’all 🥹
ps. his co-star (IYKYK) got added to the list.
ps. his co-star (IYKYK) got added to the list.
October 5, 2023
Loved loved loved this one! Enemies to lovers is becoming my favorite and the banter was top tier! I could not put this one down! Tobias was absolutely adorable and the spice was PERFECT. Falling in love with Maggie’s writing! Can’t wait to see what she has up her sleeve next!
September 29, 2023
5⭐️ 5🌶️
Gah this book was so freaking good. Maggie has once again stolen my heart with the sweetest man with a nasty as heck mouth 🥵 Tobias was everything and more 🫠 Just when I thought I couldn’t love anymore more than Colt here comes Tobias Westfield 😍 I’m felt so bad for him and what he had to endure. I absolutely loved Scarlett. She excepted Tobias for who he was. There was so many funny scenes in here and so many swoon worthy scenes. I couldn’t get enough of this book. I also loved how we got to see some of the characters from the plays and penalties series. This book is definitely a must read 10 out of 10!!
Gah this book was so freaking good. Maggie has once again stolen my heart with the sweetest man with a nasty as heck mouth 🥵 Tobias was everything and more 🫠 Just when I thought I couldn’t love anymore more than Colt here comes Tobias Westfield 😍 I’m felt so bad for him and what he had to endure. I absolutely loved Scarlett. She excepted Tobias for who he was. There was so many funny scenes in here and so many swoon worthy scenes. I couldn’t get enough of this book. I also loved how we got to see some of the characters from the plays and penalties series. This book is definitely a must read 10 out of 10!!
August 15, 2024
holy fuck tobias westfield god damn i didn’t expect him to be like this holy shit
January 3, 2025
I didn’t really like the people or the plot but it could have been worse.
July 30, 2024
My only excuse is that I had to see the series through at the very least… not bad.
December 5, 2023
If You Are A Sports Romance Fan .. Add Maggie Rawdon to AutoRead
This book will make you swoon , will make you sweat , will make you laugh at the banter between Tobias and Scarlett, and make you cry.
WildCard logs in as my fave Football Romance of 2023.
It needs to be said that it is my first Maggie Rawdon read and I will be going back and reading the rest of this series and anything else she writes. I loved the character development of Tobias Westfield.
Playboy NFL great, cocky and egotistical and just enough of a bad boy to go riding his bike without a helmet. He is legacy football his brother and father as a NFL coach he has a lot on the line , then walks in Scarlett. His accident was a wake up call in more ways than one .
The steam 🌶🌶🌶🌶👨🍳💋. I just couldnt get enough of his dirty talk .
I loved that he fell first , and loved Scarlett coming and taking care of him through rehab after his motorcycle accident . I loved the reaction Madison had when answering the door meeting her for the first time and how they instantly clicked.
But the best thing , the necklace he got her ..his last name in Morse code.
Best scene ..the library scene because what girl cant resist a man with a library room.
The man was perfect ..and typing this out I realized I couldnt give it anything but 5 stars .
I hope we get to see more of this couple in a future book
This book will make you swoon , will make you sweat , will make you laugh at the banter between Tobias and Scarlett, and make you cry.
WildCard logs in as my fave Football Romance of 2023.
It needs to be said that it is my first Maggie Rawdon read and I will be going back and reading the rest of this series and anything else she writes. I loved the character development of Tobias Westfield.
Playboy NFL great, cocky and egotistical and just enough of a bad boy to go riding his bike without a helmet. He is legacy football his brother and father as a NFL coach he has a lot on the line , then walks in Scarlett. His accident was a wake up call in more ways than one .
The steam 🌶🌶🌶🌶👨🍳💋. I just couldnt get enough of his dirty talk .
I loved that he fell first , and loved Scarlett coming and taking care of him through rehab after his motorcycle accident . I loved the reaction Madison had when answering the door meeting her for the first time and how they instantly clicked.
But the best thing , the necklace he got her ..his last name in Morse code.
Best scene ..the library scene because what girl cant resist a man with a library room.
The man was perfect ..and typing this out I realized I couldnt give it anything but 5 stars .
I hope we get to see more of this couple in a future book
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