Guest Review: Playing At Love – Ophelia London

Show choir teacher Tess Johansson loves three things: music, her job, and sharing that passion with her students. But when a school budget crisis forces funding to be pulled from either the sports or music programs, she finds herself going head to head with Jack, the gorgeous new football coach who broke her heart fifteen years ago.

Jack Marshall wants two things: to be closer to his young daughter and to make his mark as a football coach. Taking the new job, with the promise that he’d have time to build a solid team, gave him both. But now he must win the season with a group of boys who aren’t anywhere near ready or he’ll lose everything he’s worked so hard for. Being pitted against Tess, the summer love he never forgot, is like being fourth and long with only seconds on the clock.

On opposing sides of a fierce battle and with everything at stake, Tess and Jack find themselves torn between doing what it takes to win and doing what it takes to be together

Series:  Perfect Kisses #1
Release Date:  September 25, 2012
Publisher:  Entangled Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

We have all paid witness to the ongoing battles in regards to public school funding.  The age old question always arising: sports or the arts?  Playing at Love uses this argument to form a funny, charming and heartfelt romance that will have you cheering for both sides of the fence.

Tess is the award winning show choir teacher at the local high school.  She is beautiful, feisty, talented and loved by her community.   Jack is new to the school, and has been asked to take over the school football team coming off their seventh straight losing season.  He is given the daunting task of reviving the town’s beloved team.  He is sexy, determined and smart.  When the start of the school year staff meeting reveals that one of the programs will have to be cut, the principal agrees to let the decision be made based on how their organizations perform in the first few months of the school year. 

Fighting to keep their organizations afloat, Jack and Tess must also battle the heartache of their previous relationship.  As their feelings begin to resurface, they have to decide what’s really important, and what they’re willing to risk for their own happily ever after.

This book is wonderful!  I fell in love with the characters and the story from the very start.  It is a fantastic romance that will have you laughing and cheering from beginning to end.  I’d recommend this to any fan of the romance genre.

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