Blindsided: Seattle Steelheads Football by Jami Davenport Series: Game On in Seattle #6
Published by Cedrona Enterprises Publication Date: September 15th 2015
Also in this series: Crashing the Net, Skating on Thin Ice, Melting Ice: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey (
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USA Today Bestselling author Jami Davenport introduces the Seattle Steelheads football team with this sixth book in her Game On in Seattle sports romance series.
The daughter of one-time rock legends, Emma Maxwell is the good girl of the family, the dutiful sister, the doting aunt, and a dedicated employee in the family party-crashing business. Every Wednesday night at Karaoke, she indulges in her secret fantasy of being a singer. Yet the thrill of being on stage doesn't rival the thrill of a spontaneous liaison with the delectable, yet downtrodden, quarterback of the Seattle Steelheads, Tanner Wolfe, Emmaβs long-time crush.
Tanner didn't see it coming--not any of it. He was blindsided--by his dysfunctional family, his plummeting career, and the one thing he least expected--by love. After photos with Emma go viral, Tanner is caught in a lie and tells a bigger one to get out of it. Now heβs shoulder-pads deep in a temporary marriage while struggling to resurrect his disastrous career and reunite his broken family. As time passes, Tanner begins to wonder if temporary is good enough, but heβs made a promise to Emma, one which has nothing to do with marriage vows and everything to do with her Nashville singing career and the end of their relationship.
Will Tanner and Emma take the ball and drive for the win, or will they be permanently relegated to the sidelines as the clock runs out on their temporary marriage?
While all books in this series can be read as standalones, you'll most likely enjoy reading the other books in the Game On in Seattle sports romance series:
Book 1--Skating on Thin Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)Book 2--Crashing the Boards (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)Book 3--Crashing the Net (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)Book 4--Love at First Snow (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)Book 5--Melting Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)Book 6--Blindsided (Seattle Steelheads Football) AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER 2015Book 7--Bodychecking (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2016
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BLINDSIDED is an entertaining, feel good story with sizzling heat between the characters.Β This is the sixth book in the Game on in Seattle series and each book is a standalone with interconnected characters. I love a story about a sexy athlete and I have enjoyed reading all the books in this series.
Tanner Wolfe, the quarterback for the Seattle Steelheads is informed the team has been sold. The new owners are conservative and let Tanner know they have high expectations and he must follow their rules.Β Tanner knows he not only needs to improve his game, he also has to put an end to his high profile partying lifestyle or he will be cut from the team. Β Β Tanner decides good girl, Emma Maxwell is the perfect woman to date to help him repair his bad boy reputation and along the way, he discovers good girls can be fun, too.
Emma has secretly crushed on Tanner since college, but he has always been too busy partying and womanizing to notice her. Β Out of the four Maxwell sisters, Emma is the rule follower, but for once in her life, Emma decides to live without following any rules. Β Tanner and Emma are total opposites, but when they come together, they bring out the best in each other. Β They are confident in some areas and insecure in others and help each other develop into better people. Β At times Tannerβs inner dialogue broke my heart; he is a good guy hiding his insecurities behind a cocky demeanor. I liked and admired Emma; she is sweet and innocent and also has the inner strength to stand up for her beliefs.Β She cares about Tanner and helps him get in touch with his feelings and Tanner helps Emma loosen up and shows her life on the wild side.Β There is a lot of chemistry flowing between them and they care about each other, but they are afraid to express their growing feelings for each other. Β This story has a lot of interesting and amusing secondary characters.Β Their family, friends and the guys on the hockey team are all closely watching and speculating on Tanner and Emmaβs relationship.
About Jami Davenport
USA Today Bestselling Author Jami Davenport writes sexy contemporary and sports romances, including her two new indie endeavors: the Game On in Seattle Series and the Madrona Island Series. Jamiβs new releases consistently rank in the top fifty on the sports romance and sports genre lists on Amazon, and she has hit the Amazon top hundred authors list in both contemporary romance and genre fiction multiple times.
Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her Green Beret-turned-plumber husband, a Newfoundland cross with a tennis ball fetish, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare.
Jami works in IT for her day job and is a former high school business teacher. Sheβs a lifetime Seahawks and Mariners fan and is waiting for the day professional hockey comes to Seattle. An avid boater, Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, a common setting in her books. In her opinion, itβs the most beautiful place on earth.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read and review Blindsided.