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bee_thebibliophile's review against another edition
3.0
I really wanted to like Tim’s story - he was fun in [b:He's a Keeper|60818515|He's a Keeper|Stacy Travis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1651088421l/60818515._SX50_.jpg|95908152] so I had high hopes for this book. Tim lived up to my expectations, but his love interest, Jordan, brought things down for me.
Tim Cheltenham is a professional soccer player who left England behind to play in the US and run away from some family problems. He’s been playing on an injury for a while and is incredibly nervous that his backup is going to take away his starting spot so he plays on it even when he shouldn’t. Tim needs surgery to fix his injury but doesn’t want to take the time off the pitch to recover so he’s relying on the goodwill from the team’s doctor to keep him playing, He has a reputation for being a bit of a player off the field, always with a new girl and never getting serious but when a certain woman from his past shows up at a team event, he can’t help imagining what a future together could look like.
Jordan Page is a sports medicine doctor who is starting a new job with the San Francisco Strikers where she’s tasked with fixing the mistakes and problems left behind by the last team doctor. She’s good at her job and knows she can make an impact but she’s also intimidated by being a woman in the professional sports world. She gets along well with her dad but her relationship with her mom is strained since all she seems to want is for Jordan to get married. Jordan was a character just wasn’t for me - she felt like a stereotypical quirky/awkward/nerdy girl with her clumsiness, social awkwardness, lack of self-confidence, frumpy clothing and refusal to hold her male co-worker accountable for his misogyny. I wanted to like her more, but she made it so difficult for me at every turn to be on her side.
Tim and Jordan have a history before they started working together - Tim stayed with her family in high school during a foreign exchange program and they both developed feelings but ended up heartbroken. They meet up again years later and they’re both still interested and end up faking an engagement to get Jordan out of a (completely unnecessary) bind with her co-worker. I felt a physical connection between these two but absolutely no emotional connection there. Things progressed fast between them and it felt really abrupt when they decided to be more than fake. I wanted more from their relationship because of their history and it just fell kind of flat.
I really like the concept of this series and I feel invested in the overhaul that’s happening. Looking forward to seeing where this series goes next!
Tim Cheltenham is a professional soccer player who left England behind to play in the US and run away from some family problems. He’s been playing on an injury for a while and is incredibly nervous that his backup is going to take away his starting spot so he plays on it even when he shouldn’t. Tim needs surgery to fix his injury but doesn’t want to take the time off the pitch to recover so he’s relying on the goodwill from the team’s doctor to keep him playing, He has a reputation for being a bit of a player off the field, always with a new girl and never getting serious but when a certain woman from his past shows up at a team event, he can’t help imagining what a future together could look like.
Jordan Page is a sports medicine doctor who is starting a new job with the San Francisco Strikers where she’s tasked with fixing the mistakes and problems left behind by the last team doctor. She’s good at her job and knows she can make an impact but she’s also intimidated by being a woman in the professional sports world. She gets along well with her dad but her relationship with her mom is strained since all she seems to want is for Jordan to get married. Jordan was a character just wasn’t for me - she felt like a stereotypical quirky/awkward/nerdy girl with her clumsiness, social awkwardness, lack of self-confidence, frumpy clothing and refusal to hold her male co-worker accountable for his misogyny. I wanted to like her more, but she made it so difficult for me at every turn to be on her side.
Tim and Jordan have a history before they started working together - Tim stayed with her family in high school during a foreign exchange program and they both developed feelings but ended up heartbroken. They meet up again years later and they’re both still interested and end up faking an engagement to get Jordan out of a (completely unnecessary) bind with her co-worker. I felt a physical connection between these two but absolutely no emotional connection there. Things progressed fast between them and it felt really abrupt when they decided to be more than fake. I wanted more from their relationship because of their history and it just fell kind of flat.
I really like the concept of this series and I feel invested in the overhaul that’s happening. Looking forward to seeing where this series goes next!
leahana's review against another edition
4.0
I love second chance romances. It’s one of my favorite tropes! This is a second chance romance and also a fake fiancé, sports romance.
Tim is a determined soccer player crushing on the one who got away and trying to prove his worth to his family and himself.
Jordan is the team doctor digging herself deeper into her accidental lie everyday and putting her career on the line for a second chance with her childhood crush.
I can always count on Stacy travis for great character development and a swoon worthy happily ever after
Tim is a determined soccer player crushing on the one who got away and trying to prove his worth to his family and himself.
Jordan is the team doctor digging herself deeper into her accidental lie everyday and putting her career on the line for a second chance with her childhood crush.
I can always count on Stacy travis for great character development and a swoon worthy happily ever after
books_and_more_books_byt's review against another edition
4.0
Tim and Jordan met as teenagers when Tim came to America for soccer and broke her heart. Years later Jordan joins the Strikers soccer team as the medical director where Tim is now the superstar. While her predecessor had allowed players to play while hurt, she is charged with evaluating the players and determining if they can play. When one of her bosses implies that single women are a risk to hire, she quickly comes up with the story of being engaged. Now she must either confess her lie or find someone to be her fake fiancé. Tim volunteers to fill the fake fiancé role but soon the lines get blurred for both. Can they overcome their past and the lies that threaten to expose them?
He’s a Player is the second book in the San Francisco Strikers series, but I had no problem reading it as a stand-alone. It was well-written, easy to read, and had characters that were lovable. It was a great second chance with a fake relationship romance. I enjoyed reading it and I recommend it.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
He’s a Player is the second book in the San Francisco Strikers series, but I had no problem reading it as a stand-alone. It was well-written, easy to read, and had characters that were lovable. It was a great second chance with a fake relationship romance. I enjoyed reading it and I recommend it.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
read_on_reader's review against another edition
5.0
When Tim and Jordan’s paths collide years after a heartache full of rejection and pining for the one that slipped through their fingers, they can’t help all the emotions swimming around them. Tim was an exchange student that stayed with Jordan’s family, and he let her go because he just couldn’t get over feeling undeserving to her, but soccer was his focus in life and distractions weren’t an option. Now fate has them crossing paths and with all the questions and angst swimming around there’s also that feeling of unrequited love still looms over them. Jordan has worked hard all her life to get to her dream job and now that she must work with the guy that shattered her heart all she wants is to keep things professional, but her feelings never went away, and some sexist words has her scrambling for his help. As these two embark on a fake engagement journey the attraction grows so much that they can’t stop this from happening and they don’t want to, but with so much hurt in Tim’s past will he let that ruin the best thing that has ever happened to him, or will he finally find peace in the past? I loved their journey because the emotions were so real, and Tim was such a swoon worthy character you can’t help but to fall for. Jordan was a strong independent woman who knew what she wanted but sometimes insecurities got the better of her and she had to find ways to overcome those. If you’re looking for a great second chance read with a strong smart heroine and an emotionally damaged athlete this is a must read and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
foxgame's review against another edition
4.0
Great story that left me with a smile. I felt this book was a little steamier than other books by this author. The writing still had that great character engagement, humour and romance. Also enjoyed it when “those” characters got what they deserved. Really enjoyed and recommend for any romance reader - don’t have to be a footie fan.
Can’t wait to read Weston’s story next.
Received a complimentary ARC of the book and have provided a voluntary review.
Can’t wait to read Weston’s story next.
Received a complimentary ARC of the book and have provided a voluntary review.
heatheradoresbooks's review against another edition
4.0
4⭐
Book 2 in the San Francisco Strikers series. I didn't read the 1st one and usually that would make me upset, but I don't recall seeing either name mentioned from book 1, so seems to totally be a stand~alone.
Featuring ~ dual 1st person POV, sports romance ~ soccer, doctor, sexism, fake relationship, office romance, slow burn, some steamage, second chance
Jordan & Tim
They first met as teenagers when Tim was a foreign exchange student with Jordan's family. They only spent a platonic month together and one embarrassing night had him hightailing it back across the pond.
Now, 15 years later, Jordan is the new medical director for the soccer team Tim plays for. Long story short Jordan has diarrhea of the mouth and now has a fake fiance. Can they put their true feelings for each other aside and make everyone believe in their love?
This was a slow burn that eventually leads to a bit of steamage, not too much, but their chemistry is undeniable. I really liked them together and am pleased with how it all wrapped up. There were some nice mother/daughter and father/son moments that while wasn't the focus of the story as a whole, but it helped to bring everything together. I'd be delighted to read more from Stacy in the future.
Side notes:
~ apparently Tim has some 'forearm porn' going on ~ not really sure what that is, but I'll be asking my hub to start working on his so I can be in the know.
~ there are a bunch of similar names for different characters that I thought was odd ~ Jordan/Jordy, Danny/Danny (one is a nickname), Cheltenham/Chet (one is a last name)
*Thanks to [a:Stacy Travis|20016992|Stacy Travis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1622143282p2/20016992.jpg] and Social Butterfly PR for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book 2 in the San Francisco Strikers series. I didn't read the 1st one and usually that would make me upset, but I don't recall seeing either name mentioned from book 1, so seems to totally be a stand~alone.
Featuring ~ dual 1st person POV, sports romance ~ soccer, doctor, sexism, fake relationship, office romance, slow burn, some steamage, second chance
Jordan & Tim
They first met as teenagers when Tim was a foreign exchange student with Jordan's family. They only spent a platonic month together and one embarrassing night had him hightailing it back across the pond.
Now, 15 years later, Jordan is the new medical director for the soccer team Tim plays for. Long story short Jordan has diarrhea of the mouth and now has a fake fiance. Can they put their true feelings for each other aside and make everyone believe in their love?
This was a slow burn that eventually leads to a bit of steamage, not too much, but their chemistry is undeniable. I really liked them together and am pleased with how it all wrapped up. There were some nice mother/daughter and father/son moments that while wasn't the focus of the story as a whole, but it helped to bring everything together. I'd be delighted to read more from Stacy in the future.
Side notes:
~ apparently Tim has some 'forearm porn' going on ~ not really sure what that is, but I'll be asking my hub to start working on his so I can be in the know.
~ there are a bunch of similar names for different characters that I thought was odd ~ Jordan/Jordy, Danny/Danny (one is a nickname), Cheltenham/Chet (one is a last name)
*Thanks to [a:Stacy Travis|20016992|Stacy Travis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1622143282p2/20016992.jpg] and Social Butterfly PR for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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profromance's review against another edition
5.0
Overall Grade: 4.5 ⭐️
Stacy Travis’s He’s A Player is a cornucopia of delicious tropes: second chance romance, adversaries-to-friends, fake relationship, complex parental relationships that inform the characters’ sense of self, opposites attract, and sports romance. It follows the handsome, playboyish Tim, one of the stars of Travis’s San Francisco Strikers - a professional soccer team, and Jordan, the newest team doctor. Tim and Jordan have a past. In high school, Tim, as an international student, lived with Jordan’s family. When she eventually propositions Tim to take her virginity, he denies her request and leaves her family’s home shortly after. After this humiliation and being confronted with Tim’s presence on the Strikers, she’s intent on remaining professional. However, at their reunion, she finds herself in an embarrassing situation. In the wake of that, Tim and Jordan try to deny their attraction to each other, but Tim is dealing with physical issues and needs Jordan to protect his position on the team, and Jordan needs Tim’s help with team management. Their solution becomes a fake relationship and eventual engagement. However, the past is never far as a reminder of Jordan’s humiliation. Are Tim and Jordan fated for a happy ending?
I am absolutely enjoying Stacy Travis’s newest series, the San Francisco Strikers. I’m a big fan of sports romance, and Travis balances sports with character development and romance well. To date, He’s A Player is one of my favorite stories from her after Isla’s story in her Berkley Hills series. Traversing the many tropes of this book, you never lose sight of Tim and Jordan’s journey, and Travis balances her book well. If I have any suggestions, it would relate to the ending. It felt rushed, but I may be the only reader who wanted more after Tim’s recognition he can be everything Jordan needs. However, that aside, I’m ready for more stories in Stacy Travis’s newest story world.
Stacy Travis’s He’s A Player is a cornucopia of delicious tropes: second chance romance, adversaries-to-friends, fake relationship, complex parental relationships that inform the characters’ sense of self, opposites attract, and sports romance. It follows the handsome, playboyish Tim, one of the stars of Travis’s San Francisco Strikers - a professional soccer team, and Jordan, the newest team doctor. Tim and Jordan have a past. In high school, Tim, as an international student, lived with Jordan’s family. When she eventually propositions Tim to take her virginity, he denies her request and leaves her family’s home shortly after. After this humiliation and being confronted with Tim’s presence on the Strikers, she’s intent on remaining professional. However, at their reunion, she finds herself in an embarrassing situation. In the wake of that, Tim and Jordan try to deny their attraction to each other, but Tim is dealing with physical issues and needs Jordan to protect his position on the team, and Jordan needs Tim’s help with team management. Their solution becomes a fake relationship and eventual engagement. However, the past is never far as a reminder of Jordan’s humiliation. Are Tim and Jordan fated for a happy ending?
I am absolutely enjoying Stacy Travis’s newest series, the San Francisco Strikers. I’m a big fan of sports romance, and Travis balances sports with character development and romance well. To date, He’s A Player is one of my favorite stories from her after Isla’s story in her Berkley Hills series. Traversing the many tropes of this book, you never lose sight of Tim and Jordan’s journey, and Travis balances her book well. If I have any suggestions, it would relate to the ending. It felt rushed, but I may be the only reader who wanted more after Tim’s recognition he can be everything Jordan needs. However, that aside, I’m ready for more stories in Stacy Travis’s newest story world.
jensreads1983's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book! A fun, sexy and romantic fake engagement, sports romance featuring a football player and the team’s doctor that was full of chemistry and swoon. Tim and Jordan’s second chance of sorts love story is gorgeously emotional, and I loved their story.
This is a really sweet, flirty and heartfelt romance, and a story of a reconnection of the one that got away. I loved Tim and Jordan as characters, I loved watching their dynamic shift and change throughout the book, and their coming together was heartfelt and realistic. It’s more emotion than raw passion, which I appreciated, but it’s still steamy in parts, and I thought their connection was really beautifully written.
The story ends beautifully with lots of happy feels and a gorgeous epilogue, and I finished this book feeling all loved-up with a big grin on my face. Just gorgeous.
This is a really sweet, flirty and heartfelt romance, and a story of a reconnection of the one that got away. I loved Tim and Jordan as characters, I loved watching their dynamic shift and change throughout the book, and their coming together was heartfelt and realistic. It’s more emotion than raw passion, which I appreciated, but it’s still steamy in parts, and I thought their connection was really beautifully written.
The story ends beautifully with lots of happy feels and a gorgeous epilogue, and I finished this book feeling all loved-up with a big grin on my face. Just gorgeous.
mapage's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75