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The Long Game by Elena Armas - Romance Book Review

Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat.

But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the teamโ€™s mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the teamโ€™s ownerโ€”who happens to be her fatherโ€”sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where sheโ€™s tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids.

To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Camโ€™s leg, and Adalynโ€™s bumper, heโ€™s also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag childrenโ€™s team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Camโ€™s help.

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The Long Game by Elena Armas - Romance Book Tropes

Book Review:
The Long Game

ELENA ARMAS

Series: Yes (Book 1)

Rating:ย โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†ย 5/5

Spice: 1/5

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Another hit from Elena Armas!

I adored this romance between our fiercely independent heroine Adalyn Reyes & former pro soccer goalie, our grumpy British hero, Cameron Caldani. Set in a small town, the two find themselves co-coaching/managing a girlsโ€™ little league soccer team.

This was a verrrrry slow burn, but the tension was perfection and it made complete sense for these characters. That pottery scene ๐Ÿฅต damn.

I believe Lucas Martรญn (from the American Roommate Experiment) will always be my #1 love, but Cameron Caldani gave him a run for his money! The way he called her darling & loveโ€ฆ so much swoon ๐Ÿซ 

What youโ€™ll find in the Long Game:
โšฝ๏ธ Neighbors
โšฝ๏ธ Enemies to lovers
โšฝ๏ธ Former pro soccer player
โšฝ๏ธ British hero
โšฝ๏ธ Grumpy/grumpy
โšฝ๏ธ Co-coaching kids soccer
โšฝ๏ธ Forced proximity
โšฝ๏ธ Goat yoga
โšฝ๏ธ Hilarious 10 year old Maria
โšฝ๏ธ Small town
โšฝ๏ธ Dual POV/first person

Thank you so very much to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for an advanced reader copy of one of my most anticipated books of the year!
All opinions are my own.

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