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 teamโs mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the teamโs ownerโwho happens to be her fatherโsends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where sheโs 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, Camโs leg, and Adalynโs bumper, heโs also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag childrenโs team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Camโs help.
Source: Goodreads
Book Review:
The Long Game
Series: Yes (Book 1)
Rating:ย โโโโโย 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 ๐ฅต 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 & loveโฆ so much swoon ๐ซ
What youโll find in the Long Game:
โฝ๏ธ Neighbors
โฝ๏ธ Enemies to lovers
โฝ๏ธ Former pro soccer player
โฝ๏ธ British hero
โฝ๏ธ Grumpy/grumpy
โฝ๏ธ Co-coaching kids soccer
โฝ๏ธ Forced proximity
โฝ๏ธ Goat yoga
โฝ๏ธ Hilarious 10 year old Maria
โฝ๏ธ Small town
โฝ๏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.