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Love Match
Secret romance changes the rules of the game.
Luke’s never falling in love again.
All that matters now is winning. He’s one of the best tennis players in the world. He has titles and endorsements and fans. He doesn’t need love. Especially since he’s sure he’ll lose everything if he comes out.
Then rookie Jesse walks into the locker room.
Jesse, with his youthful optimism and sweet smile. His alluring innocence.
If Luke gives in to temptation, how long will Jesse be content as secret lovers? Can two pro tennis players find love without losing their careers—and their hearts?
Love Match by Keira Andrews is a steamy gay romance featuring an age gap, the grumpy/sunshine trope, and of course a happy ending.
Luke’s never falling in love again.
All that matters now is winning. He’s one of the best tennis players in the world. He has titles and endorsements and fans. He doesn’t need love. Especially since he’s sure he’ll lose everything if he comes out.
Then rookie Jesse walks into the locker room.
Jesse, with his youthful optimism and sweet smile. His alluring innocence.
If Luke gives in to temptation, how long will Jesse be content as secret lovers? Can two pro tennis players find love without losing their careers—and their hearts?
Love Match by Keira Andrews is a steamy gay romance featuring an age gap, the grumpy/sunshine trope, and of course a happy ending.
204 pages, ebook
First published August 15, 2006
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Keira Andrews
64 books2,900 followersKeira aims for the perfect mix of character, plot, and heat in her M/M romances. She writes everything from swashbuckling pirates to heartwarming holiday escapism. Her fave tropes are enemies to lovers, age gaps, forced proximity, and passionate virgins. Although she loves delicious angst along the way, Keira guarantees happy endings!
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August 3, 2022
Reread - August 2022
Welp, 3 stars for the reread.
Audiobook - 5 stars
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4.5
Wow this was a fast read for me , i could not stop this was one hot romance love fest featuring rainbows and unicorns.. loved it
Welp, 3 stars for the reread.
Audiobook - 5 stars
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4.5
Wow this was a fast read for me , i could not stop this was one hot romance love fest featuring rainbows and unicorns.. loved it
February 23, 2016
*** 4.75 Stars ***
Just finished Love Match and - aptly - LOVED it! I loved the characters, the realistic build of the relationship, and that actions - and inaction - had consequences. ...and of course I also loved the big, sappy, hearts and flowers Hollywood ending. I loved it all!
Just finished Love Match and - aptly - LOVED it! I loved the characters, the realistic build of the relationship, and that actions - and inaction - had consequences. ...and of course I also loved the big, sappy, hearts and flowers Hollywood ending. I loved it all!
June 13, 2015
I LOVED THIS BOOK! It had everything I was in the mood for.
*Steamy sex ✔ ✔
*Great characters ✔
*Very easy story flow ✔
*Heartbreak ✔
*Heartwarming Hollywood ending ✔ ✔
I ended up reading it in one sitting.
Keira Andrews, this woman can write anything. No book is ever the same and I freaking love that! 4.5 Stars! ♥
May 11, 2021
Keira Andrews is one of my favourite authors in this genre and she triumphs once again with this one.
I love any M/M romance set in the sporting world because I live in hope that one day being a gay professional sportsman won't be such a big deal.
Luke and Jesse are awesomely cute and you can understand why Luke is so scared to come out.
I loved how Keira had it happen though, and then was a delight.
I love any M/M romance set in the sporting world because I live in hope that one day being a gay professional sportsman won't be such a big deal.
Luke and Jesse are awesomely cute and you can understand why Luke is so scared to come out.
I loved how Keira had it happen though, and then was a delight.
May 23, 2021
3.5 stars.
This is Keira's debut book, which was recently republished. No revisions were done to the book.
I loved:
- Both characters.
Luke was hot and possessive and enamored with Jesse
Jesse was sweet and a bit damaged an a bit naïve.
- The tennis backdrop and how it brought them together.
- The tiny bit of breakup angst and how they couldn't stay away from each other.
- The supportive parents.
- The Steam: Keira can write some hot sex scenes lemme tell you.
- The epilogue: short and too the point, with a glimpse to the future.
- The Bonus epilogue which was swoony and sexy.
Niggles:
I really do think the book needed a bit if revision and tightening up. It would have made it a much more entertaining read. especially with Jesse's teenage year-trauma.
There were some things that were too abrupt for my liking and needed a bit more focus.
I received an ARC from GRR and this is my honest review.
This is Keira's debut book, which was recently republished. No revisions were done to the book.
I loved:
- Both characters.
Luke was hot and possessive and enamored with Jesse
Jesse was sweet and a bit damaged an a bit naïve.
- The tennis backdrop and how it brought them together.
- The tiny bit of breakup angst and how they couldn't stay away from each other.
- The supportive parents.
- The Steam: Keira can write some hot sex scenes lemme tell you.
- The epilogue: short and too the point, with a glimpse to the future.
- The Bonus epilogue which was swoony and sexy.
Niggles:
I really do think the book needed a bit if revision and tightening up. It would have made it a much more entertaining read. especially with Jesse's teenage year-trauma.
There were some things that were too abrupt for my liking and needed a bit more focus.
I received an ARC from GRR and this is my honest review.
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May 20, 2021It's hard to believe my first book was published 15 years ago! (Shoutout to Loose Id!) So glad to get Luke and Jesse back out into the world.
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June 10, 2015
So very, very good. Just how a romance book should be. That end! Tears of joy!! So over the top romantic and I loved it!
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May 30, 2021* No rating * because I barely made it through the end of the story...
I wish I could say that I liked this book, but the truth is that I couldn't find many things to keep me interested.
Jesse and Luke are tennis players, one is just starting out and the other is a veteran of the sport and one of the best.
At first, I was reading eagerly because I wanted to know Luke's backstory and because I wanted to know who of the two would make the first move. After those two things were addressed though, I lost interest and there wasn't anything else I was looking forward to.
Almost everything that happened was predictable and a cliche for books with this trope (I guess that that wasn't the case when it was first released, but that was fifteen years ago and a lot has changed both in the real world and in books). Also, the constant back and forth of the characters regarding their relationship was very tiring.
I usually like sports romance, and that was the main reason I wanted to read this story, but it didn't work this time.
~ I read an ARC of this book. ~
I wish I could say that I liked this book, but the truth is that I couldn't find many things to keep me interested.
Jesse and Luke are tennis players, one is just starting out and the other is a veteran of the sport and one of the best.
At first, I was reading eagerly because I wanted to know Luke's backstory and because I wanted to know who of the two would make the first move. After those two things were addressed though, I lost interest and there wasn't anything else I was looking forward to.
Almost everything that happened was predictable and a cliche for books with this trope (I guess that that wasn't the case when it was first released, but that was fifteen years ago and a lot has changed both in the real world and in books). Also, the constant back and forth of the characters regarding their relationship was very tiring.
I usually like sports romance, and that was the main reason I wanted to read this story, but it didn't work this time.
~ I read an ARC of this book. ~
August 10, 2015
Sweet, fluffy and very sexy story about two hot tennisplayers. There is some drama about having to hide their relationship, because being gay and being a famous athlete is not as easy as it should be.
I really liked this one....it was also very hot :)
I really liked this one....it was also very hot :)
January 30, 2023
2.5-3 stars
There were parts I like and some I didn’t. I think the way this was written you can see how much Kiera Andrews has improved. The way this was written was very stilted so I couldn’t connect with the characters as much as I wanted to. I think if I didn’t have the audio it would have been a DNF back at chapter 5…
But I am glad I stuck it out..kinda. Jesse deserved better and Luke needed to get his head out of his ass… but overall a good tennis read.. haven’t read many of those!
There were parts I like and some I didn’t. I think the way this was written you can see how much Kiera Andrews has improved. The way this was written was very stilted so I couldn’t connect with the characters as much as I wanted to. I think if I didn’t have the audio it would have been a DNF back at chapter 5…
But I am glad I stuck it out..kinda. Jesse deserved better and Luke needed to get his head out of his ass… but overall a good tennis read.. haven’t read many of those!
August 14, 2012
This older story (written in 2006) surely makes me all warm and fuzzy, which is a feeling I'm looking forward in romance (either m/f or m/m). The story reminds me a lot of the movie Wimbledon (2004) -- starring Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst. Few scenes feels similar, including that romantic ending. But I don't mind. That movie is one --one of my favorite sport-related romantic comedy movies, and probably the only one highlighting tennis.
I love the sport/athlete atmostphere in this, that the tennis matches are written as well, instead of passing information. I think the relationship is approached in right pace. I like how Luke is also written as someone with a "past" -- as he was involved in a secret relationship with his coach, who died in an accident -- before he starts this new one with Jesse. I like how Luke and Jesse have that age gap, so the reason why Luke is worried about coming out (that it will also affect Jesse's future career) is justified. I think the story is sweet and romantic, without being too over-the-top.
And of course, that ending *sigh*. If you have watched Wimbledon, well, it has the same exact effect on me. Cue: grinning widely and muttered ... awwwwww. Yep, romantic grand gesture, it makes me all mushy. Just the kind of thing I'm looking for in romance.
I love the sport/athlete atmostphere in this, that the tennis matches are written as well, instead of passing information. I think the relationship is approached in right pace. I like how Luke is also written as someone with a "past" -- as he was involved in a secret relationship with his coach, who died in an accident -- before he starts this new one with Jesse. I like how Luke and Jesse have that age gap, so the reason why Luke is worried about coming out (that it will also affect Jesse's future career) is justified. I think the story is sweet and romantic, without being too over-the-top.
And of course, that ending *sigh*. If you have watched Wimbledon, well, it has the same exact effect on me. Cue: grinning widely and muttered ... awwwwww. Yep, romantic grand gesture, it makes me all mushy. Just the kind of thing I'm looking for in romance.
February 3, 2020
4.35 Stars
The first 20% or so was hard for me to get into and I don't know if it's because I am NOT a tennis fan or what. Considering how much I really liked the rest of the book, I'm still not even sure. But, I ended up loving this and was so close to giving it 4.5 stars. Definitely gonna get to the next one once this Bachelor challenge category (which, after owning this book for something like 10 years, was only what prompted me to finally read it) ends on Friday night...so, putting it on the currently reading shelf (even though I haven't started it yet!) so that it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of that enormous TBR shelf!
The first 20% or so was hard for me to get into and I don't know if it's because I am NOT a tennis fan or what. Considering how much I really liked the rest of the book, I'm still not even sure. But, I ended up loving this and was so close to giving it 4.5 stars. Definitely gonna get to the next one once this Bachelor challenge category (which, after owning this book for something like 10 years, was only what prompted me to finally read it) ends on Friday night...so, putting it on the currently reading shelf (even though I haven't started it yet!) so that it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of that enormous TBR shelf!
July 22, 2021
Good, but dated
I really enjoy Keira Andrews. This is her first book, written in 2005, and while we’ve made a lot of progress in LGBTQ rights, there still isn’t an openly gay major sports figure.
[Edit to add: there are now TWO active professional athletes in the NFL and NHL who are out. Neither is a major star, but huge progress just from when I wrote this review a month ago!]
Other than the 2005 setting and what that means for coming out, this is a typical veteran/rookie sports romance. Luke is a big-deal, four-time Grand Slam-winning tennis player who at age 34 is nearing retirement, though he’s still ranked in the top ten. Jesse is 23 and just starting his professional tennis career after college, cracking the top 100 his first year on tour.
Jesse suggests they play doubles, Luke has lost his mojo and decides it can’t hurt, and before too long they’re involved romantically. The pressure of hiding their relationship is the major conflict in the book.
This is a totally fine book, but Keira Andrews has definitely grown as a writer. The setting (tennis tour) and external details were really well rendered but the central romance was more “tell than show”- I’d have liked more UST or longing or relationship development. It just sort of happened, rather than driving the story forward.
I really enjoy Keira Andrews. This is her first book, written in 2005, and while we’ve made a lot of progress in LGBTQ rights, there still isn’t an openly gay major sports figure.
[Edit to add: there are now TWO active professional athletes in the NFL and NHL who are out. Neither is a major star, but huge progress just from when I wrote this review a month ago!]
Other than the 2005 setting and what that means for coming out, this is a typical veteran/rookie sports romance. Luke is a big-deal, four-time Grand Slam-winning tennis player who at age 34 is nearing retirement, though he’s still ranked in the top ten. Jesse is 23 and just starting his professional tennis career after college, cracking the top 100 his first year on tour.
Jesse suggests they play doubles, Luke has lost his mojo and decides it can’t hurt, and before too long they’re involved romantically. The pressure of hiding their relationship is the major conflict in the book.
This is a totally fine book, but Keira Andrews has definitely grown as a writer. The setting (tennis tour) and external details were really well rendered but the central romance was more “tell than show”- I’d have liked more UST or longing or relationship development. It just sort of happened, rather than driving the story forward.
June 11, 2023
It was interesting to read this book which was very early on in Keira’s writing career (2006 initially published) and compare to later works. Missing some of the polish from later books but still really enjoyable.
I also enjoyed a book with sports that wasn’t hockey. Tennis was a fun one to read about.
The sports star issue of forced outing by the media was hard to read about (but expected) but I really liked the way it was resolved in the end.
Tags: Tennis players, seasoned champion and up and coming player, closeted MC’s, virgin MC
I also enjoyed a book with sports that wasn’t hockey. Tennis was a fun one to read about.
The sports star issue of forced outing by the media was hard to read about (but expected) but I really liked the way it was resolved in the end.
Tags: Tennis players, seasoned champion and up and coming player, closeted MC’s, virgin MC
October 1, 2024
ALL I DO IS CRY😩😭
May 23, 2021
Una historia sin nada del otro mundo, sin sorpresas, pero a mí me ha parecido igualmente entretenida
December 21, 2014
I had only read compilations of erotica before I read my first romance novel. Before “Love Match”, I didn’t know that romance could be so…touching, beautiful, and sexy. The quality of the writing blew me away as well. The characters came alive on the page.
Luke Rossovich was captivating from the beginning. Andrews’ strong verbs showed me who Luke really was and what he was going through. He was believable. The first page opened the scene with Luke throwing his racket on the court and yelling at a judge for calling a shot incorrectly. He’s a bad boy; arrogant, a brat, but he knows what he’s doing. He’s a pro.
Until Jesse comes along and throws him off his game.
Jesse’s sweet and innocent goodness broke this bad boy down, and I loved watching Luke fall apart, only to be rebuilt into something stronger. When he finally succumbed to Jesse’s charm…hoo boy.
It is amazing how much better a well-written romance is than erotica. Changed my life. Not only is the story better; the plot and the characters, but the sex was way hotter. You know why? Because I was invested in the characters. I was feeling what they felt on another level, and that brought me closer to them. It also helped that the scenes in this book are crazy hot and all yummy man.
Maybe the ending was too happy, but I loved it. I discovered that I'm a sap like that. I return to this book over and over again. I’d own a paperback if Loose Id had one.
Maybe “Love Match” isn’t for you, I dunno. I played tennis in high school, and I know guys like Luke. I already felt grounded in the world. But if you like sports and hot man on man action, then I think you should give this book a shot. It may not change your game for good, like it did with me, but maybe you can learn a new trick or two.
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Luke Rossovich was captivating from the beginning. Andrews’ strong verbs showed me who Luke really was and what he was going through. He was believable. The first page opened the scene with Luke throwing his racket on the court and yelling at a judge for calling a shot incorrectly. He’s a bad boy; arrogant, a brat, but he knows what he’s doing. He’s a pro.
Until Jesse comes along and throws him off his game.
Jesse’s sweet and innocent goodness broke this bad boy down, and I loved watching Luke fall apart, only to be rebuilt into something stronger. When he finally succumbed to Jesse’s charm…hoo boy.
It is amazing how much better a well-written romance is than erotica. Changed my life. Not only is the story better; the plot and the characters, but the sex was way hotter. You know why? Because I was invested in the characters. I was feeling what they felt on another level, and that brought me closer to them. It also helped that the scenes in this book are crazy hot and all yummy man.
Maybe the ending was too happy, but I loved it. I discovered that I'm a sap like that. I return to this book over and over again. I’d own a paperback if Loose Id had one.
Maybe “Love Match” isn’t for you, I dunno. I played tennis in high school, and I know guys like Luke. I already felt grounded in the world. But if you like sports and hot man on man action, then I think you should give this book a shot. It may not change your game for good, like it did with me, but maybe you can learn a new trick or two.
If you liked this review, check out Beth's blog:
http://www.bethbrockbooks.com
January 30, 2023
I was given a copy of this book for an ARC of its updated re-release.
While I read and couldn’t put this down today, I had to keep reminding myself that this was Keira’s first book, 15 years ago no less. It is engaging from the beginning, and I appreciated when the MC’s connection was established because it made the conflict later in the book all the more painful but expected (not in a bad way, it’s foreshadowed). I won’t lie, if you don’t know and enjoy tennis, you might not follow a lot of this book, but I happen to LOVE tennis and the scenes where there are games aren’t too long but create its own kind of suspense which just adds another layer to this book. I also really appreciated the interludes from the commentators perspective. So unexpected but cool.
This read a lot like a 90’s romance movie and I am so here for it. Congrats to Keira on this re-release. It truly is an amazing debut novel.
While I read and couldn’t put this down today, I had to keep reminding myself that this was Keira’s first book, 15 years ago no less. It is engaging from the beginning, and I appreciated when the MC’s connection was established because it made the conflict later in the book all the more painful but expected (not in a bad way, it’s foreshadowed). I won’t lie, if you don’t know and enjoy tennis, you might not follow a lot of this book, but I happen to LOVE tennis and the scenes where there are games aren’t too long but create its own kind of suspense which just adds another layer to this book. I also really appreciated the interludes from the commentators perspective. So unexpected but cool.
This read a lot like a 90’s romance movie and I am so here for it. Congrats to Keira on this re-release. It truly is an amazing debut novel.
October 28, 2017
I love tennis, it's one of my favorite sports to watch. So when I get to read a really good book about top male tennis stars, I'm there baby. And this one was definitely worth it. I loved it.
July 20, 2022
⭐︎
3.5 stars rounded up!
⭐︎
This author, who I absolutely adore, shows a good, solid first (or one of the first) book written and released.
Released in 2006, it shows just how different things were even in 2006. I don't fault the book at all for how closeted Luke is for the majority of this, because yeah, there really isn't one out male professional tennis player as of today. At least their are other out players in some other major league sports. It's still slow going, though.
Luke's extreme caution and fear of being outed felt very realistic. So did Jesse being the younger one, a little less closeted and afraid to come out. 11 years Luke's junior, even with what he's been through, he doesn't want to stay closeted for long.
I think my problems with this book how long Luke maintained his "stay very closeted" stance, and caring what everyone thought of him, and then just at the very end getting over all that baggage and being ready to be out to the world, and in such a public way. It was great and very Hollywood movie-esque, but I wish the change from his extreme closeted-ness had been handled a little more smoothly and gradually.
I do also think the chemistry between these two was just okay. We got scenes with them aplenty, but I still didn't feel like we were getting enough, which to me means I wasn't getting enough in their scenes together, chemistry wise. This book would have greatly benefited from Jesse's POV. I really like the trend that most romance books do now of doing both POV's. One POV just takes a lot to make work in a romance.
While I liked these two, especially near the end, it was slow going for me on feeling much between these two, and by the end they were just likable. I didn't love them.
This slightly less than 200 page book took me a bit to finish, which says something. It didn't have enough really interesting scene until near the end, which made me round up instead of down on this, because I did gain back some interest near the end with the coming out drama.
So overall, this gets a solid 3.5 stars, it showed the potential of this author really well, there were just obvious kinks to work out that, having read this author's later works, she did work out later on.
She said in the AN at the beginning that she revisited this last year and she felt she didn't have to make extensive edits and for the time, it can stand as is, and for the most part I agree - it felt very realistic, how horribly some people reacted when things started to come out - but I do think some things, like the transition from looking going extremely closeted to out could have been included, and maybe including at least a few Jesse POV scenes. I think that would have greatly improved this.
So as is, it was entertaining for the most part overall, it just needed more to really bring this home as a great one. Glad I read this oldie - it served to remind me how different things were just 16 years ago. Oh how time flies. I was just starting my freshman year in high school when this came out haha. Wild.
Onto the next!
This author, who I absolutely adore, shows a good, solid first (or one of the first) book written and released.
Released in 2006, it shows just how different things were even in 2006. I don't fault the book at all for how closeted Luke is for the majority of this, because yeah, there really isn't one out male professional tennis player as of today. At least their are other out players in some other major league sports. It's still slow going, though.
Luke's extreme caution and fear of being outed felt very realistic. So did Jesse being the younger one, a little less closeted and afraid to come out. 11 years Luke's junior, even with what he's been through, he doesn't want to stay closeted for long.
I think my problems with this book how long Luke maintained his "stay very closeted" stance, and caring what everyone thought of him, and then just at the very end getting over all that baggage and being ready to be out to the world, and in such a public way. It was great and very Hollywood movie-esque, but I wish the change from his extreme closeted-ness had been handled a little more smoothly and gradually.
I do also think the chemistry between these two was just okay. We got scenes with them aplenty, but I still didn't feel like we were getting enough, which to me means I wasn't getting enough in their scenes together, chemistry wise. This book would have greatly benefited from Jesse's POV. I really like the trend that most romance books do now of doing both POV's. One POV just takes a lot to make work in a romance.
While I liked these two, especially near the end, it was slow going for me on feeling much between these two, and by the end they were just likable. I didn't love them.
This slightly less than 200 page book took me a bit to finish, which says something. It didn't have enough really interesting scene until near the end, which made me round up instead of down on this, because I did gain back some interest near the end with the coming out drama.
So overall, this gets a solid 3.5 stars, it showed the potential of this author really well, there were just obvious kinks to work out that, having read this author's later works, she did work out later on.
She said in the AN at the beginning that she revisited this last year and she felt she didn't have to make extensive edits and for the time, it can stand as is, and for the most part I agree - it felt very realistic, how horribly some people reacted when things started to come out - but I do think some things, like the transition from looking going extremely closeted to out could have been included, and maybe including at least a few Jesse POV scenes. I think that would have greatly improved this.
So as is, it was entertaining for the most part overall, it just needed more to really bring this home as a great one. Glad I read this oldie - it served to remind me how different things were just 16 years ago. Oh how time flies. I was just starting my freshman year in high school when this came out haha. Wild.
Onto the next!
May 24, 2021
3 *** cause this is Keira Andrews debut novel.
I will say that her writing has certainly changed in times. Also I hope to think that the time has become a bit easier now in coming out in sports. Cause Luke... ugggh
January 18, 2016
If you are after reading a sweet, almost low-angst mm romance, this would be a good choice. Oh, and I should add the story is a bit predictable, which usually is in most of the sport related mm books I’ve read so far, you know, when they fall for each other but don’t want to come out because of their careers, etc.
However, here I wasn’t that much bothered, maybe because it was a short book, and I was eagerly waiting for that ending I knew is going to come, and I really loved that and the prologue too.
But there was one thing that left me wondering and i wish it wasn't there,
However, here I wasn’t that much bothered, maybe because it was a short book, and I was eagerly waiting for that ending I knew is going to come, and I really loved that and the prologue too.
But there was one thing that left me wondering and i wish it wasn't there,
October 8, 2024
LOVE MATCH was another great romance by Keira Andrews. Although I have to say I know nothing about tennis so I had no idea what was going on during most of the actual game play scenes, lol, but that's ok. I liked both Luke and Jesse and I was happy to see them finally work things out after some very angsty ups and downs. This is told completely from Luke's POV so we get a front row seat to his struggle over staying in the closet as well as his desire to win another Grand Slam before he gets too old to be competitive. I especially liked Jesse and I wish we had his POV too; he was so sweet, earnest, and just ready to embrace the world and whatever came his way. Together these two were on fire and their chemistry sizzled off the page.
Content Warning: on page homophobia; past death of a partner, grief; past attack due to homophobia
Content Warning: on page homophobia; past death of a partner, grief; past attack due to homophobia
May 22, 2021
DNF ~25%
Normally I don't give my DNFs higher than 1 star, but I do think that's a little unfair. If I'd been in a different mood I'd have probably finished it and I think 2 stars would have been about right. The feelings moved far too quickly for me, and I'm just not a fan of the "dead past lover" trope. Not terrible, but Andrews has definitely improved a lot over the past 15 years.
Normally I don't give my DNFs higher than 1 star, but I do think that's a little unfair. If I'd been in a different mood I'd have probably finished it and I think 2 stars would have been about right. The feelings moved far too quickly for me, and I'm just not a fan of the "dead past lover" trope. Not terrible, but Andrews has definitely improved a lot over the past 15 years.
August 15, 2022
Very enjoyable even after noting the improvements in Keira's writing since this early one. Loved sweet Jesse and Luke was stubborn but adored Jesse from the start. The tennis was good as well from my casual fan perspective. Very sweet ending <3
March 29, 2016
This was so good but I'm not surprised, because I love Keira Andrews writing. Luke and Jesse were so sweet and so hot together. I also loved all the tennis talk, I find I like reading about it.
June 23, 2021
A wonderful sport story with the celebrity angle – the sizzle factor is fantastic and these sweet men are written so well, they’ll feel like people you know! Just a brilliant read!
July 6, 2021
This book has been on my to-read list since forever it seems, so when it was re-released it was like a sign that I really needed to pick it up and finally read it.
I am so glad that I did. This book was just what I needed...a nice comfortable read with some drama but still wonderful feelings.
For me a good sign is when I get involved with the characters in the book and I sure felt something while reading about Luke and Jesse.
Even the side characters made me smile and worry, which shows how Miss Andrews can really write a compelling story.
I happen to like sports, so for me reading a sports book in this case tennis doesn't give me any problems regarding names, numbers and terms so to speak.
The plot is not really surprising and you can sense the problems coming from miles away so to speak, but yet I stayed fascinated to see how things would turn out.
Where in the blurb it mentions some tropes I didn't really notice those as I read and I mean that in a postive way. Yes there is an small age gap between Luke and Jesse but it isn't really pressing or something, which I personally liked.
To me Luke wasn't really grumpy. I have to admit I really liked him a lot and where I get that Jesse is the young bright light, it was Luke who spoke to me most. I loved how he masked, what I think, might be insecurity and fear.
The love between these two men was wonderful and sexy and there is not a moment that I doubted they would get their happy ever after.
With the epilogue and even better there is also the bonus epilogue, Miss Keira Andrews did a fabulous job so many years ago that is still so very entertaining many years later.
I am so glad that I did. This book was just what I needed...a nice comfortable read with some drama but still wonderful feelings.
For me a good sign is when I get involved with the characters in the book and I sure felt something while reading about Luke and Jesse.
Even the side characters made me smile and worry, which shows how Miss Andrews can really write a compelling story.
I happen to like sports, so for me reading a sports book in this case tennis doesn't give me any problems regarding names, numbers and terms so to speak.
The plot is not really surprising and you can sense the problems coming from miles away so to speak, but yet I stayed fascinated to see how things would turn out.
Where in the blurb it mentions some tropes I didn't really notice those as I read and I mean that in a postive way. Yes there is an small age gap between Luke and Jesse but it isn't really pressing or something, which I personally liked.
To me Luke wasn't really grumpy. I have to admit I really liked him a lot and where I get that Jesse is the young bright light, it was Luke who spoke to me most. I loved how he masked, what I think, might be insecurity and fear.
The love between these two men was wonderful and sexy and there is not a moment that I doubted they would get their happy ever after.
With the epilogue and even better there is also the bonus epilogue, Miss Keira Andrews did a fabulous job so many years ago that is still so very entertaining many years later.
September 22, 2024
I do like a tennis based story (film or book, I'm not fussy), and this one didn't fail to entertain at all.
Luke and Jesse know that it's not all about the game when they decide to pair up and play in doubles matches, little did they realise it would be "love all". (Yeah I also love a tennis pun!!)
Luke and Jesse know that it's not all about the game when they decide to pair up and play in doubles matches, little did they realise it would be "love all". (Yeah I also love a tennis pun!!)
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