All Wound Up (Play-By-Play, #10)

by Jaci Burton

[EBookObsessed]

This was my first Jaci Burton story and I really liked it. I have given away several paperbacks featuring Ms. Burton and I need you all to return them to me. (Kidding. Just kidding. :) ) I liked the characters of Tucker and Aubrey. We also meet a few of Tucker’s brothers and the players from the team who were the subject of the other books. I will be taking a first read at the next Jaci Burton book that comes my way before I give it away. If I ever get the time (ha, ha), I may just pick up the prior books in this series.

Pitching star, Tucker Cassidy, meets Aubrey Ross, daughter of the River’s owner in the most unusual way. Tucker was just been dumped at a party by his girlfriend who left with a parting shot — at Tucker’s goodies. Aubrey comes upon him while he is trying to pick himself up from the floor and being an E.R. resident, she talks him into allowing her to check out his equipment to make sure he doesn’t have any permanent damage.

Tucker and Aubrey meet again after he gets a cut up pretty good by a cleat in his leg but Tucker doesn’t want anyone on the team knowing why he is already knows the doctor on duty. A third meeting with Dr. Ross, over a concussion, and Tucker is determined to leave the E.R., not only with his dignity, but with the pretty doctor’s phone number.

Both Tucker and Aubrey have crazy hours and schedules. Tucker has day games, night games, and road trips, while Aubrey has a shifting schedule for her residence, studying, and prepping for her medical exams. Neither have time for love or romance, but their mutual attraction leads to some interesting dates and a lot of hot sex.

Neither have time for relationships or falling in love, but when you meet that one person who you can’t get enough of, timing isn’t everything, it’s make time or lose something very rare and special.

THOUGHTS:
I just loved Tucker and Aubrey. Their meet/cute was certainly unusual, but their romance and falling in love came naturally in the story. They kept their relationship casual. I think that is what made it flow so nice. Both thinking they might just enjoy some sex with an attractive person since they didn’t have time for a relationship. They managed to find time to get together after her shifts and after his games or if they could match up days off to get together. They had fun and interesting dates which showed how well they meshed as a couple and they certainly heated up the sheets. They were already deep in a relationship before this too-busy-for-a-relationship couple realized it and could freak out.

I will admit that there was the misunderstanding at the end of the story for the conflict which was something I have read several times in New Adult novels. I thought that maybe the older adults would handle it better, but no, they didn’t handle it any better than the college students do. So there was some eye-rolling on my part near the end, but not enough to ruin the overall enjoyment of the story. The issue resolved itself well and the story had a satisfying ending.

Overall, I like the flow of the story. I liked the characters in this story and I liked the characters who kept showing up from the prior stories. The next story will feature Tucker’s fraternal twin and I will be looking out for that story when it comes out.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.