Title: Curveball
Author: Nicole Rodrigues
Release Date: December 14, 2018

Blurb

Their young love ignited rapidly but diminished in the blink of an eye. A heart wrenching, second chance romance, that will make you believe, that everything happens for a reason.

Charlotte Daniels is still as sassy as I remember her eighteen years ago, but now, she has a bite to match that bark. It doesn’t help that she grew into an irresistible woman, that I can’t keep my hands off of, not that I ever could.

Except now, there are two, very good reasons to keep my hands to myself. Yep…sometimes when people say they do something, they don’t. 

A mistake I thought we made, comes barreling back into my life, but the way I’m looking at it now, it doesn’t seem to be a mistake. It seems like a blessing, like the raft that could pull me out of the deep waters, that have been dragging me down for a very, long time.

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I’ve always been sure of two things:

1.Passion is dangerous. It will suck you in quickly. It will make you feel euphoric but then burn you; slowly and painfully until you’re left empty and abandoned.

2. Gabriel Gavinwood was my passion.

I’ve cut him out, not wanting to watch the train wreck, that replaced the boy I loved all this time. Fate has other plans though, and now our lives collide and there’s no going back.

When life throws me another curve ball and I run into said boy, literally, can I ignore that passion that once consumed us? Should I even try? Can we move on from our toxic past, build a future together and have our happily ever after?

This read is recommended for ages 18+ due to mature content.

My Thoughts <3

The blurb and title caught my attention and is a spot on with explaining the story. It is a second chance sports romance, which obviously a sub genre that I am a huge fan of, so she already had major points going into the book.

The heat between Charlotte and Gabriel is OFF THE FREAKING CHARTS! They knew each other growing up and definitely started noticing each other as they were about to enter HS. They were so young when they were together and with a twist they were nothing.

Fast forward 18 years later and a huge CURVEBALL is thrown at both of them that brings them back together. But can they trust each other to regrow the love between each other? There is absolutely chemistry still between them, is it finally their time? I am not going to give anything else away other than  Nicole does an amazing job with showcasing the steam between them, my gosh, it was SO freaking HOT! 

I give this book 5 out of 5, it was a great genre, great character and world building, and even sets up for a 2nd book. I am a huge sucker for series that are standalone stories but connected! 

It is on Kindle Unlimited, so make sure that you check out this book right away!

 

About The Author

Nicole Rodrigues was born in Queens, NY and later grew up in Long Island, NY. She went to Adelphi University and majored in English Education with a Creative Writing minor. She taught High School English throughout Long Island and Brooklyn, NY until relocating to the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee where she currently resides with her husband, two daughters and son.