Reviewer: Holly It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Series: Chicago Stars #1
Also in this series: Natural Born Charmer, This Heart of Mine (Chicago Stars, #5), Dream a Little Dream
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: May 14th 2013
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 384
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The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville—the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars' head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Calebow is everything Phoebe abhors. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises—a meddling bimbo who doesn't know a pigskin from a pitcher's mound.
So why is Dan drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach's good ol' boy charm leave cosmopolitan Phoebe feeling awkward, tongue-tied . . . and ready to fight?
The sexy, heartwarming, and hilarious "prequel" to This Heart of Mine—Susan Elizabeth Phillips's New York Times bestselling blockbuster—It Had To Be You is an enchanting story of two stubborn people who believe in playing for keeps.
I have a guest review for It Had To Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Book 1 in the Chicago Stars series, up at The Good, The Bad and The Unread.
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This is one of those novels that’s really hard to grade. I absolutely loved it while I was reading it, but once I finished I realized there were a lot of flaws with it. The hero is an ass, the heroine plays dumb and uses her looks to get ahead in the world and the secondary characters are all football players. Oh, wait, that’s actually a point in it’s favor. Mmm, football players. But I digress. The point is, though it’s flawed, it’s still a well written book that grabs your attention and doesn’t let go.
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This book is a re-issue from Avon. You can buy it here or here in e-book format.
I love this book. I have the cover on the left, and I can’t think of a similar romance novel with a blatantly sexual female cover. I’m so used to half-nekid men on the front of books!
I agree Ciara. It really fits the theme of the book, IMO.