The Trade by Meghan Quinn Series: The Brentwood Boys #4
Published by Hot-Lanta Publishing LLC on March 12, 2020
Pages: 437
Genres: Sports Romance
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Can you pinpoint a time in your life where you realized you are completely and utterly screwed?
I can. I got the dreaded phone call, the one every baseball player hopes and prays never comes.
I was traded. Yeah, that phone call.
Traded from my long time team of over ten years. And not just to any team, but my childhood rivals; the Chicago Rebels.
Completely and utterly screwed, right? Wrong. The trade was the least of my concerns.
I met a girl. Natalie. Man, she's perfect.
I swore I would never get involved with anyone during the season. Too complicated. But can you believe I have zero restraint when it comes to this girl? I couldn't get her out of my head and the more I talked to her, the more I realized I needed her in my life.
So what's the problem? Why am I screwed? Because, Natalie, the girl I can't stop crushing on, yeah... she's married.
At least, that's what I was told...
The Trade is one s-l-o-w burn romance. The flame between Cory and Natalie actually burns hot right from the very beginning, but due to a combination of insecurities, misunderstandings, and fears, neither wants to act on their feelings. The sexual tension goes on and on forever and it just about tortured me to death. When they finally get together, though, Cory and Natalie set the sheets on fire! What a payoff!
As the only single people in their friend group, Cory and Natalie are thrown together and have plenty of time getting to know each other while trying to hide their mutual attraction. I really enjoyed their easy, flirty rapport.
Cory F*cking Potter, where have you been all my life? The swoony All-Star first baseman has a strong work ethic and a gentle heart. It hurt seeing him struggle with being traded to a rival team. His rejection by his new teammates and especially the fans is brutal.
Natalie is funny, bright, and charismatic but not at all confident that she’s in Cory’s league. Despite her insecurities, she’s a strong woman who ultimately knows her worth.
Cory’s teammate, Jason, is crazy and hilarious. I loved him so much. I also crushed on Natalie’s ride or die best friend, Monica.
Between the backdrop of a Carribean paradise and the allure of professional baseball, I was sold. The humor is a little over the top in places and the story is sad at times, but the chemistry between Cory and Natalie is always hella sexy. Overall, it’s a well-balanced rom com that I quite enjoyed.
Recommended for fans of:
Baseball
Tropical vacations
The Office
About Meghan Quinn
Born in New York and raised in Southern California, Meghan has grown into a sassy, peanut butter eating, blonde haired swearing, animal hoarding lady. She is known to bust out and dance if “It’s Raining Men” starts beating through the air and heaven forbid you get a margarita in her, protect your legs because they may be humped.
Once she started commuting for an hour and twenty minutes every day to work for three years, she began to have conversations play in her head, real life, deep male voices and dainty lady coos kind of conversations. Perturbed and confused, she decided to either see a therapist about the hot and steamy voices running through her head or start writing them down. She decided to go with the cheaper option and started writing… enter her first novel, Caught Looking.
Now you can find the spicy, most definitely on the border of lunacy, kind of crazy lady residing in Colorado with the love of her life and her five, furry four legged children, hiking a trail or hiding behind shelves at grocery stores, wondering what kind of lube the nervous stranger will bring home to his wife. Oh and she loves a good boob squeeze!
Is this your first book in this series? Just curious because of your Jason comment. It’s a really fun series, and Jason is one of my favorites. Cory, though, Cory might just be my favorite.
No, I read the first two books in the series, but skipped The Lineup because Dottie annoyed me in the previous books. Maybe I’ll go back and read it.
You should!!!