“In this un-put-downable romance, Madden-Mills skillfully balances the emotional with the physical to produce a love story that’s equal parts scorching and sweet.” —Publishers Weekly
Beauty and the Baller, an all-new emotional and steamy opposites attract, fake relationship standalone romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is available now!
An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills.
Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancée in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his…for one night.
Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.
Fast-forward two years. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But he has no idea who she is.
The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes she’s the one who slipped away.
Has this jaded beauty found her forever baller, or will his past keep them apart?
Beauty and the Baller by Ilsa Madden-MillsMy Review (ARC provided)
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4 stars!
Beauty and the Baller was such a fun and sweet story! It makes you laugh out loud. Nova our heroine is probably one of my favorites, she is such a unique character. She is strong and fierce, beautiful and funny but she is sensitive and has been hurt and is hurting. Nova moves from her small town in Texas to live in New York and makes her life there, but after her mom passes she must make the move back to Texas to take care of her sister.
Ronan our hero is deeply hurt wounded by his past and after a tragic accident and not being able to play football anymore he starts coaching a high school team in Texas. Nova meet your new neighbor and person you thought you’d never run into again, your one-night stand for New York…let the fun begin.
“Beauty isn’t on the outside. Beauty is how we go on, the life we create around us. Living a life that’s meaningful.”
First of all Ronan and Nova had some undeniable chemistry and some great banter, but I loved how they worked off of each other, it was hilarious. Both Ronan and Nova want other people to think they are dating so they fake date and their interactions are great as you read their fun interactions you see the feelings start to develop and then the push and pull, especially for Ronan. He feels he’s not worthy of love anymore and doesn’t want to experience it again because of the pain he’s felt in the past and is still feeling.
Ronan and Nova did not disappoint, and then we got all the fun side characters which were just as much fun, from the fellow teachers to the students. I’m so happy I read this and got my Ilsa on again after some time. Bring on the next one!!
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Eight of her eleven novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English #1; Fake Fiancée and I Dare You #2; I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain #8; The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.
A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
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