Review: Not My Romeo by Ilsa Madden-Mills
An accidental blind date switcheroo on Valentine’s Day leads to an absolutely wonderful love story
Publish date: August 18, 2020
In Ilsa Madden-Mills’ romantic comedy, “Not My Romeo” (The Game Changers #1), the sassy, kind heroine, Elena, is a lingerie designer in secret. Jack Hawke, the football quarterback she mistakes for her weatherman blind date has a lot of secrets including the fact that he is actually painfully shy. They’ve both suffered recent downturns in their lives but destiny seems to keep throwing them together.
In this funny, charming, small-town romance sparks fly, walls come down and Shakespeare gets involved in an incredibly epic romantic ending. This novel has so much heart and sexy sizzle, warmth and depth that it will stay with you long after you finish. I absolutely loved this book and I thoroughly recommend this to fans of Tessa Bailey’s “Fix Her Up” and Helena Hunting’s “Pucked” series. I’m highly anticipating The Game Changers series.
WRITING STYLE: 5/5
PLOT: 5/5
WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5/5
ROMANCE: 5/5
HEAT: 5/5
Description:
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a smart and sexy contemporary romance about a smoking-hot professional football player and the small-town girl he can’t resist.
We start off with a lie on Valentine’s Day.
My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.
The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.
But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?
Is Jack my real Romeo…or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?
Many thanks to NetGalley, Montlake and Ilsa Madden-Mills for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of “Not My Romeo”. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.
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