Blog Tour + Review + Excerpt + Giveaway | Hoops Holiday (A Hoops Novella) by Kennedy Ryan --> 5 S
HOOPS Holiday, a Christmas bundle featuring all-new, never-before-published content by Kennedy Ryan, is available now!
TITLE: Hoops Holiday
SERIES: Hoops AUTHOR: Kennedy Ryan
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: December 17th, 2018
MacKenzie Decker was a question Avery never got to ask, much less answer.
They met when she was a young reporter fueled by ambition, and the ink on Deck's first NBA contract was barely dry. Years later, they've climbed so high and lost so much, but one thing hasn't changed. The attraction that simmered between them in a locker room before is still there. With success like theirs, everything has been possible . . .
except them.
But that was then.
The only question is...what about now?
** Hoops Holiday consists of FULL-COURT PRESS, a HOOPS novella originally published in the TEAM PLAYER Anthology. It has been expanded with all-new, never before published content & epilogue.
It also includes Christmas-themed bonus material for LONG SHOT (Iris & August) and BLOCK SHOT (Banner & Jared).
*All HOOPS Stories are standalone, and can be enjoyed individually or in order.
Only $0.99 / FREE in Kindle Unlimited
⭐️ 5 "Swoony Romance" Stars ⭐️
I hadn’t had the chance to read Full-Court Press when it first released, but after reading the Hoops standalone novels I absolutely needed to know about Avery and Decker’s love story.
OMG! These two were so amazing! I loved every single instant of this read! From their first meeting to the still ever-present spark between them ten years later. They’re sexy but also share an emotional bond that is mesmerizing.
I swooned over Mack Decker. Seriously that man is more than meets the eyes. He’s never forgotten Avery after their confrontation in the locker room and he’s more than ever ready to show her he’s more than the cocky player he was back then. He’s so thoughtful and affectionate with her, but also has a dominant and attractive personality that hooked me in. Avery is a very dedicated woman with a vulnerability she tries to hide to others. Decker sees these cracks in her façade and want to help her.
Their connection is so tangible as much on the emotional side as for the physical aspect. They get steamy hot and share some powerfully passionate scenes that spellbound me.
I never came across a Kennedy Ryan book I didn’t truly fell in love with. Full-Court Press wasn’t different in the way she brought the feels to craft another little gem.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
Soft and fresh like petals.
I’m a jock. Not a dumb one, but a jock nonetheless. I don’t describe a woman’s lips as soft and fresh or compare a kiss to flowers. Besides the few years I was married to Tara, if it opened its legs and said yes or please, I fucked it. I always rushed it. A man’s got needs, but I got in and I got out. This woman, this kiss, I have to savor. I’d be a fool not to. It’s a first kiss. I understand the difference now between the first time you kiss someone, and a first kiss. This is a discovery of tongues and lips and heat. An introduction of our souls, if that doesn’t sound too pussy-ish. It’s how I feel, though. Like as our lips brush back and forth, as our tongues tangle, as I taste her, mouthful by delicious mouthful, I’m learning her secrets. I’m telling her mine. My hand slides from the door to flatten into the warmth of her back through the silk blouse, bringing her incrementally closer. The air shifts and takes the shape of lust; assumes the form of want. The sound of her moaning, the slight lift and fall of her breasts against my chest, testifies that she feels it, too.
The elevator dings, and our bodies go still even as we keep exchanging breaths and heartbeats through our clothes; even though my mouth is still poised above hers. I have her against the door, and every curve of her body is impressing itself on me, making sure I’ll never forget how right we fit together. I look over my shoulder toward the elevator. The doors open, but no one gets off. That interruption was enough to bring her back to her senses, though. God knows I can’t find mine.
“Um . . . you should go,” she whispers, a muscle rippling along the smooth line of her jaw.
I bend to breathe over her mouth, so she can taste our kisses lingering on my lips. “Or you could invite me in.”
Her scent and the warmth of her body take my senses hostage. I smell her and want to kiss her again so badly it stings my taste buds. Her eyes already regret the last few moments I thought were so perfect. I can’t calm my emotions or my body that quickly.
“You don’t want to come in, Deck.”
“I assure you I do.”
A short laugh, deceptively light, breezes past her lips. She glances down to the floor and shakes her head.
“I’d make the worst one-night stand ever,” she says.
“One-night stand?” I take her chin in hand and lift, forcing her to look at me. “I’ve waited a long time for this path to be clear. No conflict of interest. No other people standing in our way. I don’t know exactly what I want, Avery, but it’s damn sure more than one night.”
THE HOOPS SERIES
Book #1
Long Shot
Book #2
Block Shot
Book #3
Hook Shot
Releases March 2019
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Kennedy Ryan is a Southern girl gone Southern California. A Top 100 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy writes romance about remarkable women who thrive even in tough times, the love they find, and the men who cherish them.
She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son. She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for charity and non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. A contributor for Modern Mom Magazine, Kennedy’s writings have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive director of a foundation serving Atlanta families living with Autism, she has appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as an advocate for families living with autism.
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