November 2022
Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills has been on my gotta read list since I read Beauty and the Baller. I have read just about every book Ilsa has written after discovering Dear Ava a few years ago. I've been anticipating Tuck's story since his appearance in Beauty and the Baller.
It's a sports romance with a chance meeting resulting in a passionate night where their identities are masked and their story unfolds.
It's filled with mystery, family issues of abandonment and fears. It's got a band of friends that stick together and have each other's backs no matter what comes at them.
Tuck's vulnerability and fears make him human and real. He has a tough guy persona as a famous football player but is also riddled with self doubt, self loathing, insecurity, anger and fear. I understood the struggles he faced with his past history and the fight within himself to believe that he is his own person and is not defined by his parents or his tragic past. His journey to acceptance, to opening himself up, to making his own destiny and fighting for the life he wants. It was emotional, inspirational, heartbreaking and liberating.
Francesca struggles with her own past and abandonment issues from being left at the police station as a baby. Her unknown history plagued her growing up. By luck, she is able to build a life with friends and a benefactor that became her family and a solid support through her times of need. A chance meeting with a masked stranger sets her life off the tracks with unexpected twists along the way.
I enjoyed reading Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills and recommend this book..
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