Hit and Run / Scoring Position (Dallas Longhorns 5 & 6) by Tara Wyatt-reviews

HIT AND RUN
Dallas Longhorns 5
by Tara Wyatt
Release Date: September 28, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic,baseball, romance

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Dallas Longhorns trainer Piper Rhodes has plans and dreams. While she trains wealthy clients and professional athletes by day, by night she runs her own fitness empire, with a successful YouTube channel, growing podcast and plans for a game changing app. But growing her business doesn’t come cheap, so when All-Star shortstop and renowned manwhore Beau Beckett asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend—for a fee—she sees it as her opportunity to finally invest in her dreams. And she knows better than to let herself develop feelings for Beau, whose reputation is a mile long.

Beau just wants to get the media off his back so that he can head into free agency—and hopefully a massive contract—without his past hanging over his head. So when he asks the cute and sassy Piper to pretend to be his girlfriend, he expects to fool the media. What he doesn’t expect is to fall for her—hard. After a lifetime of abandonment, Beau does sex, not love. But being with Piper shows Beau the man he could be. For the first time in his life, he wants it all, and he wants it with Piper. But when life interferes, Beau will have to fight for a love he didn’t know he needed.

What started out as pretend could lead to a real future—if the present doesn’t tear them apart.

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REVIEW:HIT AND RUN is the fifth instalment in Tara Wyatt’s contemporary, adult TEXAS LONGHORNS erotic, romance baseball series. This is thirty-two year old, Texas Longhorns shortstop Beau Beckett, and twenty-seven year old, yoga instructor Piper Rhodes’ story line. HIT AND RUN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Piper and Beau) HIT AND RUN follows the fake boyfriend/girlfriend relationship between thirty-two year old, Texas Longhorns shortstop Beau Beckett, and twenty-seven year old, yoga instructor Piper Rhodes. Beau Beckett is having one of the best seasons of his career. At the end of his contract, with free agency on the line, Beau might have his pick of any team in the league but Beau’s reputation off the field is another matter entirely, and his actions have threatened his future as a major league star. In an effort to tame his reputation, Beau asks Texas Longhorns yoga instructor Piper Rhodes to pretend to be his girlfriend, a woman who stirs something deep within our story line hero. What ensues is the building romance and relationship Piper and Beau, and the potential fall out as both of their careers are taking off, in opposite directions.

Piper Rhodes is desperate to start her own on-line app, an app for which she is struggling for money. When the bank refuses her final application, Piper battles between head and heart until Beau Beckett makes her an offer she cannot refuse. As their ‘pretend’ relationship takes hold, hearts will be broken when Beau is offered the a multi-million dollar contract in Seattle, while Piper is offered her own spot on national TV.

The relationship between Piper and Beau begins as a fake arrangement, one in which both will benefit from their fabricated lies. Beau is desperate to clean up his reputation, and Piper struggles to fund the app that she hopes to make her a star. With both having issues of trust, neither one is willing to commit to forever, at the very least for the foreseeable future. As Piper and Beau continue their ruse, neither one expected to fall in love.The $ex scene are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, fun and energetic secondary and supporting characters including most of the previous story line couples.

HIT AND RUN is a thought-provoking story of secrets and lies, trust and communication, lust and love. The premise is heartwarming, encouraging and uplifting; the romance is provocative and sensual; the characters are feisty, sassy and spirited.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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SCORING POSITION
Dallas Longhorns 6
by Tara Wyatt
Release Date: October 26, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic,baseball, romance

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Hannah Miller only wants one thing this summer: to lose her virginity before she heads off to grad school. But without any prospects, she assumes her goal will go unfulfilled. But then she goes to stay with her brother Jordan, a first baseman for the Dallas Longhorns, only to find that his best friend Christian is staying with him. Christian, who is sexy and confident and who’s been the subject of Hannah’s fantasies for years. One look at Christian, and Hannah knows she wants him to be her first. To teach her how to be good in bed.

Newly traded to the Longhorns after a scandal, Christian is looking to start fresh and keep a low profile. But when his best friend’s little sister—shy, sweet, slightly nerdy Hannah—propositions him, he can’t bring himself to say no. He knows he shouldn’t sleep with her, but Hannah is a temptation he can’t resist, especially given that he’s in the worst slump of his career and could use a boost—what the guys in the clubhouse refer to as a slumpbuster.

What starts out as a temporary summer fling quickly morphs into something more, and before long, Christian doesn’t just want to be Hannah’s first—he wants to be her last. But when Jordan finds out about their secret hook-ups, all bets are off.

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REVIEW:SCORING POSITION is the sixth instalment in Tara Wyatt’s contemporary, adult DALLAS LONGHORNS erotic, romance baseball series. This is twenty-six year old, Christian Hale, and twenty two year old, grad student Hannah Miller’s story line. SCORING POSITION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Hannah is Jordan Miller’s sister

Told from dual third person perspectives (Hannah and Christian) SCORING POSITION follows the building but forbidden romance and relationship between twenty-six year old, Christian Hale, and twenty two year old, grad student Hannah Miller. Hannah Miller is spending the summer with her brother, Dallas Longhorns baseball player Jordan Miller but Hannah never expected to come face to face with her childhood crush, Jordan’s best friend and newest teammate Christian Hale. Christian is the latest acquisition by the Dallas Longhorns, having been traded as a result of a scandal that refused to die down but a hitting slump is threatening Christian’s previous rookie of the year status, and he needs a ‘slumpbuster’ to make things right. With both Christian and Hannah living at Jordan’s for the foreseeable future, Hannah makes Christian an offer he should have refused. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Christian and Hannah, and the potential fall-out as their affair comes to light, threatening Christian and Jordan’s friendship, and the building love between our story line couple.

Christian Hale doesn’t do relationships, and in this his off-field antics, threatened his career with his previous team. Warned by Jordan not to get involved with his sister Hannah, Christian finds himself falling for a woman he isn’t supposed to want. Hannah has struggled throughout the years, bullied in school, and humiliated on camera but Hannah has never stopped ‘lusting’ after our story line hero, a lust she is hoping to consummate this summer.

The relationship between Hannah and Christian is a forbidden relationship; a best friend’s younger sister in which Hannah and Christian must keep their relationship a secret, fearing the fall-out when all is revealed. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are limited. We are reintroduced to Christian’s teammate and Hannah’s brother Jordan Miller as well as team manager Javi Flores, and several of the Texas Longhorn players.

SCORING POSITION is another story of secrets, trust, revelations and love. The premise is engaging and inviting; the romance is captivating; the characters are energetic and wonderful.

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Reviewed by Sandy