The Backup Plan (Lone Star Rebels 1) by K.Bromberg-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release DAte April 30, 2026

Sometimes love isn’t part of the plan. Sometimes it’s the backup plan.

Lucas Hale built his entire life around football.
The franchise quarterback.
The GOAT.
The man everyone on his team counts on.

Recovering from a devastating shoulder injury, the veteran quarterback signs with the Lone Star Rebels for one last chance to prove he still belongs in the league.

There’s just one problem—Dr. Emery Porter.

The Rebels’ new injury specialist isn’t impressed by Lucas’s charm—or his determination to push through pain.

She’s seen the scans.
She knows the damage.
And if she clears him to play, it might mean destroying his career for good.

But the more time they spend together, the more dangerous everything becomes.
For Emery’s career.
For Lucas’s future.
And the harder it becomes to remember where professional boundaries end—and where love begins.

Because if Lucas keeps playing, he could lose everything.
And if Emery stops him . . . she might lose the man she’s fallen for.

Sometimes the biggest risk isn’t losing the game.
It’s losing what you never thought you wanted

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REVIEW:THE BACKUP PLAN is the first instalment in K. Bromberg’s contemporary adult LONE STAR REBELS erotic, football romance series. This is thirty-four year old quarterback Lucas Hale, and thirty five year old sports medicine doctor Emery Porter’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lucas and Emery) THE BACKUP PLAN follows in the aftermath of both Lucas and Emery’s arrival in Austin, Texas. Lucas Hale is an aging quarterback who has been given a second chance with the Lone Star Rebels. Emery Porter is a sport medicine doctor who will be working with the Rebel’s medical team but a night on the town for Emery ended with Lucas coming to her rescue, and our couple will soon discover they have more in common than new to town. Lucas is desperate to prove he still has more to give but Emery isn’t so sure that Lucas has a future in football, and the fall-out may pull our couple apart.

The world building focuses on the health of the athlete, and emotional, physical and mental fall-out as injuries and age give way to a sense of loss and defeat. Emery struggles to break the heart of a man who’s only goal is one more year; Lucas is determined to play regardless of injury, pain or the threat of losing it all.

The relationship between Emery and Lucas is one of mutual attraction but a forbidden arrangement in the wake of working for the same team. Keeping their relationship on the down low, Emery and Lucas find themselves at a crossroads when Lucas’ health is threatened, and Emery struggles between honesty and love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are animated and real. We are introduced to Lucas’ brother Brendan ; Coach Brooks; rookie quarterback Coie Valor, as well as several members of the Lone Star Rebels.

THE BACKUP PLAN is a story of secrets and lies, resilience and acceptance, honesty and determination, relationships and love. The character driven premise is emotional, dramatic, inviting and edgy; the romance is tender and spicy; the characters are desperate, single-minded and tenacious.

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Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.

A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow.

Since publishing her first book in 2013, K. has sold over one million copies of her books and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over twenty-five times.

In April, she’ll release The Player, the first in a two-book sports romance series (The Catch, book 2, will be released late June), with many more already outlined and ready to be written.

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The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis – a Review

Description:
When Alice receives a call about an unexpected windfall, she’s stunned to learn the gift is a falling-apart-at-the-seams old Wild West B&B she once considered home–and she’s inherited it along with two strangers. Except they weren’t always strangers. Once upon a time, they were friends. One is her ex-BFF Lauren. The other is Knox, the only guy to ever break her heart, all while never even knowing she existed.

It turns out their lives are unknowingly entangled because they once separately helped the same woman without expecting anything in return. Years later, Alice, Lauren, and Knox are broken in their own way, with their own history–and secrets– causing them to start out on the wrong foot with each other. But according to the will, they must renovate and be partners in the inn for one year or else lose their inheritance.

Stuck together, they make a list of rules to keep the peace–rules that end up doing the opposite, but by some miracle they find what they didn’t even know they were looking for–acceptance, true friendship, and in a case (or two!), true love.

Review:

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis is the 3^rd book in her Sunrise Cove series. Though this is a continuation of the Sunrise Cove series, all three of these books read as standalones. The main characters in The Backup Plan are Alice, Lauren and Knox. All three of them are thrown together, when they learn that each of them inherited 1/3 share of the Wild West Inn from Eleanor, who recently passed away. The three of them had ties to Eleanor, with Lauren and Alice having been best friends in their teenage years, but a tragedy broke up their friendship. Knox, as a teen, had helped his mother working at the Inn. They agree to spend a month together to fix up the inn, and decide to either sell or have a firm run the inn for them.

Memories of the past, continues to keep Lauren and Alice at a distance, though each still very much care about each other. When tragedy struck, with the loss of Alice’s brother, she ran away, leaving Lauren in Sunrise Cove, never coming back. Alice knew Knox in high school, and had a secret crush on him. Their complicated pasts make things difficult at first, especially when they read the letters written by Eleanor that helps them deal with the issues, and hopefully allowing them to grieve and forgive.

A slow build romance between Alice and Knox begins, with wonderful chemistry that sizzles. Slowly, Alice and Lauren find a way to open up old wounds, and realize their friendship was worth saving. I really loved all three of them, as they were great characters, with lots of banter between them. I also loved Knox’s dog, Pickle; who was a wonderful addition. It was also fun to watch Lauren slowly open up to a possible relationship with Ben.

What follows is an excellent, heartwarming story revolving around friendship, family, secrets, love and forgiveness. The Backup Plan was so very well written by Jill Shalvis. It had a bit of everything, including three wonderful characters, emotional, romance, banter, and all three moving forward with friendship and true love. I recommend you read The Backup Plan, as you can never go wrong reading anything by Jill Shalvis.

Reviewed by Barb

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