PLAYING BY THE RULES (the Players 2) by Monica Murphy-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 30, 2023

What happens when you fall for your brother’s best friend? Find out in this upcoming sports romance by New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy…

Camden Fields is the star quarterback of our college football team.

Quiet.

Smart.

Absolutely gorgeous.

He’s the man all the women on campus rave about. And while he’s had a few casual hookups over the years, it’s never anything serious. Cam doesn’t do serious.

He also doesn’t do me.

See, I’m his best friend’s little sister, and whenever we’re around each other, he’s always warning me that I’m off limits. That nothing can ever happen between us.

But I see the way he looks at me when he thinks I’m not watching. The heat in his gaze. The hunger. He can deny it, but that man wants me.

I want him too.

I’m tired of always being the good girl and doing what everybody expects. For once, I’m going to break all the rules that have restrained me my entire life.

I’m going after Camden Fields.

And no one can stop me.

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REVIEW: PLAYING BY THE RULES is the second instalment in Monica Murphy’s contemporary, new adult THE PLAYERS erotic, football romance series, a second generation series, set in the author’s ONE WEEK GIRLFRIEND series. This is twenty-two year old, college quarterback Camden ‘Cam’ Fields, and twenty-one year old Blair Maguire’s story lines. Blair is the sister of Knox Maguire (Playing Hard to Get 1), and the daughter of Owen and Chelsea. PLAYING BY THE RULES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE:All of the events of PLAYING BY THE RULES cross over with, and run parallel to all of the events of book one PLAYING HARD TO GET-Knox and Joanna’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cam and Blair) PLAYING BY THE RULES focuses on the building but forbidden relationship between twenty-two year old, college quarterback Camden ‘Cam’ Fields, and twenty-one year old Blair Maguire. Blair and Camden have been dancing around one another for as long as our heroine can remember but Camden is best friends with Blair’s brother Knox, and Knox has declared Blair off limits to the entire football team. Camden doesn’t want to push Knox out of his life but his attraction to Blair is palpable and strong. Sneaking around behind Knox’s back makes Blair feel like Camden’s dirty little secret, and Camden believes himself unworthy of Blair or love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Cam and Blair, and the potential fall-out as Cam struggles with demons from his past, and Blair refuses to be hidden behind closed doors.

The relationship between Cam and Blair is a forbidden, best friend’s sister relationship which Cam and Blair fear the ire of Knox Maguire.Knox is adamant about protecting his sister from his teammates and friends, and in this his constant reminders are about to push Camden out of Blair’s life. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Blair’s parents Owen and Chelsea; her brother Knox and girlfriend Joanna, and their sister Ruby; Joanna’s roommate Natalie, Blair’s roommates Rita and Cheyenne; as well as Cam’s teammates Ace and Derek. Ruby and Ace’s story line is next.

PLAYING BY THE RULES is a story of family and friendships, secrets and lies, love and acceptance. The fast paced, character driven premise is captivating and engaging; the romance is seductive and emotional; the characters are charismatic and dynamic.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one PLAYING HARD TO GET

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Reviewed by Sandy

Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and Harper Collins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.

She is a wife and a mother of three who lives in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere along with their one dog and too many cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she’s not writing, she’s reading or hanging out with her husband and kids. She’s a firm believer in happy endings, though she will admit to putting her characters through angst-filled moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.

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