{"id":18025,"date":"2017-03-01T07:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18025"},"modified":"2017-03-22T08:11:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:11:55","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-the-cad-and-the-co-ed-rugby-3-by-l-h-cosway-and-penny-reid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18025","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour & ARC Review: The Cad and the Co-Ed (Rugby, #3) by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cad and the Co-Ed
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Keeping a secret this big is going to take lots of balls. Specifically, rugby balls.<\/b><\/p>\n

THE CAD<\/b>
\nBryan Leech is a cad.
\nOr, he *was* a cad.
\nNo one is quite certain. Once the quintessential playboy, Bryan claims he\u2019s done with wild parties and weekend benders. No more one night stands leading to mornings he can\u2019t remember; no more binges and blackouts; no more exploits plastered all over the tabloids and rag sheets. According to Bryan, he\u2019s cleaning up his act. The only problem is, no one believes him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

THE CO-ED<\/b>
\nEilish Cassidy never thought she\u2019d be a mother at nineteen or still in college at twenty-four. Cut off from every member of her family except her favorite cousin, she\u2019s finally managed put her life back together. Stronger and wiser, Eilish enters her last semester of university determined to stand on her own. Now she just needs to find an internship. The only problem is, her best option\u2014by far\u2014places her directly in the path of her son\u2019s father, and he doesn\u2019t remember her at all.<\/p>\n

THE PLAN<\/b>
\nBryan is determined to prove he\u2019s changed. Eager to settle down with the right woman, he\u2019s got his sights set on the gorgeous redhead who seems terribly familiar.<\/p>\n

Eilish is determined to hide her secret. She\u2019ll do anything to keep her child safe, even if that means ignoring her own wishes and desires.<\/p>\n

But what happens when Bryan starts to remember? And what will it take for Bryan to convince the girl he forgot that she\u2019s unforgettable?<\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

5 stars!<\/p>\n

Wowzers! L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid are on fire. This awesome\u00a0duo has done it again with another fantastic\u00a0story in the Rugby<\/em><\/a> series and I. LOVED. IT!! \u00a0 From the first chapter, I was hooked and I couldn\u2019t put it down.\u00a0I love secret baby books and I had a feeling Cosway and Reid would hit this one\u00a0out of the park. And they did!<\/p>\n

Eilish Cassidy\u00a0is the gorgeous younger cousin of Sean Cassidy from The Player and the Pixie<\/em><\/a>. She is not your typical nineteen-year-old who\u00a0gets giddy around boys like her friends and she definitely does not believe in love at first site.<\/p>\n

I was not and never had been a romantic sort with stars in my eyes and a happily ever after on my mind. The term <\/i>life partner sounded like a life sentence.
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\nBefore I\u2019d met Bryan Leech, <\/i>in person. His poster had graced my walls since I was thirteen. Adolescent admiration for his form and skill had transformed into womanly appreciation for his . . . form and skill.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eilish was young and na\u00efve, and she wanted to feel alive, which is exactly what\u00a0Bryan did for her. The thing she didn’t want is to get knocked up at nineteen. What she thought was the best night of her life and the start to something beautiful was nothing but a mistake that changed the course of her life forever.<\/p>\n

Fast forward five years and Eilish is the new physio intern for the rugby team Bryan and Sean are on.\u00a0She wants to work with the team because she needs the job to gain experience but she isn\u2019t excited to see Bryan face to face again after so long. \u00a0She is keeping a huge secret from him\u00a0and doesn’t want him to discover the truth.<\/p>\n

Bryan isn’t the same man Eilish met years earlier and when they meet again, the reunion is awkward. While there is\u00a0no way that she\u00a0could ever forget him,\u00a0he\u00a0doesn’t recognize her at all.\u00a0 But, there is something that immediately draws Bryan to Eilish, something he doesn\u2019t really understand, and though he is in no position to start a relationship, it doesn’t stop the growing attraction he has toward her.<\/p>\n

I wanted her.
\nI had no business wanting her.
\nNo, strike that, I wouldn\u2019t <\/i>allow myself to want her.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Little does Bryan know that with just one encounter with Eilish, his life would never be the same. What will happen when her secret is revealed?<\/p>\n

I loved this book! It’s an emotional, heartfelt read with a wonderful mix of\u00a0love, humor, and steam. The story was entertaining and the characters were fantastic. I absolutely adored Eilish! She was smart, sassy, sweet, and instantly lovable. She has such a great\u00a0personality and was hilarious.\u00a0 I admired how hardworking, strong, and brave she was, and that she owned her actions. I understood all of the emotions she harbored due to those decisions and felt them right along with her.<\/p>\n

Bryan really surprised me. In the beginning, “old” Bryan left much to be desired. From what we saw of him in the previous books I couldn’t think of a single thing I liked about him. He’s a complete asshole and never even considered the people around him. He was\u00a0a selfish playboy that was always too drunk to realize how awful he was. I was worried I’d have trouble warming up to him in this book. I shouldn’t have feared though because Reid and Cosway did an amazing job with his character. I knew he needed to change but didn’t know how they would manage making him likable. Well, they did it and they did it well. Holy hell he was fantastic. Sweet, caring and understanding, “new” Bryan was completely opposite of how he was before.\u00a0 I loved that he didn’t make excuses for his actions and was truly sorry for everything in his past.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t deserve to be forgotten.
\nShe deserved to be treasured.
\nAnd I was going to do everything in my power to make up for what I\u2019d done.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I loved Bryan and Eilish as a couple. I loved watching their friendship grow and the bond they formed in the present, not just because of what happend.\u00a0 Facing the past head on was hard but they managed to move forward and I loved watching the story play out.<\/p>\n

There was a constant electrical charge in the air when they were around each other\u00a0and I loved the sexual tension between them. They were explosive together and added so much steam to the story. The banter was hilarious and lightened the darker moments. I was dreading the scene where her secret comes out. I knew it was going to be emotional because of the seriousness of the secret but I absolutely loved Bryan’s reaction. It was nothing like I anticipated and he was simple amazing.<\/p>\n

The drama in this story was rough but I liked that when they confronted the issues, it wasn’t drawn out too long. It added just enough angst to balanced out all the sweet, swoon, and fun in this book.<\/p>\n

The Cad and the Co-Ed<\/i> is another fantastic addition to the Rugby series and I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

“There were no villains. Just two misguided people colliding and making something beautiful.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*ARC generously provided by the authors and Social Butterfly\u00a0PR in exchange for an honest review*<\/em><\/p>\n

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About L.H. Cosway<\/strong><\/h4>\n

L.H.\u00a0Cosway\u00a0has a BA in English Literature and Greek and Roman Civilisation, and an MA in Postcolonial Literature. She lives in Dublin city. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favorite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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SEX! It all started with sex, between my parents. Personally I don\u2019t like thinking about it, but whatever works for you is a-ok with me. No judgment. The sex happened in California and much of my life also occurred in that state until I moved from the land of nuts (almonds), wine, silicon\u2026 boobs, and heavy traffic to the southeast US. Like most writers I like to write, but let\u2019s get back to sex. Eventually I married and gave birth to 2 small people-children (boy-6, girl-4 as of this writing).<\/span><\/div>\n
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By day I\u2019m a biomedical researcher with focus on rare diseases. By night I\u2019m a knitter, sewer, lino block carver, fabric printer, soap maker, and general crafter. By the wee hours of the morning or when I\u2019m intoxicated I love to listen to the voices in my head and let them tell me stories. I hope you enjoy their stories.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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