{"id":57037,"date":"2021-01-19T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=57037"},"modified":"2025-08-29T01:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:12:35","slug":"release-blitz-not-my-match-game-changers-2-by-ilsa-madden-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=57037","title":{"rendered":"Release Blitz & ARC Review: Not My Match (Game Changers, #2) by Ilsa Madden-Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not My Match<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by Ilsa Madden-Mills<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released – 19 January 2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available now!
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/b> bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a smart and sexy romance about a professional football hottie and the girl he\u2019s sworn to never touch.<\/b><\/p>\n

Homeless and heartbreakingly innocent, Giselle Riley walks into my penthouse and chaos follows.<\/span><\/p>\n

I shouldn\u2019t have invited the girl genius to live with me, but it\u2019s clear she needs my help\u2014not only for a place to lay her pretty blonde head but in finding real love, which she\u2019s not going to get with the crazy men she picks up online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Too bad she\u2019s a twenty-four-year-old virgin and I\u2019m a bad boy wide receiver. She\u2019s off limits for a hardcore player like me\u2014and we\u2019re <\/span>just<\/span><\/i> friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, I\u2019m her matchmaking service, no matter how jealous it makes me when I tag along on her dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can keep my self-control. Right? No way will I give in to everything inside me that dreams of a girl like her in my world.<\/span><\/p>\n

I may be the best wide receiver in the country, but how could I hold on to a girl like her?<\/span><\/p>\n

Add Not My Match<\/em> to GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game Changers<\/i><\/a> just might be my new favorite sports romance series. I fell in love with Jack and Elena in Not My Romeo<\/i><\/a> and now, we get Jack\u2019s best friend, Devon, and Elena\u2019s sister, Giselle, in Not My Match<\/i>.\u00a0I\u2019ll be honest, I was worried when I realized that this book was about Giselle because of what went down in the first book of the series with her sister. However, she really is nothing like I thought, and I am happy to say that I was able get over what happened in the past and ended up loving Giselle.<\/p>\n

Devon and Giselle start out as acquaintances but you can tell there is a connection. No matter the spark, Giselle became off limits the minute Jack entrusted Devon to watch over her and keep her away from the other guys on the team while Jack and Elena are on their honeymoon.<\/p>\n

However, after some turn of events Devon and Giselle find themselves spending a lot of time together.\u00a0I adore the friendship that forms. It\u2019s so sweet and fun, and the banter is gold but more than that, it\u2019s real and deep. They are there for each other when they need it the most and I love that they truly believe in one another and trust each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are the best person in all my universes.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their story is a slow burn romance because Devon gave up on love a long time ago and that is exactly what Giselle is looking for. They have some serious heat between them but they want different things. Yet fighting the attraction proves to be harder than they could have imagined. With Giselle trying to find someone to take her virginity and Devon thoroughly against that idea, they have some challenges to overcome. It\u2019s a little angsty but nothing over the top, and I enjoyed that both characters grow during their journey and how they finally come together.<\/p>\n

I am also glad I got to see Giselle and Elena together after all that happened in book one, and I love how they healed. It was an added bonus to this entertaining love story. \u2028\u2028Overall, Not My Match<\/i> was a fantastic addition to the Game Changers<\/i> series and I can\u2019t wait for more with this group of characters!<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided by the author*<\/em><\/p>\n

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Game Changers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Not My Romeo (#1)
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Not My\u00a0Match (#2)
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>USA Today<\/span><\/i> best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her angsty new adult romances and romantic comedies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight of her eleven novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English<\/a> #1; Fake Fianc\u00e9e<\/a> and I Dare You<\/a> #2; I Bet You<\/a>, Filthy English<\/a>, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain<\/a> #8; The Last Guy<\/a>, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep up with Ilsa and join her UNICORN GIRLS FB GROUP<\/a>\u00a0and sign up for her\u00a0NEWSLETTER<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Text ROMANCE to 21000 to sign up for book release phone alerts (max of 4).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0INSTAGRAM<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0GOODREADS<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0BOOKBUB<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0BOOK+MAIN\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0WEBSITE<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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