{"id":66302,"date":"2022-09-15T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66302"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:54:03","slug":"release-arc-review-dash-rushing-the-play-boston-tomcats-2-by-kayley-loring-connor-crais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66302","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Dash: Rushing the Play (Boston Tomcats, #2) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dash: Rushing the Play<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The second book in the Boston Tomcats series by <\/strong>Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon AU<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Free in Kindle Unlimited<\/p>\n

Coming soon in audio narrated by Connor Crais & Emma Wilder featuring Mackenzie Cartwright & Evan Parker<\/b><\/p>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

#99 Dash Taylor. Rookie defensive end for the Boston Tomcats. 285 pounds of fast-twitch muscle. Nickname: Big D.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been sacking quarterbacks since junior high and causing trouble since I was born.<\/p>\n

My college coach thinks I have a bad attitude, so he makes me take ballet lessons as punishment. If I don\u2019t turn things around on the field next season, he\u2019ll bench me. I have no idea what ballet has to do with football, but it turns out the real punishment is that the beautiful dance teacher refuses to get involved with me.<\/p>\n

Two years later, we cross paths again, and it\u2019s not the other team\u2019s offensive line who brings me to my knees\u2014it\u2019s a hundred-pound ballerina.<\/p>\n

She doesn\u2019t think I\u2019m boyfriend material, and I used to think that too.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been a beast on the field and in the bedroom, but now I\u2019m going to prove that I can be a man for her\u2026and for our surprise baby.<\/p>\n

I thought I was all about the smash and dash.
\nBut getting Charlie Bardot pregnant changed everything.<\/p>\n

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

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

OMG, this book! This book took me by completely surprise \u2013 I dove in and thought it was going one way, and it went somewhere completely unexpected. It\u2019s fun, laugh-out-loud funny, sweet, sexy, emotional and so, so romantic, it\u2019s such an entertaining read, and I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n

Dash Taylor is a rookie with the Boston Tomcats NFL team \u2013 big, arrogant, and obnoxious, I was pretty much immediately turned off by his attitude. We meet Dash in college, where his coach is trying to deal with Dash\u2019s hot-headedness, so he sends him to ballet classes to increase his flexibility and learn humility, grace and control. Dash is unimpressed. He does start to take a bit of an interest when he meets his young teacher, Charlie, who tempts him in every way possible, but she wants nothing to do with him. But there\u2019s definitely something<\/i> there between them, and they have an \u2019almost\u2019 moment before going their separate ways.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s two years later when Dash and Charlie run into each other again. She\u2019s moved to Boston as a professional dancer, and it\u2019s clear from the first glance that all of the chemistry that existed between them in college is still very much there. Their night together rocks both of their worlds, and Dash knows that there\u2019s more between them than just one night, but Charlie doesn\u2019t believe that he\u2019s cut out to be anybody\u2019s boyfriend. And so, Dash goes on a mission to \u2018woo\u2019 Charlie, proving that he\u2019s not just a beefed-up, cocky and aggressive a-hole. And he has his work cut out for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDash. Come on. You\u2019re not that kind of guy.\u201d
\nHe shook his head. \u201cOh, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie. What are you doing? Is that a challenge? Big mistake. I\u2019m going to <\/i>boyfriend material the fuck out of you.\u201d
\nOkay, that was cute. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t even make sense.\u201d
\nHe smirked. \u201cOh, yes it does.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a fun set-up, and up until this point, I was fully supportive of Charlie and her decision. Dash is a cocky d-bag, I wouldn\u2019t want him as a boyfriend either. But he very quickly proves Charlie – and me – wrong, bringing the charm and humour, and calming his cocky ways. And when Charlie discovers that she\u2019s pregnant, Dash declares himself all in, and then things get really awesome.<\/p>\n

We were going to get better at this dance. Knowing when to spin out and give each other space, when to twirl in and hold each other close.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This book is so much fun. I loved watching Dash and Charlie find their way forward together. Dash goes through such a huge shift in this book \u2013 calming down, finding his gentler, friendlier side, he genuinely tries to be a better person for Charlie and their baby, and it\u2019s a wonderful journey watching the change in him. Charlie is fantastic through it all. She\u2019s smart and sensible, and she handles their situation so well, but she\u2019s also patient and accepting of Dash and all that he is trying to be, and she\u2019s right there by his side, encouraging and supporting him all the way.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t change who I was. She just made me better at being me.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their relationship shifts and changes with them as they grow closer and start to build a life together. It\u2019s so natural between them, and I loved how honest they are with each other as they embrace everything that\u2019s happening in their lives, and figure it out together.<\/p>\n

There is a bit of drama, but it\u2019s minimal, and works to bring the feels to their story. But mostly, this is a really fun read that made me laugh so much. Dash is freaking hilarious, and the banter, text messages, conversations with Charlie, with his brothers and with teammates, and all of the little things you do to prepare for your baby are all so entertaining.<\/p>\n

DASH: Hey, baby. Is it too early to start talking about baby names? Because I think Wolverine would be a really cool name for a boy.
\nDASH: Or Wayne. After Bruce Wayne. But not Bruce because I knew a guy in high school named Bruce and he was a dick.
\nCHARLIE: Are you texting me about names for our child while reading a comic book on the toilet?
\nDASH: Uhhh\u2026no?<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The love story is gorgeous. It\u2019s sexy as all hell, and I loved their passion for each other, how hard they fall, and how easily they embrace all of the massive changes coming at them. I loved the honesty between them, and the fun dynamic they share, and though they go through a lot, they do it sensibly and functionally, and I loved watching them find their HEA.<\/p>\n

“It took a while to get here. But it was worth the wait.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters from the previous books appear, and there\u2019s a very small intro to the hero of the next book. I\u2019m love this series, and the writing combination of Loring and Crais, and I can\u2019t wait to see what they bring us next.<\/p>\n

I loved this one! 5 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Boston Tomcats<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Decker: Changing the Play (#1)<\/strong> (Decker & Hannah)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Dash: Rushing the Play (#2) <\/strong>(Dash & Charlie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Duke: Faking the Play (#3) <\/strong>(Duke & Millie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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About Kayley Loring<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing from a Canadian university and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn\u2019t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she\u2019s breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It\u2019s an adjustment she\u2019s happily getting used to.<\/p>\n

Rest assured that her funny sexy sweet romances have no cheating or cliffhangers, and always have HEAs!<\/p>\n

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About Connor Crais<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife, two kids, and rescue greyhound. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.<\/p>\n

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