{"id":69569,"date":"2023-04-06T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69569"},"modified":"2023-04-06T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:47:54","slug":"release-arc-review-coach-by-devney-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69569","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coach by Devney Perry is live and it’s a 5-star read!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it\u2019s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, with a hero that you cannot help but fall for, and a beautiful, functional, real romance that absolutely stole my heart. Devney Perry, you can do no wrong!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

A\u00a0single dad, sports romance<\/b>\u00a0from\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0USA Today<\/i> bestselling author, Devney Perry.<\/p>\n

Football star. Single dad. And once, a long time ago, mine.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent the better part of a decade forgetting Ford Ellis. If he had just stayed away from Montana, I might have erased the memory of his striking blue eyes and rugged smile forever. Avoiding him was easy when the only place I saw his face was on ESPN\u2014and a remote control could fix that problem.<\/p>\n

Except my boss just hired Ford as the new head coach for the Treasure State Wildcats. Not only will I be stuck watching him on the sidelines this season, but avoiding him will be impossible now that we\u2019re working together.<\/p>\n

Maybe I haven\u2019t forgotten Ford. Maybe I still dream about what we might have been. Maybe he hasn\u2019t forgotten me either.<\/p>\n

Except those maybes won\u2019t change the fact that we were never meant to be. Maybe he was mine once. But as of today, the only thing I\u2019ll be calling Ford Ellis is Coach.<\/p>\n

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

Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it\u2019s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, with a hero that you cannot help but fall for, and a beautiful, functional, real romance that absolutely stole my heart. Devney Perry, you can do no wrong!<\/p>\n

Ford Ellis is an ex-NFL star whose career was cut short by injury, and he\u2019s now uprooting his life to take up a position as coach of his old college football team. It\u2019s a move across the country to Montana, which benefits his family as he is bringing his 9 year old daughter with him, and getting her away from her selfish, publicity-desperate mother. It\u2019s a fresh start that they both need, and he\u2019s excited for the opportunity, though he wasn\u2019t expecting to be faced with a blast from the past.<\/p>\n

Millie is the Assistant Athletics Director at Treasure State University. She loves her job, and she\u2019s great at it, but she\u2019s facing a whole heap of awkwardness with Ford coming on board. The two of them went to college together and were the best of friends. They had feelings for each other and were just on the cusp of becoming more, when Ford\u2019s life was derailed and he left town, leaving Millie hanging. She\u2019s not happy to see him, carrying a lot of hurt from their past, but Ford is shocked but thrilled, seeing this as his chance with the girl who got away.<\/p>\n

Though not technically a second-chance romance, this book definitely has all the feels of one, and I was revelling in all of the built-up emotion, the chemistry of reconnection, and the epic, slow burning longing between these two. There is so much emotion, complicated by their messy past, and by the fact that there is a no-fraternisation policy at their workplace. So when all of that sexual tension becomes impossible to resist, we get a deliciously forbidden romance as well!<\/p>\n

I loved watching Ford and Millie come together! Ford is such a sweetheart, and he holds absolutely nothing back in his pursuit of the girl he considers his. He\u2019s open and honest, he\u2019s beautifully understanding, and he\u2019s all-in, and even though he\u2019s sensitive to what she wants, I loved watching him chase her so determinedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to hurt you, Mills, I don\u2019t know where this is going, but I\u2019d like the chance to find out. If you\u2019re up for it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a gorgeous romance, which is sweet and so emotional, and also hot as all hell. There\u2019s a lot of pent-up lust between these two, and they\u2019re all over each other at every opportunity, which just adds to their effortless connection.<\/p>\n

But they have to keep their relationship a secret, which may make it exciting for the reader, but it\u2019s awful for them, and when combined with the fact that the Athletics Department is already recovering from a scandal, and somebody at work is clearly not happy with Ford being there, they have a difficult road ahead of them.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fun, steamy and emotional read, with just the right amount of drama to bring depth to the story without overwhelming it, and I loved every moment of watching Ford and Millie figure themselves out. They are smart and sensible grown-ups, there is so much love between them, and they are just beautiful together.<\/p>\n

She\u2019d be the last. The last woman I\u2019d kiss until the end of my days. It was Millie. It always had been Millie.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a great bunch of side characters introduced, and some potential there for spin-offs. Devney Perry hasn\u2019t written off the possibility of making this a series, and if she does decide to treat us by revisiting this world, I will be all over it!<\/p>\n

This is a great read, with all the feels, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

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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Treasure State Wildcats<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Coach (#1)<\/strong> (Ford & Millie)
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Blitz (#2)<\/strong> (Toren & Jennsyn)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Rally (#3) <\/strong>(Rush & Faye)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Merit (#4) <\/strong>(Maverick & Stevie)
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers!\u00a0 Connect with her on social media.<\/p>\n

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Find more amazing reads on our\u00a0Devney Perry Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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