Review: ‘Blue Forty-Two’ by Rayvn Salvador
Blue Forty-Two
by Rayvn SalvadorSeries: Fourth and Goal #1
on September 7, 2021
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
Source: Purchased
Audience: 18+/Adult
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It only takes a moment to change a life.
In a matter of seconds, an unexpected and devastating injury shatters Holden Cramer’s chances of ending his nineteen-season career on a high note. That brief moment in time not only irrevocably alters who he is, but also his relationships with everyone and everything around him.
Yet one look can jump-start another.
Tamryn Miller worked hard to get where she is: one of the youngest and most successful female injury management doctors in the league. She knows what goes into ensuring the players’ welfare, and what happens when those needs aren’t met—her past guaranteed that. With one look at the incredibly handsome quarterback as he lay writhing on the turf, Tamryn knows exactly what she needs to do…even if she has to ignore the burning attraction between them to do it.
Forced together by fate and pain, Holden must learn that he’s not an island, and sometimes, all you need is a little help from your friends—especially when those friends are ones you want in your life forever.
This is the first book/novella I’ve read by Rayvn Salvador, and it will definitely not be my last. I loved Blue Forty-Two and finished it in less than an hour while on a road trip with my daughter. My daughter gave me crap about finishing it so fast, but Holden and Tamryn’s story hooked me from the beginning, and I’ve always been a fast reader.
I always love these types of stories where characters fall for one another in the workplace setting and are forced together because one refuses to give up on the other. This is the case with Holden and Tamryn. Tamryn is one of the injury management doctors on Holden’s team, and after he’s injured, she’s there to help him recover, even if he may never play football game. He doesn’t make it easy for her at first, but she’s one determined doctor and friend. I love how Holden and Tamryn try to fight their attraction for one another whenever they are together, but the more they spend time together, it’s inevitable that they are meant to be.
This is a perfect novella to read if you love football romance stories and love reading about a football player finding love with the injury management doctor who helps him through his injury.This novella had me in all the feels. I need more stories like this one, which is why I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
Tropes:
🏈 Football Romance
🏈 Workplace Romance
🏈 Forced Proximity
🏈 Doctor/Patient
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About Rayvn Salvador
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rayvn Salvador is a lifelong bibliophile who left her eighteen-year IT career over a decade ago to read and make stuff up for a living. She lives in Florida with her feline familiars and incredibly supportive beau—who hopes nobody ever needs to check her search history. They love to attend sporting events and concerts, but if she’s not doing that and isn’t on deadline, you’ll likely find her taking long walks through the woods, sweating while working out in virtual reality, investigating haunted locales, or contemplating the recesses of people's minds in documentaries. She pens the Haunted New Orleans (paranormal romantic thriller), Willow Falls (small-town romantic suspense) and Fourth and Goal (football romance) series, and is hard at work on the next book to make your pulse race.
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