🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 Playboy’s Reward by Gina Azzi

Playboy’s Reward by Gina Azzi

Release Date: October 27, 2022

Series: Tennessee Thunderbolts #4

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Sports

It was supposed to be one fake date…

When sexy-as-sin Harper Henderson launches profanities into the night sky from the balcony below mine, I’m forced to intervene. I may be a professional hockey player with a playboy reputation, but I’m also a good guy.

Charming and affable with unrivaled cheekbones and a lack of serious commitments (save for hockey), I make an impressive plus-one.

Volunteering to be Harper’s date to her dreaded ten-year high school reunion is easy. Pretending not to fall for her when our innocent kisses turn passionate is a little more challenging.

But when Harper returns the fake date favor and accompanies me to my parents’ anniversary party, everything changes. She garners my dad’s respect and effortlessly mingles with my childhood friends. She eases the familial pressure I drown under and makes me crave the things I used to laugh off.

Tangling up with Harper was supposed to be a fun way to pass the summer. So, why does it feel like she’s the real prize? The elusive, fleeting kind of real I’ve avoided for years?

And how can I prove that this playboy wants a different kind of reward? One that sounds a lot like commitment… 

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My Review:

As the fourth book in the Tennessee Thunderbolts Series, Azzi delivers a sizzling and entertaining read in Playboy’s Reward. This steamy sports romance will keep you reading until the very end.

At the beginning of the story we are introduced to Harper Henderson, it’s been a year since she moved to Tennessee, only a few minutes away from her childhood home. The very same home that she ran away from all those years ago after suffering the betrayal of two very important people in her life. There is still resentment for the town that saw her grow up and those around her, but after getting a job with the Coyote football franchise, Harper decided to move back. Now she is ready to move on with her life, but no matter what she does, there is still a sense of loneliness that she can’t shake. Then everything changes when she gets RSVP’d for her high-school reunion and when her incredibly good looking neighbor offers to be her plus-one. It’s was only supposed to be for one night, but being with Damien throws her off and Harper finds herself growing feelings for her hockey player neighbor that could end up breaking her heart.

As an NHL player for the Tennessee Thunderbolts, Damien Barnes, has the reputation of being a playboy. Coming from old money has also attracted the attention of many women, but that exactly what Damien has managed to avoid the most, drama. When his downstairs neighbor tells him about her upcoming high-school reunion and why she doesn’t want to go, he immediately offers to be her plus-one. Although they both agree to start a fake relationship, Damien knows that he doesn’t do relationships, but being around Harper has him questioning himself. He has been hurt in the past and he is afraid of how she is going to react to his world. It would take his parents’ anniversary to put that to the test.

I loved reading a Playboy’s Reward, the characters were charismatic and the story itself was entertaining to read. We have two characters who have been hurt in the past and they have to learn to trust in each other in order to get a shot at a future together. It’s through ups and downs that they are able to lean on each other and grow the community that they needed. I loved the ending, I would highly recommend checking out the story and the rest of the series! :)

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***

My Rating: 4.5/5

Meet Gina Azzi:

I’m Gina Azzi, a book-obsessed, coffee-drinking, globetrotting, mama of soon-to-be three! I write sweet with a dash of spicy New Adult and Contemporary Romance full of good men putting in work to win the hearts of even better women.

A total Jersey girl at heart, I struggle with insatiable wanderlust and currently reside in Ontario, Canada with my family.

When I’m not dreaming up storylines or writing all the words, you can find me hanging with my littles, attempting to bake, or planning my next adventure.

Connect with me on social media or at ginaazziauthor@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you!

Happy Reading!

Xo,

Gina 

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