Game for Anything

To Ty she represents the unattain Not bad. To Ty she represents the unattainable. Ty steals her away for an unforgettable night of passion, taking her virginity and stealing her heart in the process. But Ty's feelings of inferiority wreck the morning after, and Julie leaves feeling hurt and humiliated. Fast forward 10 years, and Ty is now a star quarterback and a Super Bowl champ, with more money, women and fans than he can handle. Ty's been living the high life, partying with friends and assorted hangers-on, and appearing in the gossip pages far too many times.

The new owner of his team wants him to settle down and portray a better image, so he hires an image consultant to make-over Ty. The image consultant is none other than his long ago one-night-stand, the woman who all his women are judged against and found lacking--Julie Spencer. Julie runs her own image consulting business, and is in the process of turning the corner and making it very successful, all done without the help of her family's money.

Julie's childhood was not ideal. She has an alcoholic mother and a philandering father. But she's always worked to portray a perfect image of her life, not letting anyone see her hurt or vulnerabilities. When she's offered the job of making over Ty's image, at first she wants to refuse. She's been carrying a grudge against him for 10 long years, and she's not in a forgiving mood. But she can't really afford to turn down such a lucrative offer, and after all, she's a professional. She can certainly face Ty again without being affected, can't she?

As soon as Ty and Julie lay eyes on each other again, the attraction is still there, although with lots of resentment on Julie's part.

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Julie's like a ticking time bomb, waiting to go off in Ty's arms. The attraction is palpable, and they agree to a no strings, hidden affair for two weeks, while Julie works with Ty to repair his public image. But what happens if they lose their hearts to each other in the process? Someone is bound to get hurt This was a pretty fast-paced, simple read. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks doesn't feel like he's good enough for the beautiful, successful princess, even though he's become very successful in his own right.

And successful princess can't see that the gorgeous athlete didn't have it all so easy, and that they have far more in common besides mutual lust. At first I didn't like Ty too much--he seemed like a cocky, immature party boy, who was reluctant to grow up. But when he got around Julie he started to think about the direction his life was heading, and he began to change. And I warmed up to him once the author showed the vulnerabilities he had, and revealed that he was much more than a good-time-Charlie. There was something that bugged me about Julie though. She just seemed way too judgmental, and I thought she carried her grudge against Ty, and athletes in general, for way too long.

I also thought that Ty's treatment of her wasn't all that bad. She never let him explain, and after all, they were just teenagers, so I thought she could have cut him some slack, and at least let him apologize. And she did it a couple times when she was with Ty later in the story. She was quick to judge without ever hearing his side of the story. I also thought that she didn't really respect him, until late in the story, and was just using him for sex.

So I had a little trouble with her, until late in the story when she finally wised up. The love scenes were fairly hot, but not quite in the erotic category, and there was kind of an unexpected twist at the end that I didn't see coming and left me scratching my head. There was also a teammate of Ty's introduced who acted as a sort of confidant to him, and I wouldn't mind reading a story about him in the future. If I had liked the character of Julie better I probably would have given this one a solid 4 stars, but for me it fell just short of that.

But I will definitely look forward to reading the next one in this series, called "Game For Seduction". View all 7 comments. Aug 08, Miss Kim rated it liked it Shelves: I was hoping for a little more from this, but it is still an ok read. The heroine, Julie, is hired as an image consultant for a NFL quarterback, who turns out to be the boy that broke her heart ten years ago.

Julie is an uptight professional, Ty is the sexy playboy.

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She fights her attraction to him; he wants to spend his life with her instantly. We get told these things almost as an afterthought. The sex scenes are descriptive, but pretty vanilla. I would say this is definitly not erotica. As one reader noted, the author does seem to like boobs.

Game for Anything

They are mentioned constantly. I am still interested in this author, and I may check out the second book in the series, Game for Seduction eventually. The hero, Dom, was mentioned in this one and he seemed potentially interesting. View all 3 comments. I think this story should have MUCH more romance and less sex, because this is practically sex from the first to the last page, just over to the end is that the author presents us with a bit of romance and truly engaging moments. I just don't give 1 star, because Ty deserves at least 2, but I found the story very superficial, lacking in content, lack of love, lack of character story and lack of more compl http: I just don't give 1 star, because Ty deserves at least 2, but I found the story very superficial, lacking in content, lack of love, lack of character story and lack of more complete and complex characters.

Not my type of reading! Feb 25, Shawna rated it really liked it Shelves: She also happens to be the same smart, goody-two-shoes that got her heart stomped on by the football bad-boy 10 years ago. There's some angst and hot sex, but the writing is pretty simplistic. It earns 4 stars for some steamy scenes and the sexy stud on the book cover! Jul 22, Julie jjmachshev rated it really liked it Shelves: The fine line that divides mainstream romance and erotica seems to be becoming ever thinner in the past few years.

For me to classify a book as erotica, there needs to be something more than just hot sex. Even a lot of hot sex. But the relationship between these two, to me, has more of the elements of a romance than an erotica story. Complaints may be lodged and will be read…but hey, this is MY opinion.

All I could think was how in the heck did their Mom feed them? But I could certainly see why these men would be the object of many a fantasy. How ANY of them resist the lure is a mystery. Ty had a crappy childhood, with the exception of football. Football was his ticket out of the trailerpark and into the high life. She can clean up his image while he plots to get her back in his bed. Julie grew up with the appearance of everything. Her family had money, she was smart, she was pretty…her father was also a womanizing jerk and played around constantly on her alcoholic mother.

Julie plowed her energy into her schoolwork and planned for the day she could escape into her own life. And for Julie, graduation night was memorable for more than being Valedictorian; it was the night she lost her virginity to the football hero. Only to be dumped the next morning. The author does a good job playing this scenario out. Jul 22, Christa rated it liked it Shelves: While this book was entertaining, I didn't feel that it had much plot or character development.

It was very quick and easy to read, but I was left feeling that something was lacking. The heroine wasn't particularly likeable through most of the book because of the extreme dislike that she had harbored for the hero for ten years. This colored too much of their early interaction for me, and it kept me from feeling much empathy for her. At first, the hero came across as a dissipated bad boy with poo While this book was entertaining, I didn't feel that it had much plot or character development.

At first, the hero came across as a dissipated bad boy with poor judgement, but he tried to straighten up fairly quickly.

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The book was mostly enjoyable, but wasn't one of the better ones that I have read lately. Julie Spencer, image consultant, has hated Ty Calhoun ever since she spent a passionate night with him ten years ago. When pro quarterback Ty's wild lifestyle causes him to be photographed one too many times with a scantily clad female, the new owner of his team insists that his public image must be improved.

Ty is offended until he hears that the team owner wants to hire Julie. Ty has never forgotten that night with Julie that was incredibly special to him. He realizes that he made mistakes with Julie, but he was young and didn't feel that he could ever deserve her. Ty has never found another woman who could measure up to his memories of Julie.

Julie is horrified at the idea of working with Ty, but she needs the money, so she grudgingly agrees. Against her will, Julie is still very attracted to Ty. Before long, they are carried away by passion and involved in a steamy secret relationship that they declare will be temporary. As they spend time together, Julie begins to see things that she admires about Ty, and she realizes she may have misjudged him. Julie and Ty have to come to terms with the feelings that are developing for one another, and Julie must decide if she can ever truly trust Ty while he has to get past his feelings of being undeserving of her.

Overall, this was an enjoyable sports romance, but the storyline was a little bit too simplistic and underdeveloped for me. Both of the characters had issues that kept them from being easily likeable in the beginning, but I was rooting for both of them by the end. I felt more sympathy for the hero than the heroine because even toward the end of the book,she still doesn't really trust him. Even though I didn't find the book exceptionally appealing, it was good enough to make me want to read the next in the series.

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May 30, Aly is so frigging bored rated it really liked it Shelves: The story is easy to read and light, after the more emotional and drama-filled books that I finished lately it was perfect adding to the fact that crappy school time is coming. It seemed to me that it was the "one that got away"and the "let's-assume-to-make-an-ass-out-of-you-and-me" type of book. What I didn't like: The lack of communication got old fast.

I get that they love sex, and great sex is hard to find, but how about a few minutes of Main characters: I get that they love sex, and great sex is hard to find, but how about a few minutes of conversation? Also the ending was anticlimactic and it suit as a saddle suits a sow.

I think this picture speaks on its own Favorite character: I don't think I have an actual favorite, though Ty was ok. Not one of them was very memorable. My least favorite character: Bobby-the way he treated women and spoke down on them, a big NO-NO in my book thank Gods we don't see him often Both Julie and Ty have this problem with their families Favorite scene: I'll go with all the love and other scenes: Ty's art and leisure room making out around great paintings and sculptures is hot 3rd place: Julie's room in her parents' house it was so sweet! If you are into sport romances, reformed bad boys and easy reads this one is for you!

View all 5 comments. Jun 12, Rejane marked it as nope. As well as assisting learning, playing games at home can help develop a wide range of social, thinking, and memory skills, and create opportunities for success that are particularly important for dyslexic children who may be struggling in school.

Game for Anything (Bad Boys of Football, #1) by Bella Andre

Before I started working with dyslexic children in I was a French teacher. In our high speed, hi-tech world, traditional family entertainments such as sitting down together to play cards or board games are disappearing from view. And a raft of valuable social skills are disappearing with them: By ignoring "social games" we are closing down one of life's important training grounds.

Probably the most valuable commercially available game resource a family can possess is a pack of cards. If you don't know any card games go to W H Smiths and buy a paperback for about a fiver that will teach you as many as you need to know, and buy a couple of packs of playing cards while you are in there. If you don't know where to start on that road take a slightly different track, and go and buy a pack of "Uno" and play that: Not only does a card game meet all the above criteria for "social games", but young children playing card games are learning and practising foundational mathematical skills: A simple game of "pairs" is good for visual memory.

Rummy combines memory with reasoning "I've just picked up a six. I remember she discarded one a few turns back. Therefore she might discard another one and that will give me a set. Our favourite family card game is called Racing Demon. It's the best game I know for speed, visual attention and concentration.

A bit of personal history. We've played cards, and racing demon in particular, with all our children; and certainly in the case of the two youngest since before they started school. My eldest daughter, dyslexic was being given secondary maths work by the time she was in year 4. She's now at University studying medicine. The middle one was two books ahead of her peers in the infants and in Y8 was being called "an outstanding mathematician" by her maths teacher. Since neither my wife nor myself are particularly strong mathematicians I suggest that all their hours spent playing cards have had an effect.

For all the commercial games available, you often can't do better than some of the old standards. For pure reasoning, combined with the right amount of luck and guesswork to make it sufficiently unpredictable, I don't think you can beat Master Mind. If you're reading this before Christmas, it's a great idea for a stocking present: Like many other games, Master Mind can also be played online.

Another perennial that is excellent for strategy and reasoning is Rummikub. Thank you for the answer. UK English - England. In fact, as I think of it, many of the examples of idiomatic phrases that are supposed to be "trendy" or "modern" are probably out of fashion as soon as the book is printed. I'm up for anything.

You know, I'm up for anything. PaulQ , Sep 22, Thank you very much. Which makes it an odd way to back up "I'd date any girl in this school. Maybe best to stop after "school" honestly, because I can't think of a phrase that would sound right in place of the one in bold. Perhaps "I'm open-minded" or "I'm not particular"? It would be ok if you had this: Would you date that girl? I'd take her out anywhere she wanted. No matter how outlandish.