Playing for Keeps: A Novel

I waited for a month to come out and I’m so glad I did. Hot and steamy. Just enough smut to where you don’t feel like you are reading something you shouldn’t be. Very much enjoyed the storyline and the way the author wrote.

“This isn’t a game to me…or if it is? I’m playing for keeps.” “I think I could be really good at loving you, if you’d let me.” Playing for Keeps has been a highly anticipated release of Alexandria Bellefleur’s for me, as an avid lover of all of her books. While it may not be my #1 of hers, it’s definitely one I plan to add to my reread list. Playing for Keeps follows publicists Poppy Peterson and Rosaline Sinclair’s love story as their clients, football player Cash Curran and pop-princess Lyric Adair, throw themselves into their own whirlwind romance under the limelight. While I’m normally not a fan of so many social media and article elements in a book, it made complete sense in a romance about two publicists to see it at the beginning of every chapter. There were times where I felt there were too many articles but it wasn’t an element that made the book hard to read for me (maybe to listen to at some points but that’s just the way I process things auditorily). Poppy Peterson is very Evan Buckley from 9-1-1 coded (we even get a little Evan Buckley reference in the Tweets!) (Alexandria, don’t think I overlooked that “You’re supposed to love me anyway” quote) and I think that made me love and relate to her even more. Personally, I love seeing authors’ personal interests sprinkled into their work, especially when it’s in a modern-day setting such as this one. Poppy’s history and battle with alcoholism and the way her family treats her was done very well for me, as I’ve…

Alexandria Bellefleur, the woman you are. This was PHENOMENAL! The writing. The plot. The SPICE! I am in awe. 10/10 would recommend.