My mom always said it was just something about the way he moved. The same swagger Archie Valentine wore in the ring when he took his opponents down followed him like a halo everywhere he went. But make no mistake about it—he was no angel. He was like a drug. My mother was his addict.
I never understood it…how love could make you blind and convince you to drink the poison. Not until I met Memphis Delaney.
At first, it was the familiar form. He’s a fighter, built like a god from the past, the kind of man the universe doesn’t make anymore. His eyes hide a story, and every time I’m in his presence I want to keep reading him until I get to the end. And then…there’s the way he moves. His boxing is violent but beautiful, and his body is a seductive weapon. When he’s in the ring, he wears the stare of a man committed to the battle until his very last breath.
He could end me; turn me into her. Too much of him will leave me as a shadow, and I’ve lost so much of myself already.
But I have discipline. It came the hard way. Lessons learned, scars left behind, and trust stripped away from life.
I will breathe his air, but I won’t fall for a man like him. The only boxer who’s ever going to break my heart is the one who gave me my name.
I will breathe his air, but I won’t fall for a man like him. The only boxer who’s ever going to break my heart is the one who gave me my name.
4 The Underdog Stars
Ginger Scott is known for her NA sports theme romance book
with dramatic plots and heavy characters and Memphis is no different.
I love a good underdog kind of read. You have two
characters, Olivia and Memphis. Olivia has
a mega chip on her shoulders. She’s crawling back to her old town with her tail
between her legs. Things didn’t turn out
the way she expected and all she’s looking to do is save enough cash to leave
again.
Olivia is a tough cookie and I guess you kind of have to be
when you grew up in a dysfunctional family. I liked her most of the time but
there are moments she was just a bit too strong for me. I get the tough girl
act, but she can come across kind of rude, she is at least no wallflower that
is for sure.
I did like Olivia’s story though. You feel for the girl and
you wonder why she has such a horrible relationship with her family and it’s a
big point of the book. Almost everything revolves around her and her family.
I love Memphis and adore him. I love everything about him,
from where he came from, his name and I even imagine him as the guy on the
cover and that hardly happens. I love a good underdog story and I was just
rooting for Memphis to make it big. He has two cents to his name and endless
drive. He doesn’t want to win for the glory, but because he loves the sport and
don’t you love that?
Olivia and Memphis relationship was filled with tension.
Memphis attraction towards Olivia is what drove the story for me. I loved reading
about him and how he pursed Olivia. The best part of the book is the slow
relationship they build and I love the character development. I wasn’t just
thrown into the story. I got a lot of background and character interaction. The
book felt very organic and real.
I enjoyed the secondary characters, the coach, the mom and
the uncle. They added a little tension to the book and it kind of drove how Olivia
and Memphis felt for each other (just a tiny bit).
Overall, Memphis is a heartwarming story about second
chances, redemption and striving to succeed.
An ARC was provided
Add to Goodreads
Other Books by Ginger Scott
FALLING SERIES
Harper Boy Series
Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling author of eight young and new adult
romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How
We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, Wild
Reckless and The Girl I Was Before.
A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she
often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot
quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has
been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than
15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors,
scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work,
When she's not writing, the odds are high that she's somewhere near a
baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce
Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona
Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college
Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college
sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork 'em, Devils).
I was lucky to meet Ginger at the RT convention in Dallas. She's is incredibly sweet and generous. I told her how excited I was for This is Falling in audio. I love meeting authors and it's extra special when they are humble and nice. More photos HERE
No comments:
Post a Comment