When a knee injury ends twenty-year-old Quinn Rowland’s pro tennis career, he’s not only dumped by his hot Russian girlfriend but ordered to attend college by his disinterested billionaire father. A rich kid who’s not used to being disappointed by life, Quinn and his sociopathic half-brother Sebastian create a frat house game intended to treat girls how they see them—as simple game pieces to be manipulated for their pleasure.
College sophomore Emilie Swanson knows Quinn’s reputation—after all, he did send one of her sorority sisters into therapy earlier in the semester—but the game and his charm bring them closer together and soon she starts to believe there’s more to Quinn than people think.
But what if the more is something darker than a game of toying with emotions and breaking hearts?
Quinn and Emilie might be falling for each other, but there are secrets he’s not ready to tell—and lifestyle changes he’s reluctant to make. She willingly stepped on the court, but if Emilie finds out she started out as nothing as a pawn in Quinn and Sebastian’s twisted game, she might never forgive him.
To his surprise, Quinn finds that he might finally care about someone more than he cares about himself…even if that means letting Emilie walk away for good. (Blurb via Goodreads)
{Details} Paperback, 338 pages. Published
March 12th 2013
by Createspace
(first published March 8th 2013)
"And Alexandria Ikanova, the eighteen-year-old from Russia, takes her fourth-round match in straight sets, knocking off the reigning U.S. Open champ." (page 1, line 1)Quinn is the stereotypical NA guy. He's rich, a playboy, on the top of the social heap, everybody wants to be him, etc. He's also hard to like. We see the worst of him right off the bat. He's arrogant, destructive, self-destructive and an ass. He has a troubled past, a history of horrible decision making and has absolutely no interest in falling in love so of course he does. And he fights it every step of the way. But when he finally figures it out ... Quinn has become the kind of guy who will fight to stay in love.
Emilie is not the stereotypical NA girl. She knows the score. She's not a victim. She's not a helpless little girl looking for someone to rescue her. Though I questioned her common sense a few times I liked her and was rooting for her.
I liked the storyline, watching as Quinn and Emilie both faced parental pressure and expectations, Quinn faced the past and the mistakes he's made and finding and fighting for a happy ending.
"Maybe neither of us should feel worthy. That means we'll always work hard." location 2963
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