Book Blitz : The Player and the Pixie by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid

The Player and the Pixie by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid Publication Date: April 12, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports, Humor

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How can someone so smokin’ hot be so bad in bed? I mean, Sean Cassidy is absolute rubbish. RUBBISH. He is the epitome of walking, talking false advertising and I want a refund! Plus he’s an arsehole. So… what is wrong with me that I can’t stop thinking about him? The Pixie and the Player is a full-length, romantic comedy novel, can be read as a standalone, and is the second book in the Rugby Series. THE PIXIE Lucy Fitzpatrick doesn’t like rugby. As the little sister of Ireland’s most infamous rugby player, Lucy can’t seem to escape the championship-sized shadow cast by her big brother, or her mother’s frequent attempts to micromanage her future. Her rainbow hair is as free-spirited as her quest for inner peace, yet overbearing expectations keep bringing her down. And when she’s down, her compulsive little problem lands her in seriously big trouble. THE PLAYER Sean Cassidy is a cold-hearted brute… or so he’s been told. Frequently. By everyone. His blonde locks, baby blues, and rock hard bod make ladies the world over drool with desire. As the rugby world’s second most infamous player, he should be basking in his success. But Sean has never been content settling for second place, and his frequent confrontations with Lucy’s big brother leave him cold. And when he’s cold, his compulsive little problem lands him in the lap of Lucy Fitzpatrick. THE PLAN Sean has a problem only Lucy can solve. Lucy has a problem only Sean can fix. The solution seems obvious: you scratch my back, and I’ll bail you out of jail. But when their business arrangement unexpectedly leaves Sean scorching hot and Lucy on the precipice of inner peace, can they convince the world—and Lucy’s big brother in particular—that this is the real deal? Either way, both the Player and the Pixie are about to teach each other some pretty monumental lessons about family, life, but most importantly, love.

L.H. Cosway

L.H. Cosway has a BA in English Literature and Greek and Roman Civilisation, and an MA in Postcolonial Literature. She lives in Dublin city. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favorite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books. She thinks that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories.

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Penny Reid

SEX! It all started with sex, between my parents. Personally I don’t like thinking about it, but whatever works for you is a-ok with me. No judgment. The sex happened in California and much of my life also occurred in that state until I moved from the land of nuts (almonds), wine, silicon… boobs, and heavy traffic to the southeast US. Like most writers I like to write, but let’s get back to sex. Eventually I married and gave birth to 2 small people-children (boy-6, girl-4 as of this writing). By day I’m a biomedical researcher with focus on rare diseases. By night I’m a knitter, sewer, lino block carver, fabric printer, soap maker, and general crafter. By the wee hours of the morning or when I’m intoxicated I love to listen to the voices in my head and let them tell me stories. I hope you enjoy their stories.

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My Review:

This is book two in the Rugby Series and it doesn’t disappoint. “The Player And The Pixie” is one hot and sexy read. Literally from page 1, the MC (Lucy Fitzpatrick and Sean Cassidy)  jump out and grab you and keep you locked on them. There is this angst, humor, full of emotions, and sexual tension. I loved the twist and turns in this book.

 This is  Lucy, Ronan’s sister and Sean , the sexy but blackguard member of Ronan’s soccer team  Rugby team. Lucy has moved herself to New York recently to start a new job as a celebrity blogger. Lucy has had a tenacious relationship with her mother and she moved away from home to get away from all that stress and from her mother so she can find that peace she is seeking.

Sean is the blackguard member of the rugby team and he has this attitude –none of the team likes him, including Lucy’s brother. Until Lucy and him meet. Sean went out of his way to deliberately seek Lucy out but he starts to have feelings for her. Then he decided to make Lucy his and that is when he went from wanting to make Lucy’s brother mad to make Lucy his.

The twists and turns the couple go thru are huge. The emotional upheavals are something that some things I definitely can see some couples go thru but not all. Sean convinced Lucy to “tutor” him in the bedroom-WOW and Lucy definitely didn’t see that coming. Soon the sex was hot. Then the teacher became the student. Sean and Lucy’s relationship went thru this metamorphosis of change. There is feelings involved and they try not to acknowledge that is the cage until they have to. Then all heck breaks loose when her brother finds out who she is sleeping with .

The emotions shown made me want shower Lucy with hugs and let Sean know all would be ok. I was completely rooting for the MC from the getgo. They had insecurities and they had fears, just like every regular couple so I was rooting for them. And this was a different sort of romance because of how Sean was having Lucy tutor him. I would go into more but #Spoilers—you have to read, because its hot and sweet and definitely tempting. This is a fantastic followup to book1 and the ending is oh so perfect.

My rating: 4.7 stars *****

 **I was given an ARC the author in exchange for an honest review***