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Yet another fake engagement story with old friends who have secretly loved each other for ever

Only on Gameday by Kristen Callihan

January 12, 2026 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Introverted and shy Penelope Morrow grew up an only child, but was more or less enveloped by the five children of the Luck family (all named, rather implausibly, for months – the boys, January, March and August, with the twin girls being called May and June), since their mothers were best friends. Outgoing, charming and overachieving, all three Luck boys are handsome and very talented American football players, like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: American Football, ARC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, fake engagement, friends to lovers, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, NetGalley, Only on Gameday, sports

Malin's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: American Football, ARC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, fake engagement, friends to lovers, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, NetGalley, Only on Gameday, sports ·
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A quarterback and a photographer try to be friends, end up as lovers

May 7, 2017 by Malin 1 Comment

First of all, I want to warn my fellow romance readers that there are a LOT of distracting typos in this book. Normally, while I’m a complete grammar nazi in my daily life(comes with being a language teacher, I suspect), I am nonetheless usually able to ignore the occasional typo in my romances, mainly because I don’t tend to read them all THAT closely. But in this book, there were enough that it bothered even me and took me out of the story on occasion. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, The Hot Shot

Malin's CBR9 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, The Hot Shot ·
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Here be dragons

December 26, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

Once again I want to thank the lovely Mrs. Julien, whose generous gift of an Amazon voucher made it possible for me to buy this book. NFL player Ethan “Dex” Dexter is known to his friends and team mates as “the Wise One”. He’s quiet, observant, focused on his career and not really concerned with dating, or really all that bothered about the fact that he’s still a virgin at 24. The only woman he’s interested in is the bubbly and vivacious Fiona Mackenzie, sister-in-law […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Game Plan

Malin's CBR7 Review No:149 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Game Plan ·
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The hero’s a tight-end, and you’d better believe there are jokes about that

June 8, 2015 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars Gray Grayson does not have female friends, he has former and future conquests. The closest thing he has to a female friend is his best friend Drew‘s new girlfriend. That’s it. So no one is more surprised than he, when he seems to be developing a close relationship with a woman he’s never even met, via text message of all things. When Gray has to lend his own car to Drew for a while, he’s left with no other options than to borrow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: American Football, CBR7, Contemporary Romance, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, New Adult, The Friend Zone

Malin's CBR7 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: American Football, CBR7, Contemporary Romance, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, New Adult, The Friend Zone ·
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I neither know nor care about American football, but this book was entertaining

June 8, 2015 by Malin 11 Comments

Anna was either bullied or completely ignored in high school. With the exception of a few loyal friends, she was pretty much a social outcast. She has worked hard to become comfortable with herself and her body image. So when her college’s star quarterback addresses her as “Big Red” in one of their shared classes, he instantly earns her animosity. Drew Baylor is tall, gorgeous, extremely athletic and popular in all areas of college life. As Anna just wants to keep her head down and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: American Football, CBR7, Contemporary Romance, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, New Adult, The Hook Up

Malin's CBR7 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: American Football, CBR7, Contemporary Romance, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, New Adult, The Hook Up ·
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