Hard Luck

Trophy Boyfriends, Book 4

By: Sara Ney

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Elizabeth Hart

Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Some girls have all the luck.

Unfortunately, I am not one of those girls. Not when I lost my apartment because my roommate let the lease lapse while I travel for work. Not when my brothers keep finding love and my mother keeps reminding me I'm still single. Not after a one-night stand during my older brother's wedding has me waking up pregnant.

I have to keep it a secret - from him and my family. I sure can't tell my brother his teammate, Mateo Espinoza, is the man with whom I slept. Confident, funny Mateo....

A guy can't catch a break.

Just when I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams, she ghosts me. Worse? Her brother refuses to give me her number, and my calls to her office go straight to voicemail. I thought I was a catch; professional athlete, charming, raised with six sisters - I'm a guy who knows his way to a woman's heart! What reason could she possibly have for avoiding me?

When I finally catch up to True Wallace, I'm going to get the answer.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Sarah Ney (P)2021 Tantor

LOVE, LOVE LOVE

Very funny book. I enjoyed it. I think they are a perfect match. I also love her brothers.

Fantastic story!!

I didn't want it to end! I blew through all 4 books in this series so quickly! I couldn't stop listening. I absolute loved True and Mateo's story. These narrators were incredible!!

Insta-bought this ❤❤❤ because duh!

Alexander does a Mexican accent 😳🤤
Omg this is too funny! Matteo's sisters kill me! 🤣🤣 This is about the younger sister of books 2 and 3, and omg the brothaers are so adorkable!

meh ... typical one night stand sex to baby

-sports theme without any sports
-one night stand of hot sex without any hot sex ... in fact there is no lust, no build up and no steamy sex at all
- weird start with her hiding from the baby daddy
-weird ending with announcing the gender at a game without even discussing with her first and then Buzz declaration as an afterthought didn't fit at all

Brother’s Teammate Accidental Pregnancy

Mateo and True hook up at her brother’s wedding. Weeks later, she finds out she’s pregnant. After ghosting Mateo and he can’t stop thinking of her, he finally gets her number. After weeks of knowing she’s pregnant, she finally tells Mateo.

Mateo is such a cinnamon roll guy. He seems like a playboy but really he’s a huge family guy.

True, she’s the baby of the family. Having two older brothers as athletes, they’ve been overly protective of her.

Loved this serious. The hilarious banter between siblings and the couples. So good!

Tropes:
Athlete- baseball
Close Family
Accidental pregnancy
One Night Stand

👍

This story was so funny like it’s was everything romance, accidental pregnancy, sports and older brother drama . Utterly perfect

Such a fun series!!

Love how this family is in each book, just with a new love couple to follow. The brothers are hilarious and so over the top!! You know it’s out of love but oh my, I’d kill them! Haha! True and Mateo are perfect for each other. They both come from over the top families that nothing can scare them away!!! I must admit I was not ready for this book to be over. I wanted more!!!! Not sure if there’s another book in the series but I wanna know more!!!!!

So much fun

My first time reading anything from Sara Ney, but it won't be my last. The story draws you in and makes you want to spend time with these characters. I couldn't stop laughing. Such a fun read!

2.25 stars

2.25 stars
I like this author and I am making my way through her backlist, but I have unfortunately read several books by her lately that do not seem like complete romances. This is another one.
First of all, I didn't like the author's choice to make the main characters so irresponsible. They had sex within hours of meeting and didn't use a condom. No discussion of birth control or STDs. Neither character was presented as reckless and irresponsible in general, so this decision was perplexing. It only served to make them both seem stupid and immature.
Second of all, no good reason was given for the FMC waiting so long to tell the MMC about the pregnancy. He was trying to contact her and she ignored him, which is ridiculously immature and rude. Her reasoning was senseless.
Third of all, there's no development of the romance. The MMC tells the reader in his inner monologue that he loves the FMC but he doesn't tell her yet. The FMC doesn't tell the reader or the MMC that she loves him or is even falling for him. They talk and have sex but it seems more like a friends a benefits situation than a romance. Like, "well, we are having a kid so we might as well have sex and learn to get along." It was just an odd decision for a romance novel.
The book ends with no clear direction for the relationship, with the FMC even telling the reader via inner monologue that she's sleeping in the same bed as the MMC instead of in a guest bedroom as if that's a big deal. Seemed like the book needed to be longer so the reader could see the development from that point to the FMC falling in love to the MMC declaring his love to maybe a proposal and/or wedding.
I'm giving this read 2.25 stars. It's a disappointment because the MMC was actually a really good character. He's sweet, respectful and incredibly supportive. He deserved a better story.