Full Court Press

The 6th Man Series, Book 1

De: Rosie P Burke

Narrado por: Jennifer Walls

Clara Hark: Normal childhoods don't exist for girls like me—daughter of former NHL star and head coach of the Chicago Sharks, Tommy Hark. Life in the spotlight means no screwing around. AKA: No fun. My first semester of college outside of my dad's jurisdiction was supposed to be about spreading my wings—not my legs! And discovering who I am outside the shadow of great men.

Court Roberts: Playing basketball is who I am. It's why people know my name and are predicting what round I'll go in the draft. One more year and I'll fulfill the promise I made to my aunt. But one look at Clara and I quickly realize that dreams aren't the goals I've set, but the things that make life worth living. She's hiding something and I plan to figure out what it is.

Here's hoping my offensive game is as good as everyone says. Besides...how do you defend against a Full Court Press?

©2024 Rosie P. Burke (P)2025 Rosie P. Burke

Great read!

Fantastic! This sports romance is a great listen. I really enjoyed it. The storyline is so entertaining.

I'm liking Rosie Burke's newest series and looking forward to reading more.

College basketball story .... with a bit of a twist!

I love that this book gives us a next generation look at some of the characters from the Dropped Puck series! It connects so many dots and builds on the foundation of a great series. 😍😍😍 A bit of secrecy + a few hurt feelings felt very college-y, so appropriate.

Narration was excellent. Very easy to listen to and understand.

Looking forward to more books in the series. (This is book 1)

Impressive!

Clara Hark is the daughter of Tommy Hark, the head coach of the NHL Chicago Sharks. As his daughter, she has known her share of notoriety concerning personal aspects of his life. She has taken her mother's maiden name to give her anonymity in hopes that she can operate under the radar in college. Court Roberts is a basketball superstar with hopes of going high in the draft, but he has to get through college before that can happen. He has some baggage from a not-so-stellar home life, but his aunt is firmly in his corner. They are testing the waters of a friendship with hopes that it can become more. There is some angst that has to do with trust and dealing with the need to hold some secrets that should be shared. Clara is a little obsessive about her refusal to talk to Court about her issue of keeping her name a secret. He feels she is lying to him and has an overreaction and it causes a split. The entire point for both of them is that they have to be able to trust one another. This is a truly sweet and spicy story with characters that feel like friends. I am impressed by the author's knowledge of the game of basketball in strategy and player positions.
The narration is very well done by Jennifer Walls. There were a few times that there was little inflection to be able to tell the characters apart, but there was no problem about falling into the story from the beginning to end.

College days.

Clara wants to get out of the spotlight now that she's away at college. But who does she fall for? The basketball star! I wanted to like this book by Clara's bestie is Becky. (And I'm Becky.) But it was just a little too slow burn for me. Plenty of spice, But not enough action. I did enjoy the dual POV.
I received a complimentary Audible version of this book from the author through Story Origin. The narrator did an ok job. I wish she had a better male voice. It was kind of confusing when Court was speaking with her high voice.
3.5 stars for both the story and the narrator.

Good Start

This was a good start to the series and if you've read the Dropped Puck Series, you'll get some cameos of all the ladies and it's fun to get Clara all grown up, I did struggle a bit with the conflict it seemed a bit unbelievable to me, but overall I enjoyed the story and these characters I did wish we had a little more with Tommy and there was more resolution with Court's father. Narration was done well and I'm looking forward to the next!