Head in the Game

De: Rebecca Rathe

Narrado por: Jake Bordeaux

Bryant Nicks is the head football coach for the Groveton College Jackals, determined to do anything to push his team toward a championship season. When scouting out new players, Nicks comes across a rookie running back that impresses him both on and off the field. His attraction to his student runs deep, but Nicks knows better. Instead, he finds himself pushing the young player to the ends of his abilities, curious how much it will take to break him.

All playboy Jack Perry has ever been good at is playing football. So when he gets an opportunity to play at a top school with a full scholarship, he jumps on it. But it's more than just the opportunity that reels him in. The heat and intensity he feels when he's around his new coach is visceral. He'll do anything to make his coach proud.

Head In The Game is part of the collaborative Groveton College shared world project, but you do not have to read any of the other books in the shared world series to enjoy this book. It is a standalone with an HEA.

©2023 Rebecca Rathe LLC (P)2024 Rebecca Rathe LLC

voice acting 10/10, FAST BURN!

usually I'm worried about one person VA 2 characters but this was perfect! the personality of both characters shines through! this was insanely fast paced which I loved and the tension and worry about how it would all end was gripping! I loved the ending it makes sense. this book was really good

A Wonderful Mix of Humor & Spice

The story moved at a good pace, and actually made me laugh out loud several times. The spicy scenes weren’t redundant, and the plot was entertaining and engaging in ways that spicy books often are not.

The narration was phenomenal. I never get yanked out of a story when Jake Bordeaux is narrating. He did a great job making all of the voices sound different, giving each character their own inflections, and keeping their accents all individual to the character.

Sports Age-Gap Love Story

I am still not sure how I honestly feel about this book. The age gap is HUGE but then I told myself in real life we see creepy "out of shape" old men with women 40 years their senior so why not a "VERY HOT" daddy with a younger guy 28 years his senior. Honestly Love Is Love and sometimes we cannot control what our heart wants and they are two consenting adults. Sure a coach should never take advantage of a player but the player was a brat and did his fair share of taking advantage of the coach.
Coach is so real and when he slipped up with his drink it broke my heart. I am 16 years sober and I know that the author wrote what is very real and truth to an alcoholic. We are only one drink away from loosing out sobriety every minute of our lives.
Jack was so frustrating to me and he was very selfish in his motives which lead to the downfall of what was suppose to be a secret.
I think it was a little sloppy in the storyline of how the "B*tch" Aniah got a hold of the phone and the video. Unfortunately it is truth in the portrayal of Aniah and women who trap men into relationships. I wish it wasn't so but I'm ashamed to say women can be nasty.
The bi-awakening (my favorite trope) was a twofer in this story and that pleased me. It pleased me that an older man was portrayed as fit and strong because, guess what, it is fact. Older men can be scrumptious. The s*x was so hot. I mean I was getting hot and things were happening for me listening to what was happening to them. Yikes. I needed a hot fireman to come hose me off because I was up in flames.
I loved that Luke was in Jack's life and he was able to have an openly gay guy to talk to albeit it was hard for Jack to express his feeling but Luke was smart enough to know. Luke has one of the best lines in the book. It's after Jack is trying to find a label for how he feels.

Luke: Honestly if you ask me all of these labels do is separate us from what we all are, human. It doesn't matter if you're gay, maybe not entirely straight, what matters is you find someone who makes you happy.

Amen to you sister author Rebecca. No better words for everyone to live by.

I am happy the two men got their happy ending. They both deserved it. I would have loved to have seen the downfall of Aniah though. She was just a horrible spoiled human being.

I don't regret listening to this story, even though it is not a top favorite of mine, and parts I had a hard time getting through. I knew going in about the age gap and the coach to player so I cannot, fairly, write poorly about that.

I look forward to listening to more audio books from this author.
Narrator Jake Bordeaux did a stellar job.

Great read

Loved the premace and characters. Though the voice used for coach is way too much, gruff times 20. Tiresome after a while, make him strong and commanding. Though not a dragon!!

highly recommend

this is the 4th time I read this book and the 3rd time I listened to the audiobook. I don't think I'll ever get tired of this story. The narrator did an amazing job. I highly recommend you to give this book/audiobook a chance.