False Start by Piper RayneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
"False Start" is a prequel to Piper Rayne's Kingsmen Football Stars series, featuring Lee and Shayna, the main characters of book #1, "You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows." It's set eight years before that story begins.
Lee Burrows may be the star quarterback of Michigan's football team, but if he can't find a way to pass his biology class, his dreams of playing in the NFL might be over before they even begin. To prevent him from being suspended from the team, his coach and professor make arrangements for the top student in his class, Shayna Kudrow, to tutor him. Outgoing Lee is immediately smitten by introverted Shayna, but she has no interest in becoming just another notch on his bedpost. The more time they spend together, however, the more she realizes that there's more to Lee than his playboy reputation. She decides to give him a chance, but can their fledgling relationship survive when she finds out the secret Lee has been keeping from her?
It's not necessary to read this prequel to understand the first book of the series, but I'd recommend picking it up anyway. It fills in a lot of details about what happened between Shayna and Lee when they were in college, particularly the circumstances that led to their breakup. His side of the story made a lot more sense to me after reading this novella. Shayna never really gave him a chance to explain why he did what he did back then (though he did apologize for hurting her), and I appreciated the context.
I'd recommend this story as well as "You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows" and look forward to finding out what's to come in this entertaining new series.
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