Series: SBC Fighters #5
Published by Berkley on February 2nd 2010
Genres: Contemporary Romance, MMA Fighters
Pages: 281
Format: eBook
Source: Library
ISBN: 0425232980
Never before published from the New York Times bestselling author
Gillian is a PR expert hired to smooth out the rough edges on hot- headed sports club president Drew Black. He's rough, raw and ready for any challenge Gillian throws his way. But which one's going to end up on top?
In Back in Black we have the fifth book in the SBC series. Now I saw this at my library so I just grabbed it up because lately I have been in a MMA Fighter romance mood and I just became so endeared by the sound of this one. Now what was unexpected that I didn’t see coming was the two romances. We have Drew and Gillian. Now Drew is the head of his business, he has turned the sport around to be highly respected. But he is crude and doesn’t care about being politically correct in any situation. Gillian is sent to teach him to be more “polished”. It soon is obvious how much chemistry they have. Despite the career opposition they have with each other, they act on their feelings for each other. And I found that to be so refreshing. Drew is a hoot, I love how unashamed he is of himself. He doesn’t apologize for anything and I liked seeing that in a hero. And boy in how he is with Gillian is quite funny and outrageous at times. He is a alpha male and makes decisions without even talking to her. Adds some unique conflicts they have with each other that prove to be very very amusing. Our next couple is Brett and Audrey. Now Brett is a fighter and knows that he wants to know Audrey the moment he sees her. Audrey has no clue that Brett is a fighter. She is bitter against fighters since she lost her brother in a fight. She is against violence and so we see how different these two are in some ways but we also see how strong they are together. They have some issues to overcome but I loved this couple so very much. I probably got into this couple more than Drew and Gillian. I just had more “feels” when reading their story than I did with Drew and Gillian. And what also surprised (but shouldn’t have considering that Foster liked to add this in her books) is the sense of a villain and quite frankly I never saw this villain coming until the end. I also love it when a author surprises the reader in different ways. Although this is far from my favorite book this author has written since the romance between Drew and Gillian fell flat for me I truly enjoyed all the other aspects of this series and can’t wait to read more of this series.
I’m sorry that Drew and Gillian’s romance fell a bit flat but at least there was Brett and Audrey! 😉 I’m curious to see how these two overcome the obstacle of Brett’s fighting and Audrey’s aversion to violence. This is a series I keep meaning to try because I do like Foster’s writing. I’ll have to see if my library carries it. 🙂 Great review, Renee!
Oh I miss reading this series.
I had no idea about this series until I saw this book available at Overdrive and I just love the whole MMA fighters, they make the best alphas males to read. I see I need to pick up the earlier books for sure.
I think I have only read one by her, I should read more
You should, she is great.
Glad to see at least one of these pairings worked for you! I do love that hot cover.
Nice review. 🙂
It is a pretty hot cover right? And I just can’t resist the whole MMA fighters and Lori Foster does them very very well.
I haven’t read this series yet by Foster but it sounds as good as her other series! Glad to see you enjoyed this! I’ll have to keep this one in mind! Great review (: