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Lili Valente

Mar 2022 · The Virgin Playbook Book 1 · Self Taught Ninja

About this ebook

Begging my brother’s best friend—and NHL superstar, Ian Fox—to help me ditch my V Card wasn’t part of my “make it big in NYC” plans.

But after years of being “cute little Evie,” I’m tired of waiting for Mr. Right. I’m ready for Mr. Right Now and Ian is everything I’ve ever wanted in a first time. He’s kind, funny, confident, and has a legendary…stick. 

Seriously, his stick has its own page of search results, complete with gray sweatpants shots hot enough to make even a clueless virgin drool.

And yes, my brother will murder us if he finds out, but we’re both grownups. 

We can keep a secret. We have to since I just landed an art therapy job working with his troubled team.

All we’re doing is a little practice. (Or…ehem...big practice.)

Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo.

Ratings and reviews

Lili Valente's V-Card Diaries Series is off to a fantastic start! I adored Ian and Evie’s fun, flirty and sexy story so much! This is a sports rom-com and brothers best friend romance that I devoured from start to finish. Evie is at a place where she is making a plan to take charge of her own life. She is tired of being called “cute Little Evie” she wants her brother to stop being so over protective and over bearing with her. Even though she is almost 24 years old she still has her v-card intact and is ready to loose it with the right man. When her brothers best friend becomes single she propositions him as she cannot think of anyone she trusts more him. Ian is a professional hockey player and best friends with Evie’s brother Derrick. After ending things with his long time girlfriend and hearing Evie’s proposition he is considering it but is afraid of what it will mean for his friendship with Derrick. I loved Evie and her quirkiness. She is bold and boisterous at times and shy and timid in other times but determined and I loved that about her. She has taken a temporary job working with the hockey players during their off season on art therapy in efforts to help build a more cohesive team. I really loved this concept. It is different and unique and nothing like I have read before. Ian is a sweet and attentive guy. The more time he spends with this new version of Evie the more attracted he becomes and his heart is growing for her and what they have together. Not only do they have super steamy chemistry, their laugh out loud banter was fantastic! Jason Clarke and Lili Valente bring these characters to life flawlessly, their voices are entertaining, sexy and sweet and I throughly enjoyed this story leaving me with all the heartwarming feels. I am looking forward to Harlow and Derrick’s story next.

From the first sentence, this book just hooks you in and takes you along for a beautiful swoony ride. The book struck the perfect balance in the way the personal journeys of the main characters unfolded organically along with their romantic journey together. The richness of all the storylines gave the story and the characters a deep three dimensional feel which allows the reader to feel invested and more like a participant in the story rather than just simply a voyeur. Evie is a 24 year old virgin working on a masters in art therapy. Ian is a professional hockey player, Evie’s brother’s best friend, and has known Evie since she was a kid. Ian agrees to give sex lessons to Evie and that’s where the fun, the complications, and the acknowledgment of the real feelings start for the couple. The book has a little bit of everything - sweet moments, steamy scenes, strong friendships, supportive family, snort worthy laughs, painful pasts, and all the heart squeezing love. Experiencing the journey of Ian and Evie as they fall in love and work through their individual issues gave me all the feels - you will definitely laugh, cry, swoon, cringe, cheer, and happy sigh. The side characters in this story were given just enough depth to be integral and important parts of this story and tease us with what will happen in their books but not so much to be a distraction to Ian and Evie’s story. I am looking forward to the next book in this series. I willingly reviewed an early copy of this book.

Scored by Lili Valente was swoony, sexy and oh so flirty! This brother's best friend sports romance was loads and loads of fun with some colourful characters and sweet emotions.I loved the entertaining assortment of characters .Evie's quirky friends and Ian's hot headed jock team mates. Evie is such an adorable girl. She has been always over protected by her brother and she finally decides to spread her wings. I loved both sides of Evie. The sweet, shy and adorable side. And the confident sassy vixen side. Ian is a good man through and through. As a NHL star, he has plenty of fame and money and sex appeal but I love how protective and caring he is. His feelings for Evie run deeper than just carnal urges. They have an easy friendship that I loved to read about. This story was at times hilarious and full on blast and at times it managed to be intense & heartaching. The chemistry is on fire. Ian and Evie had to let go of their fears and doubts and that was a beautiful journey (arc review)