Playing For Her Heart

Megan Erickson

Aug 2015 · Gamers Book 2 · Sold by Entangled: Brazen

About this eBook

Grant Osprey just had the hottest sex of his life. Sure, they were both in costume, and yes, it was anonymous, but he never expected her to bolt in the middle of the night without so much as a good bye, let alone exchanging numbers. Or names. All he's left with are her panties and some seriously X-rated memories...until he meets his business partner's little sister.

Only Chloe Talley isn't the bold, sexy vixen he remembers. And she wants nothing to do with him.

Cosplay is Chloe's only chance to leave her boring, socially awkward world behind. To forget that she's failing at life and can't be with anyone, let alone a single-father like Grant. But the raw hunger between them is undeniable. With him, she can be a misbehaving maid. A sexy call girl for hire. Each scene pushes Chloe beyond her strict boundaries, until Grant demands the one character she can't play.

Herself.

Each book in the Gamers series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Changing His Game
Book #2 Playing For Her Heart
Book #3 Tied to Trouble
Book #4 Leveling The Field

Ratings and reviews

3.5 stars — I still loved the nerdiness of this one, but I really noticed the lack of depth in this story. I get that there isn’t a lot of time to get into things in these short formats, but then I guess I wish that the back stories weren’t screaming out for depth…because then I just leave feeling unsatisfied. Most of this comes into play with Chloe. So I’ll get to her in a minute. Grant was everything I was hoping for from the hints of his character in the first book. He was adorable, and I pretty much loved him. His story was a bit more on the surface…I think because I enjoyed him so much, I almost wish we could have learned a bit more about his past, but I was more willing to accept his lack of depth in this one. He was seriously like a puppy dog, just so sweet and lovable. I loved how persistent he was with Chloe, how once he figured out that this relationship and his feelings were different, he didn’t shy away from them. I also enjoyed his very bizarre and sometimes hilarious relationship with his daughter…it was sweet, if occasionally hard to believe. Perhaps that’s where I would have wanted to know more if this had been a longer novel. Chloe was a bit more of a struggle. I felt for her shyness, but honestly? The whole introvertedness felt kind of…like a schtick. A bit stereotype-ish, like perhaps the author isn’t an introvert and doesn’t quite understand it, so just followed what a lot of those articles talk about. Now that could be just me, I might be totally off the mark there, it just felt…shallow? Clinical? Something. Or else I’m just particularly sensitive to it. And honestly it just didn’t feel like we got a lot of time with Chloe to really figure out why she was so freaking hard on herself. Like, we’re told why (what with the whole survivor’s guilt thing), but I just didn’t *feel* it if that makes sense. It was just too big and deep of a side story for this short of a novel. And then holy cow, her turnaround at the end was super abrupt and rushed!! She resisted and resisted and resisted, and then all of a sudden BAM, change. It just didn’t work for me. I did love Grant and Chloe together, they had great sexual chemistry, and it was fun to explore role play kink, as I don’t think that’s as common in the books I’ve read. And even though I didn’t believe Chloe’s turnaround, I really loved what happened with their relationship after that. So, like, if I just accepted that, then I felt all of their emotions when they reached out to each other. It was very affecting. So yeah. I adored the playfulness of Grant and what he brought out of Chloe…I just felt like it tackled too much and then there wasn’t enough time to give the subjects appropriate attention.

Megan Erickson deserves a standing ovation for this one. Playing for Her Heart is not a standard love story. Having experienced a painful event that impacted her whole family, Chloe is struggling. The outlet she uses to cope is role playing. It allows her to escape her feelings of inadequacy and emptiness. The problem she has become trapped in her world of make believe. Grant sees the grief underneath the masks. He wants to rescue his princess but will she let him close enough to try? Playing by Heart brings the sensuality but it is coupled with a serious edge. Ms. Erickson has gifted her readers with a story of heartache, inspiration and sex appeal. I received an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

After a wild, crazy, and completely anonymous night, Grant Osprey can't get the woman he met at the gamer convention out of his head. Too bad she was gone when he woke. No name, no number, no finding her! Imagine his shock when he meets his new business partners sister. Yep, you guessed it! His very aloof mystery woman. Chloe can't believe her bad luck. The one time she decides to let go and get a little crazy comes back to bite her. It's not that she wouldn't like a little more time with Grant, but that woman he was with wasn't her, not really. That night she was brave, wild, and uninhibited. Everything Chloe isn't!! This one was a great read. Loved the characters and pace of the story. I would definitely recommend this one.

About the author

Megan worked as a journalist covering real-life dramas before she decided she liked writing her own endings better and switched to fiction.

She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids and two cats. When she's not tapping away on her laptop, she's probably listening to the characters in her head who won't stop talking.

For more, visit meganerickson.org