Echo: A friends to lovers, forbidden, sports romance!

· The Player Book 3 · Sankofa Girl
4.8
17 reviews
Ebook
348
Pages

About this ebook

Dive into this friends to lovers, forbidden, sports romance!

 Money, power, prestige…freedom


Perfect daughter. Obedient and helpful. My parents remind me of who they think I am every day of my life… never asking if I have dreams outside of their own.


As the only Coulter girl, I’ve always been the family’s glue.

Olympic qualifiers are looming, and the last thing I want is to follow the rules. One perfect night with the man of my dreams is all I can have before starting training with my new coach. 

Cole thinks I’m a spoiled little rich girl, and a liar to boot. How can I blame him? I loved him and left him, only to reappear as his new client. I’m torn between my obligations and my desires, and he’s the only one who makes me feel like myself. 

I can’t outrun my feelings, so I have to show him that together, we’re pure gold.


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If you love Claire Contreras, Lexi Ryan, Jen Frederick, Sara New, Helena Hunting or Amy Daws, then you'll love The Player Series!

Ratings and reviews

4.8
17 reviews
Margaret Watkins
July 2, 2017
A well written, young adult romance, dealing with issues created by an autocratic patriarchal grandfather. Echo typifies most women's inability to say "no", resulting in the type of stress we are all familiar with. Just when Echo thinks she is reaching out for her dreams, they are snatched away by family responsibility. In addition, her well-meaning family make arrangements for her to be coached to ensure she makes it to the Olympics, on the assumption that what they want is what she wants as well. There were so many aspects to this story that women could identify with, not least of which was the pressure to acquiesce to the demands of her parents. After an exciting one night stand with Cole, Echo is horrified to realise that he is the coach that her parents have employed to ensure she makes it to the Olympics. Cole has had his fill of entitled young women, and when he realises that the girl he cannot forget is his new assignment, he is angry and assumes that he has been played. Nevertheless, the burning attraction between Echo and Cole persists, despite their best attempts to douse the flames. Unfortunately, Echo's grandfather, who considers himself an expert despite never having actually competed in the Olympics, meddles and insults all Cole's efforts to give Echo the best training possible for her abilities. The reader's emotions are engaged, especially when Grandfather Rory makes his entrance and one would dearly love to muzzle him. Although this book is part of a series, it is nevertheless a stand alone and the gaps are sufficiently filled that one is not left wondering what happened in this family saga in previous episodes. The book comes to a satisfying ending, albeit a little abruptly. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review
1 person found this review helpful
Cheri Gerhardt
March 20, 2017
Only girl. Middle child. The dependable one. Echo could go on and on. She fell into the role naturally. She managed her brothers, protected them when they needed it, made sure the parents didn't have to. She was the one they went to. Now, that she finally had her own dreams worked out, they needed her again. Oh, they were going to reward her--the way they wanted. Did they ever stop to think that maybe she had her own plans? Cole couldn't believe the offer. The money would ease his worry about paying for his brother's college. It was an amazing offer for someone new to coaching. He'd miss his brother but otherwise he didn't mind the move. Face it, he'd never wanted to represent the “upper class.” Still, it was an offer he couldn't refuse. Now, he just needed to get excited about it. Neither had wanted to go out. Neither was excited or much company. When their friends talked them into a night on the town before they began the next step in their lives, they'd gone, reluctantly. That is until one dance, one kiss led to more. One night. Yes, last person she expected to face with her parents was the man who'd rocked her world. The man who was hired to help shatter her dreams so she could fulfill her grandfather's and parent's dreams. Instead of designing clothes, she'd be running toward the Olympics. Likewise, the rich princess he was supposed to coach was the woman he couldn't forget. How will they handle their relationships, professional and personal. This is another winner from Ms. Malone. I love Echo's and Cole's unselfishness. I'm happy to see her come into her own. Both are loyal, committed individuals who deserve happiness. Will they get it? You'll enjoy this sometimes tender, steamy, and watching them grow and learn about themselves and that life isn't always what you see on the surface.
1 person found this review helpful
A Google user
March 13, 2017
I loved this book Echo: The Player is my favorite book so far. Echo is the only girl in a family of four boys. Her family takes advantage of her, but she also does not stand up for herself. Cole has issues with rich families. When Cole is hired to be her running coach the sparks fly. This is the journey of two people, learning about themselves. Echo learning to stand up for herself. Cole learning that all rich families are not the same. Now that doesn't mean some of the Coulter family doesn't live up to Cole's experience of the rich. Their journeys are fun and a roller coaster ride of frustration. When the frustration finely gets to Echo the blowup is so worth the book. My biggest complaint's with all the books is the endings. The siblings are all young so I don't get all the love, marriage and babies I want. I hope after the series is finished that Nana Malone will write a 7th book a few years down the road to see how the families and the legacy of the Coulter family grows. If you have read the first two books, then in my opinion Echo is the best so far and should be read. I received an ARC edition for my honest and voluntary review.
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