With phones ringing off the hook, the normally "behind the
scenes" Sophie Jordan has to come out front and center and
face all the upheavals happening at the recently merged
family businesses of Athletes Only, a sports management
agency, and its subsidiary Public Relations firm, "The
Hot Zone". With older sister, Annabelle, off on maternity
leave and Micki, the youngest, enjoying a honeymoon, Sophie
is the only one available to face the massive fall-out from
a leak by a gossip columnist on the sexual orientation of
her top sports agent. Not only the best in the business
and a lifelong friend, Spencer Atkins has chosen a bad time
to go AWOL from the firm when word got out that he was gay.
Sophie needs to find him and fast with the upcoming pro
football draft on the horizon or they could face massive
client losses, especially to their main rival, the Cambrias
Agency.
As if that wasn't disaster enough, the lovely Sophie get
totally rattled when the sexually teasing superstar
quarterback Riley Nash comes on to her in her office.
Determined to avoid dating jocks at all costs, she finds
herself ensnarled by him as he signs with her, so he can
also find Spencer - his biological, but unacknowledged
father! He needs to keep him quiet or life can prove
difficult for his adoptive father, running for the U.S.
Senate in Bible Belt Mississippi. Not only does this
complicate things for Sophie as she fights off her emotions
for Riley, but, her good friend and publicist, Cindy James,
falls hot and heavy for Miguel Cambrias, owner of the
Cambrias Agency. Miguel is eager to woo away John Cashman,
a top NFL star, before Spence can sign him on board. With
all those problems and sabotage at the office, the normally
tightly controlled Sophie doesn't know who she can trust.
Carly Phillips has a real winner with HOT ITEM! A great
read on its own, her many fans will find it an awesome
ending to her trilogy of sports and romance. The interplay
and bantering between Sophie and Riley is in a league all
its own. You will also delight in the development of the
characters as their explore their feelings for each other
as well as their relationships to other family members. A
winning touchdown, indeed!
What star quarterback has been spotted with a new flavor of
arm candy? It's notorious bad boy Riley Nash, but his newest
flame is the last person this reporter coud imagine--none
other that Sophie Jordan, beautiful, buttoned-down co-owner
of The Hot Zone, the industry's top sports management agency.
What's behind this unlikely team? Some say it has to do with
the sudden disappearance of superagent Spencer Adkins. Could
there be a connection between the red-hot quarterback and
the missing dealmaker? Or has the famous groupie magnet
simply met his perfect match in cool, collected Sophie?
Watch this space because the resulting news is bound to be
one Hot Item.
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