"Sweet and sexy story of falling in love with your best friend!"
Reviewed by Miranda Owen
Posted April 26, 2016
Romance Erotica Sensual | Romance Contemporary | Romance Music
PLAY FAIR is Book is Book 3 in L.P. Maxa's "Devil's
Share" series. One by one the hard rocking guys of the
band The Devil's Share have succumbed to love. While
still retaining a little bit of rock star edge, PLAY FAIR
opens with the band members and their girlfriends, and
dog, forming the perfect picture of domesticity. Things
are thrown into a bit of a whirlwind when Jackson "Jacks"
Cole discovers he has a daughter. At first glance, a rock
star might not seem like everybody's first candidate for
a devoted family man, but this tight knit Devil's Share
crew proves to be the family young Landry needs. There are two major things going on in PLAY FAIR -- Jacks
discovering, and then learning how to bond with, his
little girl and Jacks' falling in love with his best
friend Bryan. Both stories snag your interest and are
entertaining. I love that Jacks and Bryan have a lot of
similarities and were long distance text buddies before
taking their relationship to the next level. Their
interactions with each other seem so organic and fun.
It's interesting that Bryan's sister seems to be more
protective of Jacks than her sister. Usually it's a
sibling warning a big bad rock star away from their
sister rather than the reverse. I really like how PLAY
FAIR is told from alternating perspectives -- even
including the perspective of little Landry. The tender moments with Jacks and Bryan acting as father
and mother to Landry act as a nice counterpoint to the
sexual tension between the two friends. PLAY FAIR is
another book in a long line of my favorite stories in
which the hero pursues the heroine. Bryan leaves Jacks a
little befuddled at times, but it's fun watching them
try
to work things out together and support each other. The
threat of Landry possibly being taken away by her
absentee mom gives the story a kick in the middle of
Jacks' and Bryan's love haze. Both Jacks and Bryan grow
over the course of PLAY FAIR and I really like both
characters. PLAY FAIR is a story about realizing what's important in
life and finding love with your best friend. L.P. Maxa
does a great job of balancing humor, sexual sizzle, and
the feeling of family. These characters feel like old
friends that you get to re-connect with every time you
pick up one of the books in this "Devil's Share" series.
L.P. Maxa slowly develops these characters throughout the
series and has them show their hidden depths. Reading
about Jacks forge a new family will make you smile and
swoon. I look forward to L.P. Maxa's next book.
SUMMARY
Guitarist of the world-famous rock band The Devil’s
Share,
no one would expect Jackson Cole to have a best friend
who’s
a girl, but his relationship with Bryan Lawson is too
special to endanger with sex…until a different girl—the
waifish nine-year-old who claims he’s her father—makes
Jacks
realize all that truly matters. WILD. RECKLESS. IRRESPONSIBLE. A FATHER? Jackson Cole has been called many things: immature,
irresponsible, sexy as hell. But one thing he’s never
been
called is “Dad”—until Child Services shows up on his
doorstep with a waifish nine-year-old claiming he’s the
father. What’s a rock star to do? Call your best friend,
who
just happens to be super hot, funny, and even more
commitment-phobic than you, and beg her to help. Of
course,
now that his friend is living in the same house, Jacks is
finding it harder and harder to keep his hands to
himself. Bryan Lawson never expected to become pals with a
charming,
hilarious, breathtakingly handsome rock star, but after
they
met backstage at one of Jacks’s concerts, she couldn’t
stop
texting him. He’s just the sort of person she could
imagine
being with forever, except that, try as she might, she’s
never managed to stay interested in a relationship for
more
than three months. Now that Jacks is a dad, the stakes
are
much higher. A breakup wouldn’t just ruin their
friendship,
it would destroy a little girl who’s just learning to
love.
But maybe also the game has changed.
ExcerptWhen I got home I headed upstairs with the intention of
checking on Landry and then heading to bed. I didn’t want
to wake Bryan, and I didn’t want to look too closely at
the way I’d booked it out of that club. As I reached the
top of the stairs I head Bryan’s voice and Landry’s
giggles. I glanced down at my watch; it was after
midnight at this point. I poked my head into her room.
“Hello my beautiful girls. What are y’all still doing
up?”They both smiled when they saw me, and I ignored the way
my heart leapt. “You’re home.” Bryan said it like a
statement. Not a question. I grinned. “Yeah. Turns out I rather be here.” She held up a large hardbound book. “Landry asked me to
read to her and we both kind of lost track of time.”
Bryan closed the book and put it on the nightstand. “It’s
late sweet girl, we’ll read more tomorrow.” I walked across the room, leaning down to kiss Landry’s
forehead. “Good night, Buttercup.” “’Night, Jacks.” We both headed across the hall to my room and collapsed
on my bed, staring at the ceiling. Bryan lightly slapped my thigh. “You can go meet back up
with Luke, if you want. She’ll be asleep as soon as her
head hits the pillow. No worries here, if that’s what you
came home for.” “Nah, I’m right where I want to be.” And that was the
God’s honest truth. She was quiet for a few minutes, the only sound in the
room was us breathing, each struggling with the right
words. Finally she moved to face me, I automatically did
the same. “Good. I’m pretty happy where I am right now
too.” She was so damn pretty. I could get lost in those blue
eyes of hers. I fought the urge to kiss her plump pink
lips. Friends don’t kiss. And we were just friends. Maybe
if I said just friends in my head enough times I’d start
to believe it. “Want to watch a movie?” I didn’t want her
to leave me. She grinned, a wicked glint in her beautiful eyes. “I
have a better idea.” I shifted closer to her on the bed, playing along. “Oh
yeah?” She bit her bottom lip, nodding. My dick strained against my zipper. He was still pissed
that I’d denied him earlier, not turned on by Bryan’s
flirty banter. “What did you have in mind, baby doll?” She rolled over and grabbed a hot pink bag from the floor
beside my bed. “I bought us a present today…” I shifted onto my stomach, taking the bag from her hands
and hiding my massive hard on. I pulled out the tissue
paper, tossing it over my shoulder. “What?! You got
Zombies 5? I didn’t even know this was out yet!” She giggled, putting her hand over my mouth. “Shhh…you’re
going to wake up Landry and this game is definitely not
suitable for children.” She sat up. “I’ll go get ready
for bed in Luke’s bathroom.” She paused on her way out
the door. “Change clothes. You smell like sex and
whiskey.” “B…I couldn’t, I mean, I didn’t…uh, nothing happened.” She shook her head, “Jacks, it’s none of my business. I
just rather not, um, just shower, okay?” I nodded. My heart was racing; the distress I felt at her
thinking I’d been with someone else was unwelcome. And it
was freaking me the fuck out. I was pacing around my
room. Why did it matter so much? Why did her thinking
that bother me? Probably the same damn reason I’d run out
of that club like it was on fucking fire. Because I was falling for my best friend.
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