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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Simply the Best

Simply the Best, February 2024
Chicago Stars
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Avon
Featuring: Rory Garrett; Brett Rivers
384 pages
ISBN: 0063248565
EAN: 9780063248564
Kindle: B0C5942RFN
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"Opposites Attract in Newest Chicago Stars Release"

Fresh Fiction Review

Simply the Best
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Reviewed by S. Lyn Collins
Posted February 11, 2024

Romance Contemporary | Romance Comedy

Susan Elizabeth Phillips launched the Chicago Stars series with IT HAD TO BE YOU in 1994! SIMPLY THE BEST is the 10th book in this enduring series that usually matches up the latest quarterback in the franchise. The main characters in this newest book are the quarterback's sister, Rory Garrett and slick sports agent, Brett Rivers. Rory is the opposite of her star athlete, half-brother Clint. Dreams of her own chocolate shop remain dreams as she drifts from job to job. She moves to Chicago to operate a candy-selling food truck only to have her partner clean out her stock and leave her with huge fines. While attending a party to cheer up her brother after a breakup, she engages in a one-night stand only to learn he is her brother's agent. Brett River is laser-focused on his career and goal of making VP. Where Brett is a workaholic shark in designer clothes, Rory is big-hearted with a vintage, funky vibe. After their hook-up, they are continuously thrown together in their effort to locate Clint and solve a murder. Fast-paced read with lovable characters and visits to some of the couples from past books in the series. If only there wasn't so long a wait between books.

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SUMMARY

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes.

Take one hard-driving sports agent…

Throw in a failed chocolatier…

And her superstar football player brother…

Add a quirky pink and purple food truck…

Then, to really screw things up, mix in a very unfortunate murder.

Brett Rivers is the hottest sports agent in the business—fast and furious, swift and deadly. Failure? Not an option.

Rory Garrett is—let’s be honest—a disaster. She has a big heart, an empty bank account, a passion for making exquisite chocolate, and a huge inferiority complex from living in the shadow of Brett’s most important client, her football legend brother.

Brett and Rory should never have met, and they absolutely, positively should never have had to deal with the consequences of one stupid, drunken night…one disastrous lie…one career in jeopardy…one missing football player…and a very dead body.

It’s going to get messy…and dangerous…and heartbreaking…and sexy. To Rory, Brett represents skewed values and a devious mind. To Brett, Rory is forbidden fruit, off limits, do not disturb, and no entry—definitely no entry.

A woman who has succeeded at nothing and a man who’s succeeded at everything confront the challenge of their lives as they struggle with themselves and each other. When it comes to love—what price are any of us willing to pay to be simply the best?  


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