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Focused
- A Hate to Love Sports Romance
- Narrated by: Em Eldridge, David Bendena
- Series: Ward Sisters, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Romance, Contemporary
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Summary
If you've ever seen your teenage crush 10 years later, and he turns out to be a complete jerk, then you know how Molly Ward feels.
The last time she saw Noah Griffin was the regrettable day that she decided to climb into his bedroom window and turn her unrequited crush into something more.
That day was bad enough, but things are about to get worse.
Noah has become one of the best football players in the country, and he's just landed on Molly's front step.
As a new addition to the Washington Wolves roster, Noah's presence is the key to Molly's promotion in the front office. The problem is Noah wants nothing to do with Molly, and his surly attitude is making her job very difficult.
But he's got another thing coming if he thinks Molly will be intimidated by one grumpy football player, no matter how much he hates being around her.
Once these two go head to head, their mutual dislike explodes into undeniable chemistry. But with what they have at stake, they just might detonate everything else along with it.
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- Sarah Marshall
- 07-06-20
sweet romantic story
I quite enjoyed this book. I've listened to the others in the 'effect' series which I also enjoyed. You don't have to have read them, just gives you a bit of character background.
The book centres around the development of Molly and Noah's relationship after not seeing each other for 10 years. Theres a bit of drama but not too much.
Also made a refreshing change that the sex scenes weren't overly descriptive. Don't get me wrong I like a hot sex scene but sometimes they can get a little boring and i skip them if I'm not in the mood for a 15 minute play by play of every move. This had the mix just right I think.
Looking forward to Claire's story next
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- Reggie
- 01-05-21
Cute story
Cute story…a surprisingly tame NFL star is traded to a new team, and is confronted with his past. Molly had a huge crush on Noah when she was in high school and he was her neighbor. Then their was an unfortunate incident…now she has to work with the hot, and infuriating Noah but that will be a breeze, no fraternization clause and all. Can this couple truly work together and ignore the chemistry? Cute HEA.
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- Lori E.
- 29-05-20
Good start to a spin-off series
I really enjoyed the Washington Wolves series by Karla Sorensen, so I was excited to see a spin-off series about the Ward sisters. I read the book as soon as it was released and the audiobook as well.
Molly had a crush on Noah when she was in high school and he was in college. Things did not go well due to their age difference. Fast forward to ten years later. Age is no longer an issue, but both of them have changed. Noah went from the life of the party to closed off, a machine focused only on football. Molly’s joy and love of life help Noah open up. Besides the romance there are some fun interactions with family and friends. Highly recommend!
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- K. McEwan
- 06-04-22
great story, horrible female narrator
She completely ruined it for me, I couldn't finish it despite liking the story, I'll have to just finish it by reading it instead.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-21
Absolutely loved it
I loved it, kept you entertained, love the flow of the story. A very fun read, that keeps you on your toes.
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- Michelle
- 22-09-21
Great story, okay production.
Em Eldridge sounds like a robot on this narration. She is better on other productions. Other than that, story was fantastic!
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- Mayzone
- 03-12-20
A great Follow up story to The Marriage Effect
So if you’re a fan of “Effect” series by the same author this book is for the fans. I loved the Marriage Effect and was excited to see where the Ward sisters ended up and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Paige and Logan in this book. We are introduced to Noah and Molly in the Marriage Effect, so I was looking forward to follow up of their brief encounter. A rather drawn out on the HEA but the author created a feel good story. Pretty mild on the physical scenes and you get glimpse into the next book of the series. Wasn’t a huge fan of the female narrator, rather flat.