Inside Game by Collette West

Inside Game by Collette West 

Publication Date: July 10, 2015

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports

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Third baseman Drake Schultz is the undisputed bad boy of the New York Kings. So it's no surprise when Major League Baseball suspends him for taking performance-enhancing drugs. Furious with their superstar, the front office issues an ultimatum: either work with their sober companion or kiss the rest of his quarter-billion-dollar contract goodbye. Cocky and arrogant, Drake resists being saddled with a live-in babysitter—even one he's insanely attracted to.

Drake is Eva Sloane's first celebrity client as a substance abuse counselor, and she knows she's in trouble when he starts tempting her at every turn. The way he looks at her is as hot as sin, but she refuses to become his new drug of choice. Slowly, she helps him realize he has to face the demons from his past and heal his tortured spirit before he can even think about satisfying any craving he has for her.



Review
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
A powerful read about the struggles of addiction and second chances.
Drake has always been one of the top baseball players of the New York Kings but his performance has been helped by performance enhancing drugs.  When he is finally caught out, Eva becomes his sobriety companion and works alongside him to get clean and work through his addiction.  This was an intense journey as you find out where Drake came from and what pushed him down this destructive path.  As the layers get stripped back, you get to see Drake for who he really is, without the public persona he portrays on a daily basis.
Eva is the woman who strips him down and build him back up.  More importantly she believes in him and sees who he really is and just gets him.  A perfect partner for him, coming from a tragic background herself and is strong and confident despite it.
In tackling the hidden problem of drug use in sports, Collette West has given us a story of substance and one that is difficult, yet full of hope.  This was an amazing read and one that I couldn't put down.  Plenty of emotion, hope and hurdles but an incredible journey.

About Collette West

Collette West grew up as somewhat of a jock-nerd hybrid. Entering the world three weeks premature, her dad nearly missed her birth because he had seats behind the dugout for a sold-out, highly-anticipated match-up between two of baseball's biggest rivals. Not to be outdone, her book-loving mom taught her how to read by the time she was three. A love of the game coupled with an appreciation for the written word were instilled in Collette's impressionable brain from a young age. No wonder her characters believe in the philosophy: sports + romance = a little slice of heaven. Splitting her time between the Pocono Mountains and Manhattan, Collette indulges her inner fangirl by going to as many games as she can from hockey to baseball and downloading every sports romance novel in existence onto her iPad. When she's not clicking away on her laptop, she enjoys walking her dog in Central Park, satisfying her caffeine craving at the Starbucks on Broadway and keeping an eye out for Mr. Right. But above all, she loves dishing with her readers. Email her at collette_west@yahoo.com. She is the author of NIGHT GAMES and GAME CHANGER.

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