Tight Ends & True Crime by Ranee S. Clark: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.

The Book

Falling for my football star vacation fling? Inevitable. Unless he turns out to be a murderer…

Okay, that’s unlikely.

But after my straight-laced, seemingly upstanding ex turned out to be an international drug dealer, trust doesn’t come easy.

Enter Law Card, the new Houston Pumas tight end, your typical boy-next-door.

He’s maddeningly patient with my suspicious, true-crime obsessed self. But he has “too good to be true” written all over him.

If there’s one thing I know, it's that everyone has something to hide.

Now Law’s neighbor’s wife is MIA. All my instincts say something feels off, but Law thinks I’m taking my suspicions too far. I’m letting my doubts spill into our budding relationship and threatening my chance at a real happily ever after.

Trusting him could cost me everything. Not trusting him could break my heart.

Tight Ends & True Crime is a swoon-worthy sports romance with a mystery twist inspired by Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey.” Readers will enjoy the crime-fighting shenanigans, slow burn chemistry, with some forced proximity and found family vibes.

The Author

In a house overrun by boys, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Raneé loves football and enjoys watching (and playing!) other sports as well, like basketball and baseball. When she’s not chauffeuring three busy boys to various activities (and sometimes while she is!), Raneé is either writing, reading (usually romance), obsessing over clothes in the form of her online boutique, or figuring out how to get a Crumbl cookie in rural Wyoming. When her real-life love interest can drag her away from imaginary worlds, she doesn’t mind spending some time with him in the great outdoors that he loves.

Find out more about Raneé at www.raneesclark.com

Book Review

Tight Ends and True Crime is the second book in the Houston Pumas Sports Romance series. While those who have read the previous book will enjoy seeing some familiar characters, this could definitely be enjoyed as a standalone as well. 

This book was just so much fun! Honestly, from the moment that I saw the title, I was absolutely hooked. A football romance with a possible murder to uncover!? Um, yes, please! I didn't know this was a combination that I needed, but I absolutely loved every minute of it. Carlie is an ex-preschool teacher who had unknowingly been engaged to a drug dealer... needless to say, she has some trust issue to work through. That doesn't stop Law from wanting to explore a relationship with her though. I loved the easy chemistry between them, but he certainly has his work cut out for him when it comes to gaining her trust. Throw in his neighbor's missing wife, and well... Carlie has a whole lot of secrets she's trying to uncover. As someone who has a big imagination and perhaps a little paranoia too, I definitely found myself relating to Carlie's character and her suspicious mind and I loved all the antics that it brought about. It added such a fun aspect to the story that I couldn't get enough of. This is definitely a must read! 

Tight Ends and True Crime is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 


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