I read The Game Plan right after The Friend Zone, because quite frankly, I couldn’t resist the cover. There are many covers that appeal to me, but this one just draws me more than the other two covers!! This one is sexy but it also has a deep emotional quality to it that just draws me like a bee to honey. So what really surprised me about this story is that a sexy pro football player, is a virgin hero. It is always a delight to see this aspect in a romance…but a contemporary–very rare. So I just swallowed up this story like you couldn’t believe. I was interested in this aspect because we see a man that probably could have any woman day or night. But he only wants one woman and he wants to save that part of himself for her, despite all the media attention he tends to get. Man, our hero, Ethan Dexter is one solid man. Fiona, our heroine, has made it her policy to never get involved with football players. She has issues with her father, and refuses to be hurt in the same way. But Ethan is different, and after entering a dare they begin a unique relationship that turns out being long distance. Both Ethan and Fiona realize how solid their bond is to each other, after the distance. But the tides turn, when the media learns about Ethan having been a virgin, and Fiona and Ethan truly realize that love isn’t full of roses and daisies….its full of oppsotion and conflict and they will have to fight to keep it together and strong. What I was really drawn to was seeing how much their relationship gets strengthened in this one because they are tested in some of the most horrid ways but come out on top. This is a romance that is superb on every page.