Review: Any Given Snow Day

Any Given Snow Day

by Marie Harte

Blurb:

Ex-NFL star + snarky single mom = a touchdown of a holiday romance

After two Super Bowl rings, MVP status, and retiring from the NFL while still on top, Mitch “Flash” Flashman’s millions should make life at the ripe old age of thirty-five a blessing. Yet he’s restless, rudderless, and can’t tell up from down. Roped into helping his brother coach a bunch of teenagers, Mitch finds himself playing defense against the many women in town wanting his attention. Except for one particular woman who doesn’t seem to like him much. Becca Bragg is mouthy, vulnerable, and sexy, and she captivates Mitch despite himself. But Mitch has no time for a sexy single mom when he’s still trying to figure out who he really is. With the playoffs, a boy’s future, and his own heart on the line, he’ll need to figure out how to pull the ultimate victory—winning Becca’s heart and keeping it. For good.

Themes: Holiday, Contemporary

Rating: 4 Stars                                                           

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Review:

 Marie Harte is an author that has a special skill to slip her reader’s into just about any setting and make us feel like we are right their with her characters experiencing their dramas at their sides.  This holiday story revolves around a snarky and sassy single mom and a retired NFL star that has come to loose ends since his retirement.  Roped into helping his brother with the coaching of the local high-school football team, Mitch finds himself confronted with a smartass but also kickass young player that he sees himself at that age in.  When he tries to get Simon to step up and act like the mature and brilliant player he is, Mitch is confronted with his single mother who has her own brand of sarcasm, with a serious side of sexy.  Becca has been raising her son on her own for a long time now and when Mitch barges in trying to tell her how to parent, she is just a little bit pissed, until she sees the attitude her kid is throwing for herself.  Thrown together again and again, Mitch and Becca soon find the heat between them impossible to resist, pushing them into a hot and sexy affair.  Then it goes from being a hot sexy affair to becoming something so much deeper and neither of them realized just how much they would come to depend on one another.  Mitch is an interesting character and I enjoyed seeing him find his place in the new world he finds himself inhabiting where his daily agenda I pretty much empty. It was obvious that he loved coaching the kids and even more that he loved showing Becca just how much she means to him.  He was strong, sweet, loving, adventurous and HOT all mixed together into a potent and loving man.  Becca has a lot of issues to work through before she can devote herself to any man, but the more time she spends with Mitch the more she comes to understand that he could really come to be an important part of her life.  Seeing Becca come out of their shell and find a way to let go of past hurts and embrace the love of a good man was a great way to help us remember that even the deepest love, once lost, can make room for another love.  The potential for love never hits a maximum, always finding room for just that little bit more love.  I loved the sparks that flew between these two whether they are loving, laughing, or crying together.  It was also great to see their friends and family truly embraces them as a couple and show them how much they mean to one another.  Marie never lets me down when I want a good read and Any Given Snow Day was another masterpiece with a special bit of holiday magic mixed in to make the story all the more fantastic.  I look forward to possibly seeing these characters in a future story and would enjoy a new series based on these characters if she saw fit to make another new series.  Thanks for the holiday magic and sexiness of two amazing characters falling in love.

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