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haykring's review against another edition
5.0
I keep thinking I have a favorite in this series and then a new one is released. And Asher and Wynter’s story just moved into first.
I was hooked from the start. This was such a funny meet-cute that goes full circle. The banter between these two also had me laughing the whole time
I was hooked from the start. This was such a funny meet-cute that goes full circle. The banter between these two also had me laughing the whole time
hreads2much's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, my heart!! I swear every book in this series gets better and better. With each new book I think, “this is my favorite couple of the series”. Then the next one comes out and that couple takes over. This is absolutely the case for Asher and Wynter! Wynter is an extremely hard working single mom with trust issues that go deep. I adore her and watching her overcome her past was amazing to read. Asher is just the man that has the skill, patience level, and determination to get past her defenses. He is protective, he is possessive, but he also knows when he has to stand back in support of her. Their spice level is blazing hot with fantastic scenes. I absolutely adore this couple and their story! I cannot wait to see what is in store next for the last Central Square bandmate!
profromance's review against another edition
5.0
Overall Grade: A- / B+
Tropes: ONS to more; surprise baby; doctor/patient; workplace romance; found family; pro football romance; hate to love; insta-love
J. Saman’s Irresitibly Risky feels lighter than its predecessors even though its themes lean towards the serious. Two words: Asher Reyes. Saman’s MMC brings light into the dark of its FMC’s life. Asher’s ability to win Wynter’s love acts as the driving force of Saman’s book, and it’s slid into the top spot of her Irresistibly Yours series. To be fair, I suspect that my favorite story will be the forthcoming one, Irresistibly Dangerous, with a broody hero such as Lenox, but that isn’t the point of this review.
Instead, Saman has wielded her pen to create a story where her MMC falls instantly for his FMC and spends much of it chasing her. This is the dream of many a romance reader: a “golden retriever” of a man who falls hard and fast and uses his riches and influence to win her heart. Women want to be pursued and adored, and Saman grants that wish in Irresistibly Risky.
What I loved about the journey of her characters is Wynter’s path. Like Wynter, my biological father left my life with many questions and few answers. The pain of that experience forever marks your soul, and Saman has captured this through the difficulty of Wynter accepting Asher’s interest in and love for her. The juxtaposition of Asher’s easy adoration for Wynter with Wynter’s inability to accept his love for her creates tension that breeds a rabid need for their happy ending. I loved sitting in their tension even though I wanted Wynter to give her heart to Asher easily. But that wouldn’t be true for someone such as Wynter who gave her heart to the first man in her life, and he obliterated it. It’s difficult to give it away again because that pain never leaves you. Saman captures Wynter’s internal struggle well, and even if you become frustrated by her willingness to run from Asher, you at least understand it well because Saman draws it with skill.
The ups and downs of Irresistibly Risky and the underlying story behind Wynter’s father drive the story forward. I found one moment in the story where Saman should have provided more of the story because a gap was created. She didn’t acknowledge that pocket of time, and I wanted her characters' actions. That moment is the reason for my lower grade; however, Wynter and Asher’s chemistry and story arcs make up for it. The inclusion of Asher’s found family, Zax, Greyson, Callan, and Lenox, as well as their respective significant others, adds humor and wisdom to its main characters, providing a reminder of the power of their connection to the entire series.
J. Saman’s style is simple: she creates characters who set the pages on fire and make us fall in love with them. Irresistibly Risky is a perfect example of this.
Tropes: ONS to more; surprise baby; doctor/patient; workplace romance; found family; pro football romance; hate to love; insta-love
J. Saman’s Irresitibly Risky feels lighter than its predecessors even though its themes lean towards the serious. Two words: Asher Reyes. Saman’s MMC brings light into the dark of its FMC’s life. Asher’s ability to win Wynter’s love acts as the driving force of Saman’s book, and it’s slid into the top spot of her Irresistibly Yours series. To be fair, I suspect that my favorite story will be the forthcoming one, Irresistibly Dangerous, with a broody hero such as Lenox, but that isn’t the point of this review.
Instead, Saman has wielded her pen to create a story where her MMC falls instantly for his FMC and spends much of it chasing her. This is the dream of many a romance reader: a “golden retriever” of a man who falls hard and fast and uses his riches and influence to win her heart. Women want to be pursued and adored, and Saman grants that wish in Irresistibly Risky.
What I loved about the journey of her characters is Wynter’s path. Like Wynter, my biological father left my life with many questions and few answers. The pain of that experience forever marks your soul, and Saman has captured this through the difficulty of Wynter accepting Asher’s interest in and love for her. The juxtaposition of Asher’s easy adoration for Wynter with Wynter’s inability to accept his love for her creates tension that breeds a rabid need for their happy ending. I loved sitting in their tension even though I wanted Wynter to give her heart to Asher easily. But that wouldn’t be true for someone such as Wynter who gave her heart to the first man in her life, and he obliterated it. It’s difficult to give it away again because that pain never leaves you. Saman captures Wynter’s internal struggle well, and even if you become frustrated by her willingness to run from Asher, you at least understand it well because Saman draws it with skill.
The ups and downs of Irresistibly Risky and the underlying story behind Wynter’s father drive the story forward. I found one moment in the story where Saman should have provided more of the story because a gap was created. She didn’t acknowledge that pocket of time, and I wanted her characters' actions. That moment is the reason for my lower grade; however, Wynter and Asher’s chemistry and story arcs make up for it. The inclusion of Asher’s found family, Zax, Greyson, Callan, and Lenox, as well as their respective significant others, adds humor and wisdom to its main characters, providing a reminder of the power of their connection to the entire series.
J. Saman’s style is simple: she creates characters who set the pages on fire and make us fall in love with them. Irresistibly Risky is a perfect example of this.
emma_2611's review against another edition
1.0
Why was there nothing on his mind but sex??? And why was it kinda lacking consent??? Like??? Hello???
elizajaynereads's review
5.0
5 Stars
3/5 Spice
How in the heck do the men in this series keep getting hotter? Like, for real! I didn’t think anyone could top my man, Callan, but then Asher came in and said, “Hold my football.” I just knew that Asher was going to be the filthiest one, but this was better than I expected. Asher and Wynter have this undeniable chemistry right from the start, and it gets hotter as the book goes on.
Wynter is a smart, driven young woman who has the weight of the world on her shoulders. She is a resident at the hospital in Boston and is now the official surgeon of the Boston Rebels football team. And did I mention she hates football players? When she became pregnant from a (horrible) one-night stand, she never expected to see the baby daddy again since she didn’t even know his name or anything about him. Yet, when she saw the man again and found out who he was, she thought it was just her luck that he was a football player. When she told Asher about their son, he was so happy and excited, and Wynter didn’t know how to feel about it. She didn’t want to be involved with Asher, yet she found herself falling for his charms and the way he was with their son.
Asher was unapologetically himself. He tells it like it is and has no qualms about telling Wynter that he wants her. He is not only a good football player but a genuinely great person. He likes to go to the hospital and chat with the kids, and if people ask him for autographs, he doesn’t blow them off. He presents himself as this flirt and jokester, but deep down, he craves a real connection with someone, and he knows in his heart he has that with Wynter. He knows he screwed up the first time they met and wants to make it up to her and show her that kind of guy he really is. He never gives up on making sure she knows he’s the real deal and that he loves her and their son with all of his heart.
Asher was such a surprise. The previous books made him seem like such a player, never wanting to be tied down. He is just so much more loveable, and he has a heart of gold.
3/5 Spice
How in the heck do the men in this series keep getting hotter? Like, for real! I didn’t think anyone could top my man, Callan, but then Asher came in and said, “Hold my football.” I just knew that Asher was going to be the filthiest one, but this was better than I expected. Asher and Wynter have this undeniable chemistry right from the start, and it gets hotter as the book goes on.
Wynter is a smart, driven young woman who has the weight of the world on her shoulders. She is a resident at the hospital in Boston and is now the official surgeon of the Boston Rebels football team. And did I mention she hates football players? When she became pregnant from a (horrible) one-night stand, she never expected to see the baby daddy again since she didn’t even know his name or anything about him. Yet, when she saw the man again and found out who he was, she thought it was just her luck that he was a football player. When she told Asher about their son, he was so happy and excited, and Wynter didn’t know how to feel about it. She didn’t want to be involved with Asher, yet she found herself falling for his charms and the way he was with their son.
Asher was unapologetically himself. He tells it like it is and has no qualms about telling Wynter that he wants her. He is not only a good football player but a genuinely great person. He likes to go to the hospital and chat with the kids, and if people ask him for autographs, he doesn’t blow them off. He presents himself as this flirt and jokester, but deep down, he craves a real connection with someone, and he knows in his heart he has that with Wynter. He knows he screwed up the first time they met and wants to make it up to her and show her that kind of guy he really is. He never gives up on making sure she knows he’s the real deal and that he loves her and their son with all of his heart.
Asher was such a surprise. The previous books made him seem like such a player, never wanting to be tied down. He is just so much more loveable, and he has a heart of gold.
wanderingpages0718's review
5.0
*ARC Review*
Irresistibly Risky (Irresistibly Yours #4)
By: J. Saman
Review
5 ⭐️
You will absolutely fall in love with Asher and Wynter’s love story! You can’t help but fall for the cocky football player, and you can’t help but want to be best friends with Wynter.
Wynter is a by the books, rule following orthopedic surgeon, who 2 years ago, decided she would take the risk and sneak to the VIP section of a club she was celebrating her birthday at. The same VIP section that Asher is celebrating his Super Bowl win at. Asher is the star quarterback and couldn’t help but indulge a little, or a lot, that night. On top of alcohol, he takes muscle relaxers, and to be honest is feeling fantastic. He runs into an intriguing woman with green eyes that just immediately draws him in, like a siren. She just so happens to be Wynter, and the connection between the two is immediate. This connection is so strong and the alcohol and drugs have taken over, to the point that Asher fumbles the condom while trying to figure out why he can’t perform, a promise he made to the green-eyes beauty.
Two years later, the two are brought back together. Asher has taken a few hits as QB1 and is in need of medical advice about his shoulder. And the Coach is requesting none other than Wynter. A first year orthopedic surgical attending, who just so happens to be the mother to a handsome little boy, who is about to be one. But, she cannot for the life of her remember who the guy is that she hooked up with almost 2 years ago in the bathroom. I mean, they didn’t even exchange names or numbers. But, there is a twist, the Coach that is responsible for Asher, just so happens to be Wynter’s biological father, the man who walked out on her mom and her many, many years ago, and was never seen again. The man that left a gaping hole in Wynter’s chest that no one has yet been able to heal. That is, until Asher. Once the two realize who each other are, and it then becomes known, that Asher is the father to Mason, Wynter’s son. But, they have to keep all of it a secret, she isn’t ready to have Mason in the spotlight like that. Wynter is responsible though, to ensure that Asher’s surgery goes smoothly, and that he can hopefully return back to football before the QB2 takes his spot. But, why is Joe, Wynter’s biological father fighting so hard to keep Asher benched, and why does his MRI look horrible, but when she opened him up, there is minimal damage?
The book takes you on a whirlwind journey of love and loss, abandonment and betrayal. What is Joe’s endgame here, why does he want to all of a sudden be a part of Wynter’s life? And will Asher step up to the plate and be the father to Mason that Wynter was never able to experience, or will everything comes crashing down and flood into the spotlight and ruin everything before it even starts?
This book had me laughing and crying throughout the majority of it, and you will need to pick your jaw up off of the floor near the end! This love story will go down as one of my top 10 for sure!
Irresistibly Risky (Irresistibly Yours #4)
By: J. Saman
Review
5 ⭐️
You will absolutely fall in love with Asher and Wynter’s love story! You can’t help but fall for the cocky football player, and you can’t help but want to be best friends with Wynter.
Wynter is a by the books, rule following orthopedic surgeon, who 2 years ago, decided she would take the risk and sneak to the VIP section of a club she was celebrating her birthday at. The same VIP section that Asher is celebrating his Super Bowl win at. Asher is the star quarterback and couldn’t help but indulge a little, or a lot, that night. On top of alcohol, he takes muscle relaxers, and to be honest is feeling fantastic. He runs into an intriguing woman with green eyes that just immediately draws him in, like a siren. She just so happens to be Wynter, and the connection between the two is immediate. This connection is so strong and the alcohol and drugs have taken over, to the point that Asher fumbles the condom while trying to figure out why he can’t perform, a promise he made to the green-eyes beauty.
Two years later, the two are brought back together. Asher has taken a few hits as QB1 and is in need of medical advice about his shoulder. And the Coach is requesting none other than Wynter. A first year orthopedic surgical attending, who just so happens to be the mother to a handsome little boy, who is about to be one. But, she cannot for the life of her remember who the guy is that she hooked up with almost 2 years ago in the bathroom. I mean, they didn’t even exchange names or numbers. But, there is a twist, the Coach that is responsible for Asher, just so happens to be Wynter’s biological father, the man who walked out on her mom and her many, many years ago, and was never seen again. The man that left a gaping hole in Wynter’s chest that no one has yet been able to heal. That is, until Asher. Once the two realize who each other are, and it then becomes known, that Asher is the father to Mason, Wynter’s son. But, they have to keep all of it a secret, she isn’t ready to have Mason in the spotlight like that. Wynter is responsible though, to ensure that Asher’s surgery goes smoothly, and that he can hopefully return back to football before the QB2 takes his spot. But, why is Joe, Wynter’s biological father fighting so hard to keep Asher benched, and why does his MRI look horrible, but when she opened him up, there is minimal damage?
The book takes you on a whirlwind journey of love and loss, abandonment and betrayal. What is Joe’s endgame here, why does he want to all of a sudden be a part of Wynter’s life? And will Asher step up to the plate and be the father to Mason that Wynter was never able to experience, or will everything comes crashing down and flood into the spotlight and ruin everything before it even starts?
This book had me laughing and crying throughout the majority of it, and you will need to pick your jaw up off of the floor near the end! This love story will go down as one of my top 10 for sure!
shanlolz's review against another edition
5.0
Wow
One night stand, no names, surprise baby.
Quarterback and the doctor
This book was amazing. Asher was so down to earth and the way he ripped out of that bathroom in the beginning.. sometimes, he wasn't so clever.
I love how aware of herself Wyn was, understanding why her issues were there and trying to overcome them. A lot of books, the main characters fall back on their flaws constantly instead of growing but not her. I also loved how much of a priority Mason was for them both.
That 'Dada' scene
One night stand, no names, surprise baby.
Quarterback and the doctor
This book was amazing. Asher was so down to earth and the way he ripped out of that bathroom in the beginning.. sometimes, he wasn't so clever.
I love how aware of herself Wyn was, understanding why her issues were there and trying to overcome them. A lot of books, the main characters fall back on their flaws constantly instead of growing but not her. I also loved how much of a priority Mason was for them both.
That 'Dada' scene
trishjg8's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
readwithcat22's review against another edition
5.0
I throughly enjoyed this book! First off thank you for the Arc!
I loved getting to know Asher and Wynter!
I’m going to be honest I was nervous because when I signed up I didn’t remember it being part of a series so I was worried i would be lost! Absolutely not! It could be read as a stand-alone no problems so don’t worry!
Although now that I said that I will be reading the first books before this!
Asher was a hunk and such a cocky man the whole book and I’m a simp for the man!
Wynter is amazing, I love how determined and focused!
Surprise pregnancy SAY NO MORE! That is my ish right there!
I loved this book so much!
I loved getting to know Asher and Wynter!
I’m going to be honest I was nervous because when I signed up I didn’t remember it being part of a series so I was worried i would be lost! Absolutely not! It could be read as a stand-alone no problems so don’t worry!
Although now that I said that I will be reading the first books before this!
Asher was a hunk and such a cocky man the whole book and I’m a simp for the man!
Wynter is amazing, I love how determined and focused!
Surprise pregnancy SAY NO MORE! That is my ish right there!
I loved this book so much!