A review by romancingthereader
Wild Card by Staci Hart

emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What do you do when a book gives you everything you needed at the exact right time? You give it 5 stars and shout it from the rooftops.

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Wild Card by Staci Hart

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Roseville Ramblers character series. Book 1.

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: E-book on Kindle. ๐Ÿ†“๏ธ on KU 

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Contemporary romance

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Sports romance (baseball), opposites attract, just for the summer, reformed playboy, small town, forced proximity.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Jessa is the maid of honor in her best friends wedding, taking her from posh London to a small town in Tennessee. A housing mixup has her staying with charmer Remy, who immediately sets his eyes on her.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„:  Iโ€™ve read a couple Staci Hart books and really liked themโ€ฆ and every time I read a new one I wonder why I havenโ€™t read her entire backlist. But Iโ€™m so glad I picked this one up.

Wild Card is the perfect read for right about this moment. Itโ€™s all Summer and fun baseball and careless nights. Itโ€™s so unbelievably hot and incredibly romantic. Thereโ€™s no chance you donโ€™t like it - thatโ€™s how sure I am. 

Jessa and Remy were such a great opposites attract couple. Jessa was a honest to goodness Lady, British royalty in a fish-out-of-water type way. Remy was this incredibly fun guy, who morphed into a character who wanted so much more than the lot he had in life. The sports aspect was light-ish but so meaningful. 

And guysโ€ฆ the spice was ๐Ÿ”ฅ SPICY ๐Ÿ”ฅ.

My only qualm was that Staci Hart set up book two in this series so well I want to scream that it wonโ€™t be out until 2025. But I guess thatโ€™s a good problem to have.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 5/5 โญโญโญโญโญ  

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 4/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€:  Need another baseball fix? Try Caught Up by Liz Tomforde - a single father/nanny romance set on the backdrop of professional baseball.