Item: The Second We Met
Rating: 4
Author: Joy

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The Second We Met by Maya Hughes

Released October 17, 2019
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Dear Jerk Across the Street, sorry for accidentally walking in on you and catching an eyeful of your—equipment. And hard pass on the open invitation to join you in the shower “anytime”, A-hole.

That’s the note I should’ve written. Instead I sent a pleasant and apologetic version.

Had I known Phoenix “Nix” Russo would’ve been the neighbor from hell, I’d have told him right where he could shove my words.

Nix is the big man on campus with everyone lined up at his games to make sure he knows it. Sure, he’s got piercing blue eyes, abs that don’t quit and a smile that could set fire to a set of panties from a hundred yards away, but he’s also the biggest pain in my ass.

Dear Pink-Haired Menace, learn how to take a joke and stop being such a kill-joy…

Elle Masterson called the cops on one of my parties—again. My sweet talking usually gets me out of trouble, but this time it got me into a nice pair of silver handcuffs. Now I’m on a reputation rehab tour with a stop at a spring break community service project.

Guess who’s my new boss?

Now we’re shoulder to shoulder, sweaty, tired and…she’s not anything like I expected. There might just be a heart under that hardass exterior. She’s invading my dreams and I can’t shake the feeling she’s the key to unlocking a piece of me that I’ve hidden away.

It’s only a matter of time until she finds out why I’m really here.

Maybe I can break through her walls and into her heart before that happens…one screw at a time.

The Second We Met, the second book in the Fulton U series, by Maya Hughes was an endearing and frustrating college sports romance.

The first time that Nix and Elle meet is one of those romance classics, where the man is caught without pants on, but he wasn’t cheating .. he was getting out of the shower and this scene had me hooked and I need to know where the story when from there.

Turns out that after that encounter well.. Nix and Elle seemed to be more like oil and water than anything else. Or so they thought. Dun dun duuun.

In The Second We Met our characters are sort of forced into close proximity and they finally get out of their own ways and assumptions and truly get to know each other. They both had to do some soul searching and being around each brought out both their best and worst sides.

There were several times that assumptions were made without talking to the other and boy oh boy was that agonizing to read. I just wanted to scream and tell them to communicate. Once they figured it all out though. Girl it was on and I fell in love right there with them.

The Second We Met is a drama filled sports romance that will have you on the verge of tears before finally working itself out for a happy ending.