{"id":3032,"date":"2018-07-01T22:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T05:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2018-07-01T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T05:27:12","slug":"review-guarding-his-heart-synithia-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/01\/review-guarding-his-heart-synithia-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Guarding His Heart &#8211; Synithia Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/36986590.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: Guarding His Heart &#8211; Synithia Williams\" title=\"Review: Guarding His Heart &#8211; Synithia Williams\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Guarding His Heart<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/synithia-williams\/\">Synithia Williams<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/series\/scoring-for-love\/\">Scoring For Love #3<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/harlequin\/\">Harlequin<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> July 1, 2018 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 224 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Sizzling-hot basketball star Kevin Koucky plans to end his career with a bang by posing au naturel in a magazine feature. When photographer Jasmin Hook agrees to take the assignment, she never expects the risqu\u00e9 photo shoot to end with a sensual slam dunk. But the handsome athlete comes with children and an ex-wife\u2014emotional baggage Jasmin can\u2019t handle. Little does she know that Kevin always plays to win\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B074ZJG29D\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/guarding-his-heart\/id1273633780?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/guarding-his-heart-synithia-williams\/1126997662?ean=9781335216762#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/sports\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0009_sports.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"sports icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/steamy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/categories_0000s_0006_steamy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-07-02T05:30:43+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nI absolutely adore the cover (THAT 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vastly under-represents how steamy this book is. \u00a0This is the third book in a series about Jacksonville Gators players, but the first I&#8217;ve read, and I thought it worked perfectly as a standalone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m a decent dude with an uncertain future, a body breaking down on me, four kids and two women whose hearts I\u2019ve already broken. I\u2019m not trying to drag anyone else into that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s marriage to his high school sweetheart fizzled under the stress of being a famous basketball player, and he hasn&#8217;t had much luck in relationships since then &#8211; though he does have four much-loved children to show for it. \u00a0At 36, he&#8217;s staring down retirement, as his injuries have grown worse and almost caused his team to lose the last championship. \u00a0Everyone else seems to think he&#8217;s an inspiration, which is why he&#8217;s modeling naked for the cover shoot of an athletes-in-motion special issue. \u00a0Flirting with the photographer is more fun than he expected, and when he meets her again later that day, he&#8217;s hooked on the chemistry between them. \u00a0While Jasmine&#8217;s known for her celebrity photography, after this last shoot she&#8217;s taking time off to photograph\u00a0cabins lived in by blacks during the Reconstruction, with a gallery showing and a book deal lined up. \u00a0The last thing she has time for is an affair with an avowed playboy, especially since she&#8217;s worried he&#8217;s just the type of guy she could lose her heart to. \u00a0She&#8217;s got her own relationship issues, as well as juvenile diabetes, which her last boyfriend resented. \u00a0Can they both let down their guards long enough to let love in?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt looks scarier than it is,\u201d she said to try to make him feel better. \u201cI\u2019ll do better tomorrow. It\u2019s just that my brain and body don\u2019t always sync up. I think I can push forever, and my body reminds me it\u2019s not invincible.\u201d<br \/>\nHis face said he could relate. \u201cThat is a hard pill to swallow. Your body not doing what your brain still thinks it can do.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cYou have no idea.\u201d<br \/>\nHis sigh was full of defeat. \u201cYou\u2019d be surprised.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From their very first flirty interactions, Jasmine and Kevin had a ton of chemistry. \u00a0I loved their flirting, and I also adored how assertive Jasmine was in bed. \u00a0It&#8217;s so refreshing to find female characters who know themselves well enough to tell their partners what they want AND to have their partners listen and respect that. \u00a0Outside of bed, though, they both have trust issues. \u00a0Jasmine wants a real lasting relationship, and she doesn&#8217;t believe that Kevin can give that to her. \u00a0Kevin is tied up in knots over his decision to retire, but unwilling to share the truth about his health issues with Jasmine since he doesn&#8217;t want to burden their &#8220;fun&#8221; relationship with his angst. \u00a0His entire self-worth is tied up in basketball, and he can&#8217;t imagine anyone &#8211; from him agent, to his teammates, to Jasmine &#8211; wanting him if his career is over. \u00a0Watching both Jasmine and Kevin slowly open up to each other was delightful!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIs your grandmother the only reason I got flowers?\u201d she teased.[&#8230;]<br \/>\n\u201cThat, and when I saw them, I thought of you. Bright, colorful, happy.\u201d He watched her from the door, one shoulder leaned against the jamb. Since that day she\u2019d gotten sick and he\u2019d helped her, he hadn\u2019t crossed the threshold. She appreciated him respecting her space but really wished he\u2019d cross into it and kiss her again.<br \/>\nShe grabbed her clutch purse and strolled back over to him. \u201cYou should have led with that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I loved that Kevin had a great relationship with his kids and their moms (he has two children from his failed marriage and twins from a ex-girlfriend). \u00a0There are so many stereotypes around sports celebrities, especially black ones &#8211; that they&#8217;re deadbeat dads who don&#8217;t care about their kids or exes, dumb jocks who spend their millions as soon as they make them, that they forget their roots as soon as they hit the big time. \u00a0Following advice from older players, Kevin invested his money in businesses around his hometown of Silver Springs, a farming town that was founded by free blacks during the Reconstruction but had been foundering as nothing more than a place for tourists to drive by on the way to Myrtle Beach. \u00a0His family is such an important part of him, and I loved that Jasmine appreciated that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this was both a deliciously sexy and utterly heartwarming book, and I will definitely be looking up more of Ms. Williams&#8217; work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I absolutely adore the cover (THAT SKIRT!) but I think it vastly under-represents how steamy this book is. \u00a0This is the third book in a series about Jacksonville Gators players, but the first I&#8217;ve read, and I thought it worked perfectly as a standalone. \u201cI\u2019m a decent dude with an uncertain future, a body 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