Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips (www.susanelizabethphillips.com)
Publisher: Avon Books (www.avonbooks.com)
The Chicago Stars is a professional US football team where the heroes of this series are part of either as players or in its management. In this series the heroes, being professional football players, are well paid, popular, and have a picture of physical strength and endurance. The heroines despite their frail physique have strong characters to match the hard headed jocks.
The common characteristic that I found among the jocks is that they have very strong and stubborn characters with dark or suppressed past that when love hits then, they were either too afraid or proud to admit it. Despite having all the luxuries in life of financially rewarding career where women come in swarms, the Chicago Stars jocks found love in the most unexpected places, time, and type of women.
More than anything, reading her work had brought me to laughter, tears, and myriad of emotions as the characters come alive in every page. Page One of Natural born Charmer had me laughing, literally.
1) It Had To Be You
Bringing a book around with a pink bra as cover is somewhat difficult in this part of the globe where most people as still conservative in nature. But as they say, “Don’t judge the book by it’s cover,” also applies to Phoebe Sommerville who appears to be all beauty and nothing more becomes the new owner of Chicago Stars. Unravel how Her Hotness demystify the unknown world of football under the hands of its head coach His Highness, Dan Calebow.
2) Heaven, Texas
This is the story of Bobby Tom Denton and Gracie Snow. Another unlikely pair of a playboy and plain old, well, Gracie… yet they don’t realize they are just perfect for each other. Bobby Tom is done with football and is now entering the world of showbiz with much apprehensions. Here comes Gracie in the picture to make sure Bobby Tom keeps his commitment in finishing the movie.
3) Nobody’s Baby But Mine
When I had the SEP fever, this book was unavailable in the bookstores. Suffice to say that in order to quench my thirst for an SEP novel, this is the first ebook I had ever bought. Hence, Nobody’s Baby But Mine opened me to the world of digital books through Mobipocket at that time.
The name Gabe Bonner rings a bell as Cal Bonner’s brother from Nobody’s Baby But Mine. As he is trying to start anew, Rachel Stone keeps popping into his life and eventually into his heart.
5) This Heart of Mine
My favorite female character in the Chicago Series is Molly Sommerville. She is familiar as the younger sister of Phoebe in the first book of this series, “It Had to be You.” See how her brief involvement with none other than the star quarterback of Chicago Stars’ Kevin Tucker will change her life forever.
Heath Champion, Kevin Tucker’s agent, while Annabele Granger is Molly Sommerville’s friend. Remember Kevin and Molly? They are the pair from “This Heart of Mine.” Now it’s Heath and Annabele’s story that brings us a story of two people who are highly driven and wants nothing but success.
7) Natural Born Charmer
The first book in this series that I read was Natural Born Charmer. Before this, I am not aware of Susan Elizabeth Phillips (SEP) as I was not very much into romance novels before. But after one book, now I am a “believer” of SEP. Her novel’s plot are so uncomplicated and realistic that anyone can easily relate to.
I hope that just like me, you will enjoy the Chicago Stars series. Though I had re-read most of them, I had learned to appreciate the uniqueness of the characters and how their conflicting characters end up being the unexpected couples. One thing for sure is how at the end of the day, love conquers all.
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