If Only You (Bergman Brothers #6)
By Chloe Liese
Expected Publication: April 11, 2023
From Goodreads:
Brace yourself
for longing, laughter, and a swoony slow-burn in this brother’s
best friend sports romance about scoring the love of your life when
you least expect to.
Ziggy
I’m the
youngest player on the National Soccer team, the baby of my family,
and thoroughly sick of being underestimated, so I’ve decided to
take matters into my own hands. Which is where my brother’s best
friend and teammate, the infamous Sebastian Gauthier, comes
in.
Seb needs to rehab his reputation. I want
to give mine an edge. So I propose a fake friendship with real
benefits: spending time in the public eye, my good-girl image and his
bad-boy notoriety rubbing off on each other. He’s my devious,
dark-haired fantasy come to life, but his destructive ways make it
easy to keep him in the (fake) friend zone. Or so I thought, until I
start to see the heart of gold he’s been hiding beneath that
sinister surface…
Sebastian
Like any
self-respecting reprobate, I’ve been spiraling downward, and
finally I’ve hit rock bottom. My hockey career and sponsorships are
in jeopardy, and while I’m not ready to actually reform
my ways, I’m happy to pretend that I have, to secure the life I’m
on the brink of losing.
So when my best
friend’s sister, Ziggy Bergman, proposes a public “friendship”
to revamp our reputations, it’s an offer I can’t refuse. Up till
now, I’ve stayed away from Ren’s sweet, shy little sister to
avoid any risk of ruining my one good friendship. But I reassure
myself there’s no risk in our scheme. I’ll fake a friendship with
Ziggy, fix my reputation, and get back to hockey, the one and only
thing I love. At least, it was, until what began as a
transactional arrangement became the most loving relationship I’ve
ever known.
If Only You is a brother’s best
friend, (fake) friends with benefits to friends to lovers romance
about a bighearted, quietly fierce soccer star on the autism
spectrum, and a thoroughly unprincipled, almost irredeemable hockey
player who has celiac disease. Complete with an absurd level of
mutual pining, meddling family and friends, and a spicy slow burn,
this standalone is the sixth in a series of novels about a
Swedish-American family of five brothers, two sisters, and their wild
adventures as they each find happily ever after.
I have loved every book in this series so far and Chloe Liese is one of my favorite authors - do you think you’ll be picking this one up?
I've fallen behind on this series a bit, but this one sounds good!
ReplyDeleteI've had mixed success with Liese's books and decided to (maybe) step away from the series. But I'm excited to see Ziggy finally get her story and might have to grab this one when it releases.
ReplyDeleteI am several books behind in this series, but I did love this family. Hope it's a hit
ReplyDeleteGreat pick, Michele! I don't read a lot of sports romances but I've enjoyed some in the past.
ReplyDeleteI haven't started this series yet, but it's on my TBR and this sounds like a fun installment!
ReplyDeleteI really need to start this series. I always see such great reviews for the books. This sounds like another fun one!
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