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Beauty and the Baller

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Beauty and the Baller

By: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Narrated by: Sebastian York, Savannah Peachwood
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An Amazon Charts and #1 Kindle Store bestseller.

An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills.

Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancée in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his…for one night.

Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.

Fast-forward two years. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But he has no idea who she is.

The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes she’s the one who slipped away.

Has this jaded beauty found her forever baller, or will his past keep them apart?

©2022 Ilsa Madden-Mills. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Romance Romantic Comedy Sports Comedy Royalty Texas

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Critic reviews

“With a tremendous appeal to fans of Contemporary Romance Comedies…impressively performed…by the narrative team of Sebastian York and Savannah Peachwood. A fun listening experience from beginning to end.” —Midwest Book Review

“In this un-put-downable romance, Madden-Mills skillfully balances the emotional with the physical to produce a love story that’s equal parts scorching and sweet.” —Publishers Weekly

“A sexy, fun romance from an author who always delivers.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Roman and Nova’s story was a very enjoyable listening experience. Great narrators who brought the characters to life.

Fantastic 🔥

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Loved the story, well written rounded characters and excellent narration. I would highly recommend it, looking forward to listening to the next story in the series.

Great listen

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It's exactly what it says on the cover. a cute love story. a Pretty Standard but still very enjoyable HEA.

Cute

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This story was heart-warming and adorable. As sports romcom go this is top notch and I couldn't put it down. It starts with instant lust, but then nothing else spicy happens for around 190 pages, still we get plenty of tension. They both deal with grief, but the author manage that heavy subject beautifully, with care, sensitivity and a little hilarity, so it didn't feel heavy at all. The spice was more towards the end and it was really good and, of course, we get a beautiful hea.
This book comes with free audio book on kindle unlimited (2-4-1 🎉🎉🎉). Totally worthy to borrow or purchase, the narrator was amazingly good. 100% recommend 💖

Adorably cute and spicy

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narrators were great and I liked to listen to them , the book it self was great and I would recommend it to all. a good heart warming and laughter out loud book

Great book

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Beauty and the Baller
Audiobook 🎧
by: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Narrators: Savannah Peachwood, Sebastian York
10hrs 10 mins


This was a good small town romance. The story starts off in NYC, in a really awkward way, so it's kind of a second chance romance too!😍 Ronan lost his fiance and, through injuries, his NFL career, after a devastating car accident. He's spent nearly a year trying to rehab his injuries, without success and has turned to drink to drown his grief and guilt. When he awakens from the night he met Princess Leia, Nova, he realizes he said something awful to her and vows to himself to change!🙈


Nova leaves NYC a year after their careful meeting, to return to her Texas hometown of Bluebell. Her Mama has passed away and she needs to go home to finish raising her younger sister, she's 15.💔 She's feeling out of her depth, full of grief and fearful she won't have the money to keep their home! Then she finds out her next door neighbour is none other than Ronan Smith, and that on top of the humiliation he caused her the year before, he doesn't even remember her!🙈😡


I thought the female narrator did an excellent job of giving each character their own voice & identity. I wasn't as drawn in by the male, I've heard him before but he sounded unconvincing in this book, unfortunately!😔


I given this 4 stars overall.🌟🏈🎧


Debbie, 1970, UK

A Small Town Romance with Bite.👑👙🏈🔥💘🎧

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This is not only an excellent story. It's a journey, a beautiful feeling . I love and respect the narrators for what they did .It's everything that you can ever imagine to have in a book. Sheer joy and worth all the appreciation.... Congratulations for this book !!

This is a classic - never gonna get old!

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Very enjoyable story with well rounded and lovable characters you can't help falling a little in love with, even Lois! There a great side characters and a ménage of critters to have you snort laughing, swooning and just full on turning over pages to find out what happens next. It's a fun, funny, romantic, steamy read with a little drama to get yourself invested in their HEA.
The narrators have very nice voices and pace to bring this story alive in my head, loved it!

Only in Texas

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Brilliantly done really loved the accents and their voices. Great story and loved the epilogue too.

Loved it

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