Spotlight & Giveaway: Double Dog Dare by Tracy Solheim

Posted August 16th, 2022 by Sara @HarlequinJunkie in Blog, Spotlight / 28 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Tracy Solheim’s new release: Double Dog Dare

They say he who dares wins…

Luke Kessler is known for his daring play on the field and his carefully scripted life off it. The Growlers’ wide receiver has a strict rule of dating one woman he’s meticulously chosen per season, then letting her down gently. After all, his game is football, not love. That is until his dopey mutt falls for a French bulldog owned by a hot mess of a woman whose sassy mouth and mind-blowing curves have him fumbling his best laid plans.

After a humiliating concert performance played out in front of the world on social media, cellist Summer Pearson has sworn off a career in music. Forever. She’s hiding out with her grandparents in Milwaukee, licking her wounds and preparing for a predictable, if not boring, law career. The last person she needs challenging her life choices is a sexy, dog-rescuing jock who loves his grandma as much as he loves a good dare.

Especially when that same guy is dating her perfect cousin.

This fun, flirty sports romance delivers a happily ever after that will have you laughing, crying, sighing, and cheering in the endzone. One-click it now for doggy hijinks, senior citizens bent on shenanigans, sexy axe-throwing, locker room bromance, steamy private cello performances, and all the feels as two people discover they are worthy of love.

Double Dog Dare is book 2 in the Milwaukee Growlers Football series but can be read as a standalone with no cliffhangers.

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Double Dog Dare

“Nobody is playing anything,” Luke roared. “Except for a damn football game.” He leveled a finger at McGraff. “You. In Coach Washington’s office. Now.”
They both aimed dumbfounded looks at him before McGraff found his sulk once more. With a nod at Summer, he pulled away and headed for the locker room. Of course, Miss Priss couldn’t leave it at that.
“Wait,” she called after him. When she caught up to him, she stretched up on her toes and kissed him on the cheek. “Have a great first game, Antonio. You’re gonna rock it.”
Jealousy, fierce and furious, gripped Luke. When had anyone ever sent him off to a game with that kind of exuberant affection or caring?
“He’s lonely,” she said softly once McGraff was several yards away. She turned back to Luke. “He misses his family.”
Luke knew how that felt. He’d been missing his family for as long as he could remember.
“He’s not as worldly as he’d like everyone to think,” she continued, closing the distance between them. “He’s simply trying to fit into his new life, and it’s hard for him. You should let him play at your teammate’s proposal. It would go a long way to making him feel like a part of the team.” She glanced back toward the tunnel McGraff had disappeared into and sighed. “If he says he’ll only do it if I perform with him, I guess I’ll have to. It’s important that he not be so lonely.”
Her compassion gutted him. Why did this woman never do or say what he expected?
She placed her fingers on his forearm, causing the nerve endings beneath his skin to pulse. “Please, Luke.”
Those big caramel eyes of hers slayed him. He took hold of her wrist and tugged her toward the equipment tunnel behind the bandstand. “Come with me.”
Surprisingly, she didn’t protest. She did continue to plead McGraff’s case, though.
“You’d be doing a nice thing for your teammate by including him. Both your teammates, as a matter of fact.”
He released her wrist and pressed a finger to her lips. “Hush.”
“But—” she murmured against his skin.
He would have laughed at her tenacity. Instead, he did the most reckless thing he’d done in his life. He kissed her.
The moment his lips met hers, whatever remained of his brain cells—and his well-honed control–scattered across the stadium. Luke could not have cared less. He was too intrigued by the taste of her. The feel of her soft lips opening without fuss beneath his. The sweet curves of her body that his hands were suddenly exploring.
That trademark obstinance he needed from her to stop this madness was nowhere to be found. Instead, she kissed him back like she did everything else, with reckless abandon and passion. Her fingers slipped beneath his T-shirt and skimmed across his skin. One of them moaned. He was pretty sure it was him because, damn, Summer Pearson turned him on like no woman ever had.

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Meet the Author:

Buy it here: https://books2read.com/doubledogdare
USA Today bestselling author Tracy Solheim writes books with shirtless men on the cover. Some of them are actually best-sellers. The books, not the men. When she’s not writing, she’s practicing her curling. . . bottles of wine, that is. She’s been known to cook dinner but no more than two nights in a row. Most days, she’d rather be reading, which to her is just necessary research. She lives in the suburbs of Atlanta with her husband and a neurotic Labrador retriever. Her two adult children visit but not often enough. (See the note above about cooking.) Check out her romantic suspense series featuring the Men of the Secret Service–shirtless, of course! See what she’s up to at www.tracysolheim.com

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