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The Princess & The Player (Royally Pitched Book 1) Kindle Edition
One of the most recognizable footballers, Tristan Davenport lives large and publicly, entertaining the masses with his frequent social media posts. Chosen to be a representative to meet the royal delegation, Tristan eagerly accepts.
It is supposed to be a staged meet-and-greet—not a tour, not a connection, not a kiss. Going off script for the first time in years, Ele relishes the adventure until a panic attack drives her away. She doesn’t get an opportunity to make amends until she is ordered to go to America as part of the delegation for the World Championship Cup. When her apology leads to more kisses, Tristan and Ele decide to mix royal and football business with pleasure.
But the championship lasts only a month, and Ele’s future is waiting. Responsible to her country and family, Ele knows their affair must end, but Tristan is a competitor who doesn’t want to come in second to anything—not even a kingdom.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 20, 2020
- Grade level12 and up
- File size2.1 MB
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- ASIN : B08GNGHMF7
- Publisher : ASJ LLC (October 20, 2020)
- Publication date : October 20, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 2.1 MB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 290 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #987,168 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,673 in Sports Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,138 in Sports Fiction (Books)
- #87,303 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)
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J. Santiago is a graduate of Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania. She gets her love of sports from her fifteen year career in the field and a houseful of boys who love to play. A former English and history teacher, she understands and embraces the power of stories in our lives.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022Ele is a princess and has and doesn’t like the spotlight. Her twin brother Prince Jaime can’t make the first football day so Ele goes. She meets Tristan and they have an connection. A princess and a baller have no future or do they ? Great characters and storyline Highly recommended Amazing Book. Love Ele and Tristan. The supporting characters are amazing and there are some secrets that come out. This is my first book by this author definitely not the last.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2020I don't know what's been going on but these sports romances have me sucked in at the moment! And Im super here for it. I really had no clue what I was going to be reading since this is the first on I have read from J. Santiago and let me say I really did not want this story to end! It really did leave me wanting more and I am so hoping that there is a follow up to this story.
I will say when I first started reading it I did get a little confused with where the story was actually going and had to put it down but I want to try again and I am glad that I did. The story 100% starts to play out after the first chapter.
Princess Elenor or Ele as she is to her family and close friends has truly been through it all. Having dealt with the loss of her parents, her brother (the prince) battling cancer, and her own internal battles, she has never had a normal life. Known to the outside world as the Ice Princess, the people only see what's she like on the outside.
Tristan Davenport is a star in his own right. He is a football player (soccer in American terms) and to everyone around him he has it all.
By a chance meeting these two come in contact with each other and what happens between them was and can be summed up as a pure connection. Tristan seems to be for some reason the only one that can pull Ele out from her darkness.
This in all leads to an amazing love story that I did not want to quit reading. I laughed, I smiled, and I cried along with this story!
"You know, there are moments, seemingly innocuous events in our lives, that push us in a different direction or open a door or become a catalyst for change. We don't realize it at the time, but later, with distance and perspective, we can look back and pinpoint exactly when our lives changed."
I give this book a solid 4.5/out of 5 stars.
I would like to thank Grey Promotions for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review
- Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020This is such a good book. The author writes in a way to where you can picture yourself in the story and want to be Ele and Tristan's friend. Ele is a princess and yet she is flawed. The author does not give the image of Royalty is perfection. There's excitement and anticipation, fun to read. The romance is hot. I can't wait for the next book of this series.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020I honestly did like this book. I wish Goodreads let you do half stars, because this was more of a 3 1/2, but whatever. The meat of the story was solid, and I really enjoyed Princess Eleanor. A story of two people from two very different worlds is always intriguing to me, and I really liked that it wasn't a royal and an average Joe, but was instead a royal and a pro athlete. I think the unique twist of both people being celebrities added a level to the story, and it was an interesting approach.
One of the biggest things in this book is the subject of mental health, and I actually really like the way Santiago approached it. Ele suffers from panic attacks, and the way in which they were discussed and her situation was treated is pretty reminiscent of how a lot of people feel they have to approach the subject every day. Ele's panic attacks and anxiety are NOT discussed because it could shine a poor light on the royal family, and there are a lot of people in the world today who actually would agree with that; that mental health is shameful and anxiety is just something you figure out. I don't know if I would totally agree that just one person's presence can instantly calm you down and fix everything, but the sentiment is nice, and I like that Tristan was there for Ele and forced her to think about things and acknowledge what she was carrying.
But let's talk about Tristan, now that I've brought him up. Kind of meh about him, to be honest. He was a fine hero, he was good for Ele in the long run, but like, *shrug*. I don't know. I didn't really feel a pull towards him, and I kind of supremely HATED the social media/caption thing he had going on. That could also be on me, though. I know we're all super addicted to social media these days so the call-out to that hit me right in the chest. It did provide an interesting dichotomy: Tristan so loud and large with how he connects with people and lives his life, while Ele is more of a recluse and wants nothing to do with being in the public eye. That avenue did make things interesting, and I can respect the decision to include that, even if it did make me squirm.
Overall, this book was fun. It was a bit meaty, and definitely a bit lengthier than I think it needed to be (that or it didn't totally keep my focus) but it was fine. I enjoyed the overall story, and I loved the sort of star-crossed thing Ele and Tristan had going on. Ele was great, I loved her, this is definitely a book I'll recommend to people looking for either royalty or sports romance. It's a solid option in either of those categories.
Plus I loved that they were from a foreign nation (think Mia Thermopalis, Princess of Genovia) and so Julie Andrews was the steady constant accent in my head. I supremely loved that.
**Many thanks to the author for a review copy of this book!**
- Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020I finished this book in 3 days and can’t wait for book 2. I love a good love story and this one has some unexpected twists and turns. I like a book that is believable and isn’t overly fictional. Looking forward to book 2 for some further character development and too see if my theories are correct or J. Santiago will surprise me.
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- GwenReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance
When you wrote the pros and cons on paper, their relationship could not possibly work, but the fell in love. She was second in line to the throne but she could not ask him to give up his career for him. He however could not ask her to give up her crown. This is their story. Good read.