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Scoring the Birdie (Love of the Game) Kindle Edition

by C. R. Riley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

Men suck.

It’s a proven fact. And I need a break. Especially from cocky, athletic men who think the world is their playground. This next month, I’m on a forced vacation. It should give me what I need to regain my focus and not get fired. If not, then it’s time to transition into a new career and start fresh.

My break is going well. Until a Godzilla-sized spider appeared, destroying my tranquility in the sun. Now I’m in the arms of something much more dangerous. Shay Kelly.

He represents everything I’m not looking for. A pro golfer with a playboy reputation. As a teen, I used to have fantasies about him. But now, as a woman, I know men like him only offer one thing. Heartbreak.

Why me? Why now? He’s a distraction I don’t want, but one I just might need.

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  4. Publication date
    February 13, 2022
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Ava grew up in the sports world. It taught her that she doesn' t like arrogant men
She travels to Hawaii for a reprieve, swears off men whit overinflated egos
Shay is bad boy of golf. Her good girl fantasy.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09SGL6FRN
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 13, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.7 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1736499963
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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C. R. Riley

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Contemporary romance author C. R. Riley is celebrated for creating worlds and characters that don’t always follow the rules, including those she futilely tries to set herself. But the best characters always find a way around them, often surprising her with their willingness to make each and every journey unique, if not emotionally satisfying.

Her Kohl Family series has been called the perfect epitome of contemporary romance with a twist of the unexpected. The characters tackle tough topics while making you fall in love with them, and despising those baddies who deserve it. Each story is a unique standalone. That cares over in her Modern-Day Royals series, which features characters who are unlike any royal put to the page before. And of course, combining her love of football and baseball she adds a steamy sports romance, Love of the Game which follows a family of athletes on their separate journeys to find true love.

You can find all her romantic and out-of-the-ordinary series on Amazon and free in Kindle Unlimited. Never miss a new project update or book release by signing up for her newsletter. You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, crriley.com, and TikTok.

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Golf and Love.... Amazing Combo!
Scoring The Birdie is the 3rd book in the Love of the Game series, This one is about Ava, the only girl out of the five siblings. Ava is on a forced leave from her work, due to not playing by her bosses rules. She decides to take a vacation in Hawaii to get away from it all and with the help of a good friend she gets to vacation at a clients house since he will not be there. However unknown to her, Shay is on his way back to his Hawaiian house since the tour is over and he doesn't want to go back to his childhood home after his dad has passed away. What neither of them expect to find, is each other. Or love. Or a mutual love for the game of Golf. This story was entertaining and fun. Shay and Ava were great together and apart. The banter, the love, the protective nature of Shay, Avas attitude, were all fantastic and I really enjoyed reading their story and seeing how both of them progressed thru out the book.
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  • April Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not much on golf
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2024
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    But I love a good female main character, one that has been in her brother's shadows. And then to bring in a reformed "player"? Great read! Just enough fun times and the metaphors are fun.
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  • A Admire
    5.0 out of 5 stars Such a fun story!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
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    This book was so fun! Ava and Shay are delightful. It's an easy read, with little angst. Just a couple meeting and getting to know each other. In the process, they find themselves, especially Ava. It was fun to see her find who she wanted to be. Shay cheered her along every step of the way. If you want a quick, fluffy, fun read, get this book. You'll have a relaxing, enjoyable time!
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  • RomanceReader1
    4.0 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023
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    𝑨𝒗𝒂 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦.
    𝐴𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠) 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜!

    𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒚 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒔' 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑣𝑎.

    𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎?!!! 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝!!! 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑜.. 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜!

    𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑠' 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜!
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  • Reading by Deb
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022
    Ava has just landed in Hawaii for a forced vacation. She has been put on probation again for refusing to follow orders.

    Ava grew up in sports. Her father was a pro football player and her four brothers are all famous in their professional sports careers, but being a woman those jobs were denied her so she did the next best thing. She became a sports publicist. If she couldn't play she could help players clean up their act and realize that their bad boy actions reflect badly on their careers.

    She was three years into her four-year non-compete contract and she should have killed her younger self for signing with Crenshaw & Hibbard. Lyle Crenshaw has made her life an absolute nightmare by using his power to try to intimidate her into using sexual favors as a service for their clients. After her first encounter with him and his suggestion and his advances to her, she was given a week's probation.

    When she returned she recorded all meetings stating it was to make sure she didn't miss any details and make her a better employee. They knew what the recordings were really for. Then they found out she was suggesting the other females do the same and here she is...required to use all her accumulated vacation time while being investigated.

    She was determined to use this time in Hawaii to relieve her stress and figure out a way to take them down without ruining her career. One of her brother's agents Jasmine had suggested this guesthouse on the private side of the island. She was in paradise.

    Shay was a professional golfer at the top of the leader boards and a fan favorite. It was the end of the golf season and he decided to head to his home in Hawaii. He would usually head to Atlanta, but his father died earlier this year and he didn't think he could handle being alone in the house he grew up in.

    He was a teenager when he and his friends snuck onto a golf course and started fooling around. He had stolen a bag of clubs and was having the time of his life. One of the professional golfers playing in a group behind the kids noticed Shay outshooting everyone he was invited to play. When he pulled Shay aside later, he found out that not only was he one of the top players on tour, but the clubs he stole belonged to him. But he made Shay a deal to show up and learn the game and the clubs were his.

    While he was learning the game he gave golf lessons which is how he met his wife. An ex-wife who lied and said she was pregnant to get away from her controlling father. Took him five years to be financially secure enough to be rid of her and then he became a player on and off the field. Until Jasmine got a hold of him. Now his focus is on his game and off women.

    Until he goes to check on Jasmine who requested his guesthouse for a month. What he finds instead is a gorgeous woman in a skimpy bikini screaming and practically jumping into his arms away from a Cane Spider on the patio.

    I loved this book! It is very well written and the characters are fully developed and totally relatable. Ava and Shay's story is my favorite in this series. This book is romantic and sexy. Ava is trying to overcome not only issues in her chosen profession but is also holding insecurities since college from unwanted advances from her coach.

    Shay is a reformed playboy determined to show Ava that he's worth the chance. This book is action-packed from beginning to end. Once you pick it up you won't be able to put the book down. Shay and his antics will keep you laughing, but Ava gives as good as she gets. It is full of sexual chemistry and smoking hot. If you haven't read CR Riley you definitely need to add this author to your one-click list.
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  • M18
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read ❤️🖤💜⛳️
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022
    Let me just start by saying that C.R. Riley is one of my all time favorite authors, I genuinely do not think there has ever been a book I have read by her that I have not absolutely loved . That being said , I was so excited to have had the opportunity to read and review Scoring the Birdie . Ava and Shay are two of the most wonderful characters you will ever meet . She’s a publicist for a firm that works with professional athletes and he’s a pro golfer . Do to some unfortunate circumstances of which I’m not going to mention Ava’ is put on leave by her boss and ends up staying at a cottage In Hawaii , unbeknownst to her it’s ends up being Shays place . So imagine her surprise when Shay shows up there as well . From the moment they meet in the attraction between then is instant, sparks fly and over time feelings start to develop . This was such a fantastic story , it’s everything a perfect romance should be , so full of emotion, intrigue, steam , angst , humor , heartbreak, and much much more
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  • Rosa dunahue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Sports Romance
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2022
    Scoring the Birdie is amazing sports romance. When I started reading this book, I didn’t want to put it down. Ava and Shay story will make you want to learn golf. Ava is on a force vacation for not following the rules. She runs into Shay who is on break and has decided to come home this time since the loss of his father. But was shocked to found Ava stay in his cottage instead of their friend. Their chemistry is remarkable from the start. And the way Shay is with Ava is incredible, he wants to fix her problems, but she wants to fix it herself. I love the road Ava and Shay carry us down. Even though they can’t control everything but, in the end, their HEA is all that matters.

    Scoring the Birdie has incredible characters. C. R. Riley does remarkable job with storyline. Ava and Shay has instant connection, their scenes are steamy, passion, heartbreaking and love. This is one of the best sport books I read in a while. Definitely 5 stars just wished I could give it more.
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  • Michelle Duncan
    5.0 out of 5 stars amazing story
    Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2022
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    C.R. Did it again with another incredible story. Each book that she writes gets better and better. Scoring the Birdie had the best “first” scene that I have ever read! It was absolute perfection with the perfect amount of detail and incredible emotion crafted into it.

    I adored Shay and Ava’s growth as individuals and a couple and that there wasn’t any big drama in their story. Just a couple working their way to a beautiful HEA.

    Job well done!!
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  • S P Dawes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2022
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    I loved this story from start to finish. The things Ava has to contend with are horrible and unfortunately happens all too often, so it's not difficult to immediately feel empathy for her. Caught in a difficult situation she tries to do her best but Shay doesn't want to watch her try so hard, he wants to help but her fiesty independence whilst a trn on, is also a barrier and he makes it his mission to make them disappear before making her see life is for living.
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