"Enjoyable sports romance"

Superbowl MVP quarterback Bobby McIntyre returns home to El Paso to recover from a bad knee injury and a concussion suffered in a professional football game to learn that his sister Beth fired his friend as manager of Bobby's Place. She also hired Lacey Wright to run the establishment that is losing money because they give away a fortune in alcohol for free. Bobby plans to fire her until he learns she is a single mother. Because of his mother's desertion he cannot sack her until she at least screws up.

A week has passed and Bobby remains very aware of Lacey though he is not sure why as prim and proper is not his normal type of woman and he knows she thinks he is a dumb jock. He admires her for staying with Robin but knows she is bad for a bar as she behaves like everyone's mom. As they get to know each other, Bobby and Lacey fall in love, but though she begins to loosen up, he believes that she will leave him like everyone else in his life except his sister who has stood by him.

This sports romance stars two characters that carry baggage from their youth into relationships so that they never make it out of the first quarter before calling time out. The engaging story line focuses on love breaking down psychological barriers though the individual troubles of the lead couple seem too repetitive. Still Lacey and Bobby are a fine couple and the support cast, mainly his sister, her daughter, and her daughter's boyfriend make for a novel that scores plenty of touchdowns.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 25, 2003

Nights turn hot when a sexy bad boy arrives in town . . . LOOKING FOR LACEY

Summary

IN THE GAME OF SEDUCTION,THIS FOOTBALL LEGEND WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN TOTAL SURRENDER.

When prim and proper Lacey Wright decided to start a new life, she never dreamed she'd be managing a sports bar. But she is determined to make it work. The only thing standing in the way is her recklessly charming new boss--a man she finds stubbornly infuriating . . . and completely irresistible.

There isn't a woman in all of Texas who can resist the sensually confident man that embodies bad boy Bobby McIntyre--no one, that is, except the prissy new bar manager who gets his blood pumping. She's not interested in his money orhis fame, and she sees through the macho act he shows the world. But when the tables are turned and it's Lacey who demands total surrender, can Bobby Mac afford the high stakes in a game of true love?