Caleb and August are rivals, both college athletes who are destined for the NBA draft. The story opens at the senior year of college for all 3 main characters: Iris (who is studying sports marketing), her boyfriend Caleb, and August. *Some aspects of this story may be sensitive for some readers. Now there's a new player in the game, August West.īut my past, my fraudulent prince, just won't let me go I was a fool, and his love - fool's gold. I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud. Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl? Or deliberately getting her pregnant to keep her tied to him.Ī FORBIDDEN LOVE SET IN THE EXPLOSIVE WORLD OF THE NBA. But nothing in the description clued me in that the book was about a basketball player beating the shit out of and raping his girlfriend. So this isn't something you can read and move past to enjoy the rest of the story. It is the bulk of the conflict of the novel. This book contains graphic details of emotional and physical domestic violence, firearms, and sexual assault/rape. It's hinted at, but hidden behind euphemisms.

And I don't normally write reviews with spoilers or plot synopses, but I am so angry right now that nothing in the description or the reviews specifically warned readers of the type of content in this book. ***scroll down to the very end if you're looking for how the story ends.***īefore going further, please know that even the descriptions of what happens in this book may be triggering for some readers. Content warnings are usually wasted on me, because I can usually stomach just about anything. I am also not someone usually bothered by problematic or troubling content. I am also not someone for whom highly buzzed books works.

I have noped out of so many books because they're present tense. I am a not a fan of 1st person, present tense.

Long shot kennedy ryan