Blind Side: A Fake Dating Sports Romance (Red Zone Rivals)

Clay is, well, blindsided when his girlfriend of five years dumps him with no real explanation.So when he notices that Giana, his football team’s PR liaison, has a thing for a guy who seemingly doesn’t know she exists, coupled with the fact that she is too shy to approach him herself, a plan formulates in Clay’s mind.If he can convince Giana to fake date him, he knows he can get the guy she pines for to notice her. To want her in return. And he knows that it’ll get Maliyah’s attention back on him too. Giana gets her guy, Clay gets his girl. Win win.What could possibly go wrong?I loved these two together! Clay was just suuuuch a good guy, but to a fault. He always put everyone else first so much that he constantly sacrificed his own happiness and often didn’t even realise it.And Giana was just so timid and overlooked for most of her life, I adored that she wanted to challenge herself. Face her demons and come out stronger every time.Now I generally have a love/hate relationship with the fake dating trope, because it almost always goes hand in hand with miscommunication which aggravates me. However, Blind Side didn’t really have too much in the way of that which I was grateful for. Yes there was a point around the halfway mark where I was cursing Clay. And again at 80% where the heartache usually resides but that didn’t really end up being miscommunication as such…more just Clay refusing to say anything for fear of being swayed from his (ridiculous but sort of understandable) decision.The poor guy had so many manipulative douchebags in his life, he deserved someone as wonderful as Giana in his corner.

ʙʟɪɴᴅ ꜱɪᴅᴇ- ᴋᴀɴᴅɪ ꜱᴛᴇɪɴᴇʀ ✨☆ ☆ ☆ ☆.5“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧.”𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤-𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖.𝕗𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕖.𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥.𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚-Football star Clay Johnston’s high school sweetheart dumped him after 5 years together, Giana Jones is a shy girl that has a crush on a local musician that doesn’t know she exists. They both decide to fake date eachother so that musician boy notices Giana and Clay’s ex what’s him back. What started as a joke soon turned into something so much more..___________________________𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄-i am utterly in love with this couple. I was really excited to read Clay and Giana’s story after reading fair catch when ur first came out.Clay is actually perfect like I adore this guy so much and the way he treated Giana 😭😭 he is LITERALLY THE book boyfriend.I found myself internally screaming because I wanted the ex and the musician to GTF ASAP, I loved everything about this book and I cried when clay had to do something’s that you will learn about in the book. I needed a grand gesture and the man didn’t disappoint on that front I was so so happy with what he done for her.Giana knew Clay so so well and it showed throughout the book same goes for Clay with Giana, she saw so much more than this bubbly jock and I loved that about her. They so deserve eachother.I’ve been waiting on Holden’s book since meeting him in Fair Catch I’m sooo excited for Quarterback Sneak 🥳

Blind Side, is a really good sports romance/ fake dating romance that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I would recommend to lovers of contemporary and YA/ NA romance fiction.Clay and Giana agree to fake date, and additionally Clay agrees to help Giana improve on her dating skills. What starts out as a no strings proposal soon develops into something much more.I really liked the two main characters. They were relatable, felt realistic and definitely had me cheering for them both. The characters also had great chemistry and warmth towards each other that was entertaining and engaging!! The relationship didn't run smoothly, and I really felt drawn into the world the author created.This is part of a series, but also a complete standalone novel, told in dual pov.

This was my first Kandi Steiner book and man it did not disappoint!Clay is a safety on the Boston University football team, he’s newly single and completely heartbroken after is high school sweetheart broke up with him. Worst of all she’s just started at the same college AND is on the cheerleading team. Giana is interning as a member of the teams PR team. Usually quiet and timid she really comes into her own when she’s telling these big burly players where they need to be. However away from the team she’s only got eyes for the college musician, only problem is she’s never had a relationship before and can never find the confidence to approach him to make him notice her. When one evening during a meeting Clay realise’s this, he proposes a fake relationship where he can get his ex back by making her jealous and in the process he can help Giana catch the attention of her crush. However like in all fake relationships, lines begin to blur… and maybe just maybe this is where they’re meant to be after all.I adored this book. I adored Clay and I adored Giana, and together they just blew me away. I love the fake dating trope, seeing them deny their feelings for each other, but then also seeing them realise that they quite clearly in love with the other. The build up and the tension between the two of them was perfect and the spice was so hot! Clay is the most perfect book boyfriend ever!My heart ached for Clay and his home life, and the sacrifices he made to look after his family, I felt broken for him, I just wanted to give him the biggest hug! I didn’t like Maliyah at all or her dad.I loved watching Giana come into her own, and become this confident woman! I loved this book so much and I now need to go read Fair Catch because I adored Riley and Zeke in this story and need to see how they ended up together!