GOT GAME? by Stephanie Doyle
ISBN: 9781937776206
Golf, romance and a good story line, awesome read!
Reilly is the master and her brother, Kenny is her caddy. Love to read about what others think about while golfing. This book is a treat!
She's just won another event and now off to home to visit with her grandparents.
After their parents had drowned at sea their grandparents raised them and grandad was a pro at golf and even made his own irons still-from the machine Reilly had bought him. Their grandparents had a simple life now with her Parkinsons disease.
Water rake was another gift she had given him to get the balls out of the lake that she practiced to hit her balls into during the winter months.
I love that her grandma still bakes and knits, a woman who's content!
A new scoring/ranking system was to come out making so women to play on mens tour.
She did qualify in the top 50 to play with the men. Love this book as it is all about the rankings and what comprises them. I used to run an online golf tour where hundreds played and they got points for just playing for their team. Ah statistics!
Luke, a reporter on the tour thought she was hot stuff and was going to track down where her grandparents lived and just show up and hope his charm would win her over.
Kenny's girlfriend Ericka is also a golfing buddy of Reilly's and she's due at the homestead.
There are a lot of tangled relationships discussed through the book mixed in with the golf that people have to make decisions about what to do next.
Will the new physical training she has to go through be worth her decision?
When her family is put in harms way she rethinks her decision... ( )

Reilly Carr is one of the most successful female golfers in history. But lately winning hasn't felt as good as it used to and Reilly has been slighly discontented. After returning home to Nebraska to visit her grandparents and to recharge before her next tournament, the news breaks that due to a change in the ranking system Reilly has a chance to play on one of golf's most sacred grounds and take part in the golfing event of the year - The American.I'm not a very sporty person but I do love reading sports romances. And this one was no exception. Reilly Carr is competitive and good at what she does. But she's also romantically challenged and has two divorces and a third broken engagement to prove it. Luke Nolan, two-time winner of The American is just as flawed when it comes to marriage - his third divorce just finalized. But together they work. I loved the chemistry between them and the fact that both acknowledge that the other isn't perfect.The supporting cast are another highlight of this novel. Kenny, Reilly's caddy and brother, has his own romantic sub-plot that adds to the novel's romance. I loved that in many ways Kenny and Reilly's romantic lives paraellel each other. Despite Kenny being a bit of a playboy and Reilly being extremely good at committing (it's just staying married she has a problem with), the Carr siblings are a lot alike. The sibling squabbles on the green amused me greatly - no matter how old you may be, there are times when a little petty sibling argument is justified.There was a lot going on in this novel - the romantic relationships, the golf and the stalker storyline - but Stephanie Doyle managed to tie them altogether nicely. The golf aspect was not overwhelming to a non-golf fan but instead was written in such a way that it just added to the drama and story without being too much. I was enthralled by the sport angle which surprised me greatly. I really enjoyed this novel. I'll definitely be looking out for novels by Stephanie Doyle in the future. ( )