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Claiming Carter

A Forbidden Relationship Sports Romance (Waverly Wildcats, Book 1)

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Claiming Carter

By: Jennifer Bonds
Narrated by: Ash Beverly, Amy Hall
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Three words to describe Kennedy Carter? Smart. Driven. Killer legs. See also: my last hope of winning a national football championship. Okay, so technically that’s more than three, but I’ve got bigger problems at the moment. Thanks to a drunken dare, Waverly University is short a kicker and with the home opener in three weeks, I’ll do whatever it takes to lead my team to victory. Even if it means poaching talent from the women’s soccer team. Or recruiting a sassy, STEM-loving feminist who wants nothing to do with football or me. Fortunately, Carter has a weakness.

One I’m not above exploiting if it gets her to play ball. Sparks fly and the more time we spend together, the harder it gets to fight the sizzling attraction. But Carter’s off limits and if word of our teammates with benefits arrangement gets out, I’ll be riding the bench. I’ve always played by the rules, but this is one game I can’t afford to lose. Not when it means choosing between my legacy and claiming Carter.

©2020 Jennifer Bonds (P)2025 Jennifer Bonds
Contemporary Sports

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Loved this football romance

This was giving 2000 romcom and I loved it! Austin has some much on his place and when he seen Carter kick the soccer ball he was a goner the banter and the slow burn was just great!!
🎧 narrated by Amy hall and ash Beverly
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲:
• College Football
• Teammates with Benefits
• Forbidden Romance
• Found Family
• Slow Burn
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Football, STEM, Spice…yes please👏🏻

This was such a sweet sports romance! I thought the storyline was good, I loved seeing the interaction with most of the team with the FMC. I love the relationship that forms between the MMC and FMC. I listened to the audiobook and Ash Beverly and Amy Hall did a fantastic job bringing Austin and Kennedy to life. 10/10 recommend!

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She's the kicker!

I love a good sports romance and this one in particular is so good because Kennedy is the kicker. After the football team loses their field goal kicker to injury, Austin does his best to get Kennedy put on the team. She is accurate and the perfect fit for this position, but convincing the coach to give her a full ride scholarship as well as have a girl on the team is not easy. Now she is there, and the chemistry between these two is palpable. Exploding into passion, it only leads to friends with benefits, but does it really? As time goes on, these two realize there is more to life than just their own paths. But will they be able to meld their paths to a future? I loved this for so many reasons. Kennedy is a strong woman. She is smart, capable and knows where she is going in life as long as she gets her degree. Austin needs her. She is his kick in the pants to help him follow his own dreams. I love their chemistry, their friendship and their banter. It's a touchdown!

Ash Beverly is new to me, and I loved his voice. Perfect for the new adult genre, he dove into Austin and portrayed him perfectly. A parent pleaser, a confident quarterback, he finds his niche and is amazing. Amy Hall comes in as Kennedy. Strong, smart and passionate about her work. she is right there with her, creating the person she is. Loved it!

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Good college football romance with great narration!

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 is the first book in the Waverly Wildcats series by Jennifer Bonds, featuring forced proximity/ secret romance between Austin and Kennedy. When the Wildcats lose their kicker to injury and stupidity, team captain, Austin Reid obliterates the box by recruiting Kennedy Carter from the women’s soccer team. She has a killer leg and the potential to save their season. The problem? She hates football players and the chemistry between them is going to be impossible to deny, no matter what Coach says. A secret Teammates with Benefits arrangement seems like a good solution, but will it really work without someone getting hurt?

I really enjoyed going back to where this series began for the release of the new covers. I loved the premise of introducing a female kicker to the team, and the drama that comes with that. Austin is a great character with more layers than you realize at first. He’s a strong leader, a good friend, and he is willing to sacrifice entirely too much to make his father proud. When it comes to Kennedy, I’m a bit conflicted. I appreciate her strength, her drive to succeed, and my heart certainly went out to her over the emotional issues she still carries from her father. However, it felt like she spent way too much of the book painting every football player with a broad brush, making them pay for her father’s shortcomings, especially Austin. Yes, he made a mistake late in the book, while under family pressure, but she couldn’t give him an inch. I don’t know, it just frustrated me. Other than that, I enjoyed their relationship, their banter, the angst and definitely their passion. I also loved the dynamics of the guys on the team, and this book definitely succeeded in setting up an interesting world for a series.

The newly released audio version is narrated by Ash Beverly and Amy Hall, who both did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life, through the banter, emotion, chemistry, and that team camaraderie! I really enjoyed this story on audio, and I look forward to listening to the rest of the series as they are released in this format!
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