The Running Back and the Prima Donna

by Anne-Marie Meyer

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He thought he had her figured out.

Turns out, he was wrong.

Bianca

Everyone at the ballet academy think they know me—the prima donna. The diva. The mean girl.

They’re wrong.

What they don’t know is that I’m moments away from losing my meticulously planned out life. I’m not one to show weakness but my ankle has a different agenda. Adding Ryan to that equation only complicates things more and suddenly the only person who can save my future—and my secrets—is the one person I’m not sure I can trust.

Ryan

I’ve spend my life not caring. If it doesn’t involve Mom or my kid sister, Rosie, I don’t care.

Period.

But there’s something about Bianca. Something about her desperate desire to hide the fact that she’s a pageant queen that I can’t help but involve myself in. Sure, it’s black mail—she does what I ask and I keep her secret—but I really think I can help her loosen up. After all, that’s my speciality.

Until things aren’t as simple anymore and suddenly, my feelings are deeper than I like. I come from a man who leaves, so why do I think I’d be different with Bianca? It’s better for me to stay away than for me to break her.

And the last thing I want to do is break her.

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Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Subgenre

Sports

Series

The Ballerina Academy • Book 2

Audience

Upper YA

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

2 Mild

Violence

2 Mild

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

April 27, 2020

Language Versions

English

Narration Type

Human

Fiction Form

Novel

Editorial Reviews

"An enemies to lovers feel with hidden secrets along the way. Another wonderful book for this series! Your heart goes out for these two as they navigate through trials life throws at them but also finding love in another." - Amazon Reviewer

Mean girl heroine + hero with "resting smirk face"? Yes, please!

As always with Maggie Dallen's stories, if you have a mean girl heroine - at least that's how we got to know Bianca in the first book in the series - there is usually more to that mean girl than meets the eye.Bianca has her reasons for keeping the rest of her world at arm's length, though that doesn't mean that everyone (*cough* Ryan *cough*) accepts that status quo. This hero with "resting smirk face" is determined to find a chink in Bianca's armor, yet he's in for quite a surprise once he gets to peek behind her carefully crafted facade.These two complement each other wonderfully, and I love how Ryan does his best to take care of his little sister, Rosie (who, btw, is absolutely adorable).This is a lovely, well-written story with all the feels, and I'm really looking forward to more books in this series!

Sweet, spicy, fun

Ryan was such a great character. I'm glad he and Bianca were able to use their wit, spice, and love to build a match. Well-written and fun

A Match Made

An enemies to lovers feel with hidden secrets along the way. Another wonderful book for this series! Your heart goes out for these two as they navigate through trials life throws at them but also finding love in another.

Review

I was worried that Bianca would be too hard to relate to based off the first book in the series, but that is not the case.I loved how Ryan and Bianca’s story took place outside of the dance studio. It was amazing to see the true depth that they have and see that factor into their relationship. Also can I be Rosie when I grow up?Overall I can’t wait for the next book (like usual)

new revelations

Different aspirations both trying to hide family life and trying to not take after their own parents and finding love and more support then they could have imagined from people they didn’t expect