This is the fourth book in the “Windy City” Series by Liz Tomforde. This book is the most recent one to come out with only one book left in the series that will release April 2025. I honestly have no clue how I am going to wait till April to read the next book, how unfair?!
“Mmm,” he hums. “I should warn you, Ken, I like it when you’re mean. It does something to me.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
My “Windy City” Series Reviews
The Right Move – By Liz Tomforde
About The Book
Author: Liz Tomforde
Publisher: Golden Boy Publishing
Published Date: July 11th, 2024
Page Count: 384 Pages
Main Genres: Romance
GoodReads Rating: 4.51
Format: E-books
“You’re allowed to be mad at me. It won’t change how I feel about you.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
Synopsis
Kennedy
I’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors, and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor, I’m desperate to land my dream job with a new team next year. All I have to do is maintain my professional reputation for my final season in Chicago.
But a Las Vegas run-in with the team’s shortstop threatens it all, leaving me with a fuzzy memory and a ring on my left hand.
Now, not only am I legally bound to the most persistent man I’ve ever met, but thanks to Isaiah’s scheme to save my job, I have to pretend the whole thing was a planned elopement and not a drunken mistake.
Isaiah Rhodes is reckless, impulsive, and frustratingly charming. He’s also my brand-new husband.
They got the saying wrong. What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas… sometimes it follows you right back home.
Isaiah
As the shortstop for Chicago’s professional baseball team, I’ve had my fair share of fun. But that all ended the day Kennedy Kay became a single woman.
I’ve crushed on the team’s athletic trainer for years. I’ve flirted to no avail, so imagine my surprise when I woke up in Sin City with a ring on my finger and my favorite redhead in my bed.
We agree to stay married for one baseball season, just long enough to keep her job safe, but in my mind, I’m using our time together to prove to her I’m husband material.
Kennedy might be reluctant to join in on our game, but it’s one I refuse to lose.
So come on, wife… play along.
Synopsis From GoodReads
“C’mon wife. Play along.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
Rating
“You’ve never gotten a say in your own life, and the last thing I’m going to do is take that away from you again. Every option is yours, Kenny. Whatever you want to do, I will be your biggest supporter. But I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t allow you the space to fulfill your goals, to live up to everything you’ve worked so hard for.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
Review
Possible Spoilers Ahead
This book is also a baseball romance like the third one that I reviewed. The third book made me realize that I actually might like any sports romance you give me even if I am not a huge fan of the sport in general. However, I did not have nearly as high of hopes for this book because the snippets you get of Isaiah before this book really show off an arrogant immature man which was not appealing to me at all but once I got into his book and could hear his own personal narrative my tune turned real quick! This is probably my favorite book to date hehe.
We learned a bit about Isaiah and Kennedy’s relationship in Kai’s book (book 3) but it was very surface level but still very important to the narrative of this book. Isaiah crushing on Kennedy for years might have seemed pathetic to some in Kai’s book but as soon as Isaiah finds out she is no longer engaged he becomes the man he was destined to be and that’s when I knew I was done for! Well, that and the fact that they fake date… We all know how i feel about fake dating!
When they went to get married in Vegas and Isaiah kept asking if she was sure this was what she wanted my heart literally melted! We love a respectful king!
I do think Kennedy treated him so unfairly at the beginning of this book even if it was due to the pressures of her own family life. However, I do think this made way for an interesting plot point. Isaiah may not have known Kennedy all that well before he fell for her but he believed in fate and just knew she was the one, so he was ready to dive head first into anything she threw at him. I have no clue how he could “fake Date” his own wife who he was madly in love with only to make her ex fiancé jealous… That is just pure torture.
I really like the fact that they were married yet still trying to become each others friend. They were given the perfect opportunity to really get to know one another and grow into love which I felt was a really interesting plot point. Most Fake Dating books I read have this in some level but this book really pulled it off as they were already married so what does it hurt to get to know one another’s deeper secrets and even explore a bit with their intimacy.
Kennedy had a rough childhood, as did Isaiah but different in their own ways. This was a great way for them to connect. Especially because Kennedy was never taken care of directly by a parental figure whereas Isaiah had his older brother Kai who took on that role. Kennedy didn’t need anyone to take care of her but it was nice for her to finally have someone who she knew she could count on to take care of her when she need it and Isaiah was able to provide that for her because of the love he received from his brother.
These characters are probably my favorite so far in this series, which I have probably said before but I can’t help it, they are just so good together! However, the next and final book coming out in April 2025 is about Rio finally getting his chance at love and I don’t know how any of these other love stories could hold a flame to Rio’s.
I will see you in 2025 with my final review for this series! Goodbye, for now, Windy City.
“Grief seems like a privilege, in a way,” she says. “To have loved someone so much that you can’t imagine life without them.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
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