[New Post] ARC Review: Playing Hard to Get Monica Murphy


Title: Playing Hard to Get

Author: Monica Murphy

Page count: 398

Published: December 1st, 2022

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5


Knox Maguire is the king of our college campus.

Star offensive tight end on the football team.

He is the complete opposite of me in every way.

I’m quiet. He’s loud.

I’m shy. He’s definitely not.

Everyone loves him. No one knows me.

Fresh out of a breakup, I don’t really trust him, and why should I? Knox is the ultimate player. When I become his English tutor, I tell myself we need to keep things between us strictly business. Watching my mother deal with my ex-athlete father long, long ago taught me to stay far away from that type of man.

Yet Knox is impossible to resist. Next thing I know, we’re getting hot and heavy in the library—and that was never part of the plan. When Knox admits he can’t stop thinking about me, I have a realization.

I can’t stop thinking about him either.

Instead of keeping my distance, I pull him in closer. Until somehow, we’re spending all of our time together and I find myself falling for Knox. Hard.



This was a slow-burn friends-to-lover college romance. Jojo is a tutor and works in a bookstore, while Knox is on his way to the NFL, the last person that Jojo should be spending time with. When they meet it’s an adorable meet cute that instantly put a smile on my face. This was an emotional roller coaster that I was able to read in one sitting. I adored the Callahan’s family series and getting to meet the other family members and getting to know them, I’m excited. One last thing is Knox is amazing with Jojo.



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