REVIEW - Texting the Rugby Player by Ariya Cox

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Mae Nolan is existing in Australia; that’s the only way to put it. She arrived with her ex-boyfriend, who promptly cheated on her, and ever since then she’s been too embarrassed to go home and face the family who warned her against him. Now all she does is work long hours, save her money, and avoid anything to do with the opposite sex. 

She’s just not interested.

Until one night she comes across a passed-out girl, Ciara, and ends up taking a phone call from her very irate brother. Her brother, Jack, is rude, snappy, and abrupt, but when Mae and Ciara become friends and Jack continues to text her, she starts to see the real him. Somehow she ends up looking forward to their chats and starts revealing more and more of herself to him.

It's a relief to talk to someone, and he feels safe because he's on the other side of the world and she knows she’ll never see him.

Then he comes to Australia.

And she finds out he’s an international rugby star.

And he wants to meet up.

None of this was part of her plan, and she definitely wasn’t expecting what comes next.

My Review  4 STARS
**My thanks to the author and Hidden Gems for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

I really enjoyed this story, the only part that put me off was right at the end where she loses her way and even more of her confidence when her ex boyfriend comes back on the scene.

Mae has not really moved on from her ex-boyfriend even after 16-18 months.  She would take him back in an instant even though her has hurt her heart twice already and is an emotional bully.  She is not as strong a character as i would have liked.  She is a bit of a walk over.

Jack is a lovely man and comes across as really caring and nice.  I would certainly love a man like that in my life.

This is a new to me author and i really enjoyed her writing style.  Just hope that in the next book that i read of hers, the woman has more of a backbone.

It would also have been nice to have an epilogue a year or so down the line, although it was nice to be able to download the extra read to a situation from Jacks point of view.