Duffy Distefano is a long-time fan of her football team, the Minneapolis Coyote’s. When she has an unfortunate interaction with the mascot at a game, she becomes the most hated person in Minneapolis. When she has the opportunity to go on a local TV show and tell her side of the story she jumps at the chance. What she doesn’t expect is for the Coyotes star tight end to join her on the show, and for them to have great chemistry! Connor Cunningham thinks he’s just helping out his PR department by making nice with Duffy, but when she starts hazing him on live TV he sits back and enjoys the show. She knows his stats better than he does and when her father drags out a chair and joins the interview they have the audience in hysterics. He can’t help but want to see her again.

You know, I don’t think I’ve ever read a Lynn Painter novel that I haven’t liked and I’m not starting that here. First and Forever was absolutely charming. Duffy is unlike any romance heroine I’ve ever read. She’s attractive, but doesn’t really care about her looks, she’s funny but always gets slotted into the friend-zone by her dates, and she lives with her father- who is an absolute hoot! When Connor calls her on the phone to ask her out and she says she needs to call him back, I laughed out loud. She was so adorable and Connor, too, was drawn to her charm.

I don’t want to give away any of the wonderful scenes that this author created to draw in the reader (and Connor!), but when you get to the paint ball scene you are going to laugh just like I did. This girl is hysterical and Connor is all in for her brand of crazy. So was I. OK, that’s all I’m going to tell you other than, just READ THE BOOK. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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