Summary
A steamy romantic comedy about good timing, bad temptation, and way too much tequila.
Seb’s the most famous baseball player in the world. Sophie’s not impressed. Game on.
Sophie
When we graduated from college, my friends and I made a pact that we would only play this stupid game five more times—at each of our bachelorette parties. Tonight’s number four and it couldn’t come at a worse time. I have a meeting with a new client tomorrow. I can’t be hungover. Unfortunately, I’ve never played this game without ending up that way. I’m already at a disadvantage with the client. It’s the professional baseball team in town. I’m not much of a sports fan. I don’t even know who the players are, but I guess I’ll worry about that tomorrow. Tonight, it seems that, once again, I’m destined for tequila and bad decisions.
Seb
Don’t get me wrong, I like being a professional athlete. I just wish it didn’t come with so much fame. People are always staring at me and tonight’s no exception. All eyes are on me as I walk into the bar—except for one pair. And they’re attached to a gorgeous woman. When she finally looks up from her phone, she catches me ogling her and rolls her eyes. I don’t think she has any idea who I am. Damn, that turns me on. I spend most of the night trying to figure out how to talk to her when suddenly she lands in my lap. She’s playing a drinking game with her friends and has to get me to kiss her to win. I want to kiss her—passionately—but not when she’s this flat-out drunk. I’d at least like her to remember our first kiss.
The Next Day
Sophie
I’m painfully hungover. All I want to do is get done with this meeting, so I can go home and have my friends tell me about the guy I tried to drunkenly seduce last night. All I remember are his eyes—his soft, beautiful eyes. I’m on the field with my new client watching the players practice when the catcher jumps up from behind the plate and starts walking toward me. When he pulls up his mask, the eyes I’ve been thinking about all morning are staring at me. “Sophie?” he says as a smile starts curling at the corners of his mouth.
Truth or Tequila can be read as a standalone novel or as book one of The Grand Slam Series. Visit donnaschwartze.com for a suggested reading order.
Review
“You can’t tell me who to care about. You don’t have to return it, but I care about you. For some reason, it started the second I met you. That doesn’t happen a lot.”
Love at first sight? Maybe. But it worked for me in Truth or Tequila.
Seb is a famous baseball player. It’s difficult for him to trust people. They always want something from him/use him. When he sees Sophie, she doesn’t even know who he is. He was able to be himself with her. He was surprised to see her the next day, not thinking they would see each other again since she was drunk from playing truth or tequila. The baseball team’s owner hired Sophie to help with the team’s image. The story goes on from there.
I have never read anything from Donna Schwartze before Truth or Tequila. While scrolling on Instagram, I saw a picture and was intrigued by the title and cover. I looked at the summary and was interested in reading it.
I mean, the tagline is:
A steamy romantic comedy about good timing, bad temptation, and way too much tequila.
Seb’s the most famous baseball player in the world. Sophie’s not impressed. Game on.
By the time I read Truth or Tequila, I forgot what it was about because my memory sucks. So I went into it blind, which is part of the fun most of the time. I’m glad that I read it when I did because it was a nice change of pace. Truth or Tequila was a quick, light, and fun rom-com. It was just what I needed at that moment! This book was to blame for me sleeping late. Honestly, it was my fault for starting it late. I didn’t want to put it down! I read the majority of the book before going to sleep. Then continued to read it when I woke up later in the day.
Seb. Seb. Seb. I just can’t. I loved him! He was so sweet.
While I didn’t enjoy the miscommunication, I understood it. Even if I was frustrated, it added to the story and seemed realistic to me, and it wasn’t over the top. Was it necessary? I don’t know, but it worked out in the end.
I had fun reading Truth or Tequila and can’t wait to read more from Donna Schwartze.
Thank you, NetGalley and Donna Schwartze, for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
