The Game Changer (The Perfect Game #2) - J. Sterling

Jack appeared at my door last night after six months of no communication wearing a Mets jersey and holding a dozen red roses. He told me he was sorry, that he loved me, and that he would earn my trust again. It took everything in me to not fall apart at the mere sight of him. I wanted to take him back into my life, but I needed to know that this time it would be forever…

In J. Sterling’s highly anticipated follow-up to her USA Today bestselling novel The Perfect Game, Jack and Cassie quickly realize that their new lifestyle can often be cruel and unforgiving. Their happiness is put to the test as the past is never truly far behind.

How do you stay together when the world's trying to tear you apart?

Have you ever wondered, what happened in that year between Jack showing up at her door in NYC and the year later epilogue?  How did they get to engaged from being broken and separated for all that time? If you ever wondered whether Jack & Cassie actually make it down the aisle on the date Jack chose in TPG’s epilogue, you will have to wonder no more! We get most of our answers, and for me, a better understanding of Jack Carter in The Game Changer!

I love you.  I wish there were different words that I could say, but no one's been clever enough to invent any yet.  So it's all I've got.  But it's everything.  I love you."

 "Nothing would make me happier, Kitten, than to know my home is where you are." Jack Carter! I freakin' loved Jack Carter in this book.  I actually found that I loved him more in this book, than the first one (I know, I didn't know if it was possible either).  In the first book, I fell for Dean - I mean I liked Jack and I wanted things to work out for him and Cassie, but I fell hard for Dean.  In this book, I was all about Jack Carter.  He was still Jack, but we got to see more of how things went down, how it affected him, and what he went through to get back to that apartment door in NYC.  

I liked the back and forth between the past and the present in the beginning to bring us up to speed on both sides of the story.  

It was Cassie that drove me a little crazy in this book.  I mean, I get why she was the way she was, but sometimes I still wanted to shake her a bit.  Her head warred with her heart and wanted to know if she could ever truly let go of what happened.  "But really, if you ever cheat on me again, I'll cut your nuts off and hang them from the Empire State Building." She also struggled with her dreams coupled with Jack's dreams and how to make it all work...especially now that she was lacking trust.  How can you make that work?

This wasn't a book that was planned, but it was a book that was demanded, and if you loved The Perfect Game, you should definitely read this sequel, I think you will fall even more in love with Jack F'ing Carter!

"Get this. I paused to look her straight in the eyes. He told me to prove it." - LOVE IT!