THE AMERICANA PLAYBOOK by Cathryn Carter is AVAILABLE NOW
Blurb:
Parker Montgomery was once America’s sweetheart. She took her first steps in the Capitol when her father was a congressman, and starred in his senatorial campaign ads. But in high school, during his first bid for the White House, she disappeared from the political limelight, leaving her home and best friend, Fitz, behind.
Known for his grit and unwavering determination, Fitzgerald Rhodes is a seasoned quarterback who has just led his team to the Super Bowl. But the bigger win is a chance reunion with his childhood partner in crime, the now sitting-President’s daughter, and–unknowingly to Parker–Fitz’s greatest love.
Reunited, Parker turns to Fitz when a question of inheritance involves not only a wedding, but a return to the spotlight she had been banished from. Seeing this as an opportunity to come clean about his feelings, Fitz agrees to help. But their mutually beneficial relationship grows less convenient as he begins to do just that.
In prime election season, Parker’s revenge on the political dynasty that harmed her unearths not just unrequited love, but secrets and scandal leaving Fitz and his career as collateral damage.
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The Americana Playbook does include information some readers might find sensitive including: struggles with OCD, highlighting the troubled-teen industry, emotional abuse, details (though not graphic) of physical and emotional abuse as well as sexual harassment.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Wow. Americana Playbook is the first book I’ve read by Cathryn Carter, and I am now a fan.
Parker and Fitz’s story had be ugly crying. This was not the lighthearted second-chance, marriage of convenience romance I thought it was going to by glancing at the cover. It deals with some really heavy themes, and my heart broke for Parker and all that she went through in the “troubled teen industry” (like the school Paris Hilton attended) and the abuse/neglect she suffered at the hands of her parents and her dad’s political rise. I cried reading Parker’s letters that she wrote to Fitz during her time away.
The story unfolds in flashbacks from Fitz and Parker’s past and their present-day reunion, and Parker was such a strong young lady, even when she thought she was weak. Poor Fitz had no idea what happened when Parker was sent “away to boarding school,” and he lost the love of his life. In present day, he takes such great care of her. Even though he has some issues of his own that he’s dealing with, he takes such great patience with her, being supportive without treating her with kid gloves.
And the secret tattoo! I’m a sucker for a hero with a secret tattoo!
This book was heartwrenching, but a brilliant story from start to finish! I will be keeping The Americana Playbook marked as one to come back to often!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Cathryn Carter:
Cathryn is a native New Yorker but currently lives in the Middle East with her husband and two children. She often can be found in the corner of one of Amman’s many coffee shops with her laptop. When her head isn’t in a book or she isn’t writing, Cathryn enjoys building enormous structures out of Magna-tiles with her kids. She loves swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, floating in the Dead Sea, and traveling during non-pandemic times.
You can find her on Instagram @cathryncarterwrites
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