The Montgomery Series

By Kathryn Renard

New Adult & Sports Romance

The Pre – Season

A Montgomery University Short Story – Book 1

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Synopsis

Nineteen-year-old Josie Savage can’t wait for college to start and along with it, her new life away from her football star father. A father-daughter trip to Hawaii that is more obligation than fun until she until she starts a vacation romance with a sexy Navy SEAL. It’s a romance that defies logic in its intensity and passion. College is waiting, but can she turn her back on a chance for love in paradise? Find out in this short-story prequel to the well-reviewed novel “The Backup”.

Michel’s Review

When I first began reading The Pre-Season, I thought I was reading an erotic novella.  After I finished this short story, I realized it was the first step in Josie Savage’s journey to becoming an independent woman.   A vacation affair with an older hot Navy Seal makes her realize how important her upcoming college career is.

Josie and Elijah are perfect together in and out of bed.  Their red hot affair is going to leave them both with steamy memories and fantasy material.  Their lives are on two very different paths.  Josie is heading off to college on the east coast at Montgomery University.  Elijah is a Navy Seal.  He’s bound to his duty and serves with honor.

What started out as a vacation with her superstar NFL quarterback father begins to change the dynamics in the father/ daughter relationship.  Their life together has been a very rocky road.  From denial to neglect, Josie’s father has always been out for himself.  He craves the lime light, fast women, and hero worship.  Josie just wants a father that loves her for who she is.

The relationship begins to change as the time slips away in vacation paradise.  Elijah and Josie’s father are both going to have to let her go.  Josie has to find the courage to leave both these dynamic men behind.

Once I got into The Backup, the first full length novel in the series, I realized how much this short story added depth to the woman Josie has become.

*****

The Backup

The Montgomery University Series – Book 2

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Synopsis

Josie Savage has lived in the shadow of her football star father since he acknowledged paternity. After winning an academic scholarship to Montgomery University, she’s hoping 3000 miles will be enough to get out from under his controlling thumb. But the school’s incredibly sexy backup quarterback with a shady background is a distraction she doesn’t need. Worse yet, his starting quarterback roommate has his sights set on Josie. Can a famously publicity-shy California girl manage to navigate the attraction of two sexy star athletes?
Book 1 of the “Montgomery University” series of New Adult romances.
**Contains plot-driven detailed consensual sex scenes**

Michel’s Review

Josie Savage’s story starts right where it left off in The Pre-Season.

Her arrival at Montgomery University is anything but quiet.  Once again her father is stealing the limelight as she moves in.  She wants her peers to see her as an individual rather than Joey Savage’s daughter.  It doesn’t help that he bribes her roommates with new computers and threatens the guys outside her Campus Home.

Josie slowly begins to settle in.  She has bonded with her roommates and it looks like freshman year is off to a great start.  At her first college party she catches the attention of both quarterbacks, the starter- Mark Bishop and the backup -Runner Rarity. One is completely available and the biggest manwhore on campus, the other is taken by the meanest woman on campus.  Both are super hot, but one makes her heart race.  The one that is unavailable.  One is a naturally talented athlete that doesn’t need football to succeed in the future and the other is an incredibly talented, hungry player waiting to take the field and make his future.

What starts out as friendship with both of these incredible guys turns into a love triangle that tests her friendships with her roommates, her reputation, and makes her a target for the meanest woman on campus.

One will steal her heart and become the most important man in her life.  The other will become the best friend and strongest ally she has in school.

Fate will step in and prove which player commands the field.  Fate will also test his commitment to the game.  Josie will have find the strength to stay by his side and believe that this is not her father all over again.

I really enjoyed this book.  It was a great introduction to a colorful, dynamic cast of characters that will play a huge role in this series.  It showcased exactly how college is in the freshman year, as well as the importance of college sports.  It also showcased family dynamics and how those relationships can mold our lives.

*****

Sidelined

The Montgomery University Series – Book 3

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Synopsis

Montana Tierney had her college path planned. But then her father took the head-football coaching job at Montgomery University and all of her plans came crashing down. Free tuition at MU meant Montana would be going there instead of the college of her dreams. To make matters worse, she has a crush on one of the players on her dad’s new team. Mark Bishop is a notorious playboy who makes it clear to Montana that he doesn’t have time for inexperienced girlfriends. Humiliated, Montana is moving on when Mark admits to himself and to Montana that he has feelings for her. Just as it seems Montana will end up with the hottest guy on the team, a brutal on-field injury threatens to end Montana and Mark’s relationship before it can even begin.

Book two of the well-received “Montgomery University” series of New Adult romances.
**contains plot-driven detailed consensual sex scenes**

Michel’s Review

Montana Tierney’s freshman year is quite different from the year she expected.  Rather than going to Notre Dame and spending her freshman year with her boyfriend, she’s going to a small university on the east coast.  Her father took the job as head football coach.  The tuition is free and her family is close by.  She’s left the midwest and her friends behind.  Being the youngest child in the family, her siblings are pursuing their own careers and lives.  She’s stuck in a world that revolves around football.  Her roommates are quite different from her, one is outgoing ,super friendly, and tied to the football team through her boyfriend. The other is withdrawn, moody, and anti social on a good day.  She’s in the same Campus Home that the football team resides in as well.  She can’t escape her life. After her long distance boyfriend breaks up with her, she is determined to try to fit in and pave her own path.

Mark Bishop is finishing out his senior year quite differently.  Rather than being the starting quarterback, the new coach has moved him to playing tight end.  He’s not overly sure about the position but at least he’s starting.  His natural athletic ability and love for the game is all that matters.  After his senior year he will be done with football.  He will take his place in his family’s wealthy world.

He befriends the coach’s daughter and it leads his senior year down a new path.  The friendship is tested by the sexual tension that lies beneath the surface.  She is also forbidden territory.

Montana is testing her new independence and isn’t making the best decisions.  Rather than trying to find a nice guy to hang out with, she’s flirting with the wrong kind of guys.  She’s attracted to Mark Bishop and knows he’s off limits.  She can’t keep herself away from the sexy football player.

Montana’s mistakes and relationship with Mark turn into something much bigger than either anticipated.  Some of her mistakes could endanger her father’s position as coach and hurt the football program.  When she finally makes the right choice, fate steps in and changes the path once again.

Mark and Montana are going to be tested in every way.  Both are going to struggle to find what is more important, football or love.  When it comes down to it, there isn’t really a choice.

Once again I was glued to the pages waiting to see how the Montgomery coeds survived another year at Montgomery University.  All of the dynamic characters have captured my heart.  Football isn’t the only thing happening on campus.  Love is in the air and ready to score.

*****

The Comeback

Montgomery University Series – Book 4

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Synopsis

Maddy Cassidy has hit her stride at Montgomery University. She has great friends, stellar grades, and sees no bumps on the road to a drama-free junior year. Classes haven’t even started when sparks fly between her and Elijah Hart, a moody Navy SEAL who’s landed in academia after a devastating battlefield experience. He’s not planning on falling for anyone until Maddy’s looks and brains start to get under his skin. Will someone as beautiful as she is be able to look past his life-changing injury? And will Elijah’s passion for Maddy be able to protect her from an unexpected danger?
**Contains plot-driven descriptive consensual sex**

Michel’s Review

Maddy Cassidy could care less about football.  She is there for the academics, a degree in  physics.  Her social life doesn’t revolve around the football team like her roommate Josie Savage.  She’s really not interested in dating.  She just wants to complete her junior year with stellar grades.

Junior year is starting out quite differently than expected.  One of her former roommates has moved on to become an exchange student in London.  Their new roommate Nella, an exchange student from London, is annoying. To top it off, her first encounter with one of the other students at the swimming pool has left her seething.  Not a good start.

Elijah Hart is at Montgomery University, as a guest professor, after he was severely injured. His career as a Navy Seal has ended quite differently than he thought it would.  He’s grateful he’s alive after losing his leg.  Fate has stepped in and landed him at the same university as Josie Savage.  Their torrid vacation affair turned into a close friendship.

He was shocked when the sexy coed he insulted at the pool is none other than one of Josie’s roommate.  He finds Maddy intriguing.  He wants to get to know her better.  He didn’t count on the complications that come from Maddy and Josie’s history.  He’s willing to do anything to get Maddy in his bed and in his life.

Life at Montgomery University is anything but boring.  Maddy has become this season’s poster girl for the football team.  One the players is head over heels in love with her.  She’s not attracted to him, she’s attracted to the new sexy, egotistical professor.

As Elijah and Maddy’s relationship heats up, so does her notoriety.  She is  trying to dissuade a volatile football player attentions, repair her friendship with Josie, learn to tolerate Nella, and keep her grades up.  She’s under pressure.

The pressure escalates as her relationship with Elijah becomes more solid.  What neither of them anticipated was a very dangerous stalker determined to have Maddy for himself.

It’s a life or death situation.  Elijah may be a former Navy Seal but it may not be enough to save Maddy.

I could not put this book down.  This book turned into a pure romantic suspense novel that had me on the edge of my seat with my heart racing a mile a minute.  Kathryn Renard found her niche writing this book.  It was fantastic. I am looking forward to more from this dynamic author. Her writing talent is blossoming.

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Author Bio:

Kathryn Renard Kathryn Renard is an award-winning journalist who has always enjoyed romance novels. She felt there was a need for romances that were more like real-life college years. With this in mind, she started writing. Her modern heroines and swoon-worthy heroes have flaws, but they also have a lot of passion. They may kiss the wrong guy, or sleep with the wrong girl, but her couples are worth rooting for.

Kathryn enjoys books with great plots and great characters, but also great sex scenes. She includes these elements in her books. Her characters do not tend to close the bedroom door on the reader.

In her real life, Kathryn works for a well known national news organization, and lives in Washington, DC with her husband, twin daughters, and two dogs.

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