#55 Tackling Sports Romance

<p>Jen and Jackie may not be the most coordinated, sporty people out there, but we sure do love sporty romance books! Jen leads this discussion this time into the history and objectives of sports, and why we, romance nerds, feel so attracted to all those...tight ends.</p><p></p><p>(Jackie's buzz word this month is apparently "zeitgeist;" she's so sorry)</p><p></p><p>Books we mention:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/alexa-martin/playbook/">Playbook series by Alexa Martin</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/jamie-wesley/fake-it-till-you-bake-it.htm">Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/nichole-rose/playing-for-keeps/">Playing For Keeps by Nichole Rose</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/hannah-grace/icebreaker.htm">Icebreaker by Hannah Grace</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/lyssa-kay-adams/bromance-book-club/">Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/jen-frederick/">Jen Frederick</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/helena-hunting/pucked/">Pucked series by Helena Hunting</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/ashley-bennett/leviathan-fitness/">Leviathan Fitness series by Ashley Bennett</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/kennedy-ryan/">Kennedy Ryan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/j-t-geissinger/melt-for-you.htm">Melt For You by J.T. Geissinger</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/karina-halle/forbidden-man.htm">The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Sources:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Sport-Introduction-2nd/dp/0897893301">The Anthropology of Sport: An Introduction (Blanchard, 1995)</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sport#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20sports%20extends%20back%20to%20the,development%20of%20basic%20human%20skills%20%28compare%20pl