Protecting Piper

A He Falls First/Body Positivity Sports Romance (Waverly Wildcats, Book 4)

De: Jennifer Bonds

Narrado por: Sean Masters, Kelsey Navarro Foster

Brady Vaughn is sweet, sexy, and totally into me…

Too bad I don’t have time for distractions, especially the relentless football player kind. If I want to graduate next semester, I need to focus on student teaching, not on my love life. But Brady’s incredibly hard to resist. Not only is he the most gorgeous guy I’ve ever laid eyes on, he has the personality to match. He’s sweet. Attentive. Real.

When he crashes my pole dancing class, swearing he’ll return every week until I give him a shot, I’m certain he’ll be the first to crack. But with each passing week, he’s melting my defenses, and it’s getting harder and harder to resist his quiet charm.

The only problem? He doesn’t know about my side hustle as a camgirl, and I plan to keep it that way.

As much as I like Brady, I can’t risk my future—or my career in education—on anything less than a sure thing.

If life has taught me anything, it’s that there are no guarantees, and if my secret gets out, I’m not the only one with something to lose…

Note: Protecting Piper is a spicy new adult sports romance featuring a plus size FMC, he falls first/Golden Retriever, and secret virgin tropes.

©2023 Jennifer Bonds (P)2025 Jennifer Bonds

Protecting Piper

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5🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
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Protecting Piper is the fourth book in the Waverly Wildcats series. This is a sports romance with a small town feel. Piper is a gorgeous curvy woman. She did not have a good childhood. She was raised by a single mom that was in and out of horrible relationships. Her mother has never been loving or supportive of Piper. Brady is such a sweet man. He may look like a grizzly but he is a true cinnamon roll sweetheart. This is his last year to play football. He plans on going back to his family farm. Piper had an anti-dating rule due to her mother’s influence. Piper is a cam girl. It is the only way she was able to pay for her college tuition and expenses. Brady has to put himself in a pretty embarrassing and vulnerable situation just for her to agree to a date. This series is one of the funniest and enjoyable series I’ve read in a while.

Kelsey Navarro Foster and Sean Masters did a fabulous job narrating this book.

Loved this book and the audio was perfection

Protecting Piper was an amazing contemporary sports romance, and the audio was just as good. I loved how the narrators brought the characters to life. This is the first time heard Kelsey Navarro Foster, and let me tell you I absolutely loved her voice. I love her dialect and how her words sounded when narrating Piper. Sean Masters did an amazing job bringing Brady to life. His voice was gruff and deep. I thought the storyline was original and page-turning. This book is part of the Waverly Wildcats series and can be read as a standalone, but I recommend diving in and devouring these books. They are well written and kept me on the edge of my seat to see what would happen next with the characters. This book did not disappoint. The characters were complex and had an undeniable chemistry. I enjoyed the drama, some juicy secrets, and the mild spice were spot on. I am so excited to read and listen to what comes next in this series.

Piper is independent and determined. I loved her body positivity and attitude. She was fun, and Kelsey did an amazing job bringing her to life. Brady was the golden retriever football star. He was focused, and I loved his determination in all the things he did on and off the field. This book and audio are amazing, and I loved following along while listening to this book.

Brady for the win!!😍

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 is the 4th book in the Waverly Wildcats series by Jennifer Bonds, featuring an entertaining opposites attract romance for football player Brady Vaughn and Piper Reynolds. If Piper was going to break her no-dating rules for anyone, it would be the sweet and alluring Brady, but she has a future to focus on and a secret to protect. But Brady is more than wholesome farm boy. He goes all out when he wants something, and he set his sights on Piper. What’s a few dance classes, when the girl of your dreams hangs in the balance?😂 Secrets have a way of getting out, and can affect relationships and life plans.

I feel like this book was directed right at my WV girl heart!!🥰 Brady Vaughn won me over so hard with his golden retriever vibes, heart of gold, love of family and the land, his open-mindedness, and his protective nature.😍 His pursuit of her made me laugh… those class scenes!🤣 My heart went out to Piper over her background, but I was proud of the way she embraced her power emotionally and accepted her beauty. Life as a curvy girl can be a difficult at times. I loved them together, and the way they were able to explore their spicy chemistry together! This story also comes with some outside drama that definitely adds to the angst, and had me stressing. Between Brady’s family and his teammates, you’ll get a good dose of that found family vibe, and it’s always fun to see the characters from the previous books! I can’t wait to see which player is the next to fall!

The recently released audio version is narrated by Sean Masters and Kelsey Navarro Foster, who did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life! Honestly, Sean Masters could read the dictionary and I would enjoy it, but he added another dimension to Brady especially. I just love the way narrators capture the nuances of the characters!
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Brady 👏🏼👏🏼

Brady, the man that you are. 👏🏼

Protecting Piper is book 4 in a series where all 4 books are taking place at the same time. That probably has something to do with the fact these books feel a little recycled, so I recommend choosing which books stand out most and reading them first. I had a lot of fun at the start of the series, but ending it felt more like a chore. That, and the fact that book 1 & 2 were so good that books 3 & 4 are falling short for me.

My favorite to least fav 👇🏼

Book 2 - 4.25 ⭐️
Book 1 - 4 ⭐️
Book 4 - 2.75 ⭐️
Book 3 - 2 ⭐️

With that being said, this wasn’t a bad book. Brady was absolutely perfect. Jennifer’s writing is always on point and I love that she’s always so inclusive while adding in humor and banter. The fmcs general attitude was starting to negatively impact the book though, causing me to feel disconnected from early on. And while I loved Brady, it was very insta love for what felt like nothing. Needless to say, there were a few moments that had me cringing.

Sean Masters & Kelsey Navarro Foster were amazing narrators and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them! All the narrators for this series have been spot 👏🏼 on 👏🏼

Also, random side note. I love when my home state (West Virginia) is mentioned in books. 💙💛

Great performance!

this is book 4 in the Waverly series, and I think it has been my favorite one of all. I love that Piper is independent and doesn't let the fact that she doesn't have a supportive family stop her, but she uses that to push herself. I guess the thing i didn't like was that she allowed herself to be blackmailed

Brady was also very likeable and accepting. loved him

the narrators were amazing ! did a great job!

Piper and Brady

I've had a lot of fun following the Waverly Wildcats crew, and loved Piper and Brady's story. While I have enjoyed getting to know all the couples in this series, Piper and Brady are my favorite. Piper is independent, tough, and very focused on her goals. Despite having an unsupportive mother, Piper is doing what is necessary to earn her degree in Education, including secretly working as a camgirl. Brady is a football player for the Waverly Wildcats who instantly falls for Piper when they first meet. Piper is guarded and has built walls to protect herself and her secrets. Her hesitance does not stop Brady. He is determined to do whatever it takes to convince Piper to give him a chance. Brady is a top-tier book boyfriend. He was down bad for Piper. I loved how he protected and stood up for her. Piper has trust issues that stem from her childhood and difficult relationship with her mother. Brady's persistence, charm, kindness, and huge heart help Piper learn to trust and see she is worthy of love. They are adorable together and I loved the development of their relationship. Protecting Piper is a fun read that put a huge smile on my face.

Narration:
Kelsey Navarro Foster and Sean Masters perform this audiobook using dual-style narration. They delivered wonderful performances and were the perfect voices for Piper and Brady. Kelsey and Sean fully embody the characters, bringing them to life in the best way. They pulled me into the story and made it hard for me to stop listening. Both also did a wonderful job voicing the secondary characters. Kelsey and Sean are gifted voice actors and their voices complemented each other well. This was a fun and engaging listening experience.

It’s Vaughn’s HEA

PROTECTING PIPER is the fourth and final audiobook in the WAVERLY WILDCATS series by Jennifer Bonds. This story is about Piper, an elementary education major who works as a Cam Girl to pay her way through college, and Brady Vaughn, a football player and Agriculture major. Brady saw Piper on his way to a party and never looked back. He pursued her relentlessly until she finally agreed to date him and his instincts that she was the woman for him proved to be true. I really enjoyed this new adult, college, football romance with a Curvy FMC and Virgin MMC with Golden Retriever vibes where he falls first and there is no third act breakup. I cannot tell you how thrilled I was that this was Brady Vaughn’s book. Vaughn played a role in the love stories of at least one of his teammates, and he was so sweet and innocent compared to rest of them. I really wanted to see him get his HEA. I loved Piper as well and admired her self confidence and independence. They were two people with little experience with romance who were just perfect together. Brady was so good at supporting Piper in making her own life choices. He was raised to be the perfect book boyfriend in an estrogen heavy household! The narrators for this audiobook were Kelsey Nevarro Foster and Sean Masters, who did a great job bringing this dual POV story to light. If you enjoy new adult contemporary sports romance,then I recommend giving this audiobook a listen.

I received a free copy of this audiobook via Pinup Audio and I’m voluntarily writing this honest review.

Brady is the definition of a cinnamon roll

Brady is a teddy bear virgin that plays football to help pay for college but plans to return home to run the family farm to help his mom and grandma once he has his degree. Piper works as a cam girl to fund her education towards one day becoming a teacher. Brady becomes infatuated with her right from the start not knowing how she supports herself. He ends up joining her pole dancing class in hopes to woo her but due to her revenue stream she has a no dating policy so things don’t get messy. Their relationship grows and he slowly breaks down her walls but when her “job” is brought to light things get a bit complicated. Overall a cute story with some great laughs. The banter Brady shared with his team and family made the story even better.

(I received an ALC in exchange for my honest review.)

Fantastic Book

I was super lucky enough to get an Advanced Listener Copy for this book. An audio ARC if you will. So my review is freely given.

I absolutely loved this book from start to finish! I was hooked by chapter 2. When Brady tried to help Piper get her shoe unstuck.

The narration was solid on both povs!

The epilogue had me on the floor laughing. I will never look at the Easter Bunny the same again.

Loved it

Piper and Brady are my favorite couple in this series. Piper has a secret and she is afraid Brady will run. Brady is big and burly but is sweet and a gentleman. From beginning to end these two are amazing together. The back and forth between them, will they won’t they. Amazing. The narrators did a great job I had such a good time listening to them. A few chuckles from the way they said things such a great read. I fell in love with Brady just from the way he was presented by Sean.