STRUCK SPEECHLESS - Tati Richardson
Boss Chicks Village Series (Book #2)
Generous Press
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Jennifer Brown (A+)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
REVIEW: Sports agent Jackie Miles has built her entire life around being in control—her client roster is legendary, her instincts are razor-sharp, and she has exactly zero interest in letting anyone get close enough to disrupt the world she has so carefully constructed. Then Antonio Steele—former NFL star turned rival agent and the man she walked away from after one perfect night in Las Vegas ten years ago—walks back into her professional orbit. Just as the tension between them reaches a boiling point, Jackie inexplicably loses her voice. Not ordinary laryngitis, but something far more mysterious: a cryptic encounter with a stranger who tells her she must "quiet her tongue and listen with her heart." With a career-defining client trip to Mexico on the line and only Antonio by her side, Jackie has no choice but to do the one thing she has spent a decade refusing to do—let her guard down. STRUCK SPEECHLESS is a delightful romantic comedy with a genuine touch of magic, and I could not put it down.
Jackie is a fully realized, wonderfully complex heroine. She is fiercely independent, occasionally prickly, and absolutely brilliant at her job—and Tati Richardson never asks you to see those qualities as flaws to be fixed. Jackie's walls are understandable, and her journey toward trusting again feels earned rather than forced. She is not softened by love so much as she is opened by it, and that distinction makes all the difference.
Antonio is the best kind of second-chance hero — patient, perceptive, and absolutely certain about who he wants, even when she is doing everything in her power to make it difficult. What makes him so compelling is that he is not simply waiting for Jackie to leave. He sees her clearly, he respects her fully, and he meets her complexity with his own. Their relationship is multi-layered and complicated in all the right ways, with a history that adds genuine weight to every scene they share.
The magical element — Jackie's mysterious lost voice and the enigmatic figure behind it — is woven into the story with a wonderfully light hand. It never overtakes the romance; instead, it serves as a beautifully crafted narrative device that forces two stubborn, intelligent people to finally stop talking past each other and start truly listening. The Mexico setting gives the story warmth, color, and just the right amount of romantic atmosphere to let their connection breathe and bloom.
I came to STRUCK SPEECHLESS via LOSING SIGHT (Book #1) in the series, which I read first and found absolutely amazing. I wanted the full context before diving into Jackie and Antonio's story, and I am so glad I did—though I suspect STRUCK SPEECHLESS would delight any reader regardless of where they begin. Tati Richardson's literary talent for bringing characters fully, vividly to life on the page is outstanding. She writes with wit, warmth, and tremendous emotional intelligence, and this book left me hungry for everything she writes next. A solid A+, and I cannot wait to see what this series brings next.
25th April 2026 | romcol@caribsurf.com
Jackie is a fully realized, wonderfully complex heroine. She is fiercely independent, occasionally prickly, and absolutely brilliant at her job—and Tati Richardson never asks you to see those qualities as flaws to be fixed. Jackie's walls are understandable, and her journey toward trusting again feels earned rather than forced. She is not softened by love so much as she is opened by it, and that distinction makes all the difference.
Antonio is the best kind of second-chance hero — patient, perceptive, and absolutely certain about who he wants, even when she is doing everything in her power to make it difficult. What makes him so compelling is that he is not simply waiting for Jackie to leave. He sees her clearly, he respects her fully, and he meets her complexity with his own. Their relationship is multi-layered and complicated in all the right ways, with a history that adds genuine weight to every scene they share.
The magical element — Jackie's mysterious lost voice and the enigmatic figure behind it — is woven into the story with a wonderfully light hand. It never overtakes the romance; instead, it serves as a beautifully crafted narrative device that forces two stubborn, intelligent people to finally stop talking past each other and start truly listening. The Mexico setting gives the story warmth, color, and just the right amount of romantic atmosphere to let their connection breathe and bloom.
I came to STRUCK SPEECHLESS via LOSING SIGHT (Book #1) in the series, which I read first and found absolutely amazing. I wanted the full context before diving into Jackie and Antonio's story, and I am so glad I did—though I suspect STRUCK SPEECHLESS would delight any reader regardless of where they begin. Tati Richardson's literary talent for bringing characters fully, vividly to life on the page is outstanding. She writes with wit, warmth, and tremendous emotional intelligence, and this book left me hungry for everything she writes next. A solid A+, and I cannot wait to see what this series brings next.
25th April 2026 | romcol@caribsurf.com
