Book review: Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison

3.5⭐
Genre ~ sports romance
Series ~ Manchester Bees Football Club #1
Setting ~ England
Publication date ~ March 31, 2026
Publisher ~ Dreamscape Media
Est Page Count ~ 277 (19 chapters)
Audio length ~ 7 hours 47 minutes
Narrator ~ Avery May
POV ~ single 3rd
Featuring ~ grumpy/sunshine, PR rep, team manager, workplace romance, very minimal steamage

My review:

Scarlett leaves the states to take on a PR job for the Manchester Bees Football Club, for both the men’s and women’s teams. When she lands at the airport she texts her driver to pick her up. Turns out, though, that it’s the wrong person, but that doesn’t stop them from texting back and forth for weeks. Could Mr. Wrong Number actually turn out to be the Right Man?

Theo is the manager and a right grump. And he hates American’s, so he and Scarlett don’t get off on the right foot.

There’s some sexism going on with the men’s team being favored even though the women’s team is outperforming them. Didn’t care too much for that.

Overall, I enjoyed it. A little bit of lack of communication, but it wasn’t too bad. The ending, while satisfying for now, was a little abrupt. I wonder if we’ll some updates on them as the series continues on.

Cover gripe ~ he’s described as having dirty blonde hair. Cover dude looks more like a brunette to me.

Narration notes:
She did fine, and since it was single 3rd I suppose it’s fine we only had the one narrator. She did pretty good British and Scottish accents. A little iffy for the men at times, but still overall I didn’t hate it.

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I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.

Book blurb:

One wrong number. Two stubborn hearts. And a whole lot of texts in between.

Scarlett Simmons apologizes for everything. For existing, for speaking up, for accidentally dousing grumpy British football managers in scalding coffee. Her therapist says it’s a problem. Her ex said she was “too much.” So when she lands in Manchester to resurrect England’s worst football club from PR hell, she’s determined to be less . . . herself.

Except she can’t seem to stop clashing with Theo Ross, the club’s infuriatingly proper manager who wears ties like armor and treats her American optimism like a personal offense. He’s all cool professionalism and withering glances. She’s all big ideas and nervous necklace-fiddling. They’re a disaster.

But then there’s the mystery man she’s been texting since she landed. A wrong number that turned into late-night conversations, random questions about eye color and neckties, and a connection so easy it makes her forget to apologize. With him, she’s not too much. She’s exactly enough.

As the football season heats up and the stakes get higher, Scarlett finds herself caught between the job that could make her career and the feelings that could break her heart. Because sometimes the most complicated plays happen off the field.

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