Rudy meets Moneyball in a sexy yet warm-hearted, second-chance football romance for fans of Sarah Adams, Tessa Bailey, Monica Murphy, Kristen Callihan, and Lucy Score, as the analytical, math-nerd, type-A daughter of a tough love coach is assigned to babysit the team's adrenaline junkie pass rusher.
Chelsea Parker, 26, knows football, thanks to growing up with a football coach for a father and two linebackers for brothers. But Chelsea's true passion has always been math: crunching numbers to predict statistical outcomes for everything from football to stocks to romance. Chelsea dreams of merging her two passions to become the first female head of analytics for an NFL team. But for now, she's got to convince the powers-that-be at her father's new team, the Mastodons, the worst in the NFL, to give her that entry-level position in the front office.
Luca Maguire, 26, a pass rusher and adrenaline junkie with a famous last name, knows this upcoming training camp with his new team, the Mastodons, will likely be his last, if he can't get out of his own way long enough to make the cut. The dire nature of his circumstances is the only reason Luca didn't quit on the spot when Coach Parker assigned his daughter, Chelsea, a statistics-loving, spreadsheet-making math nerd, as Luca's "personal coach" for the duration of camp. More like his babysitter, if you ask Luca.
Well, okay, Luca didn't quit for that reason and another one: the thing that happened seven years ago between Luca and Chelsea as strangers, when Luca's college football team stayed at the same hotel as Chelsea's mathletes squad. Luca would never admit this to Chelsea, especially not with her being Coach's daughter and the newly assigned bane of his existence, but the truth is Luca hasn't stopped thinking about that cute little mathlete who ditched his ass seven years ago, right before their clothes came off, ever since.
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Lauren Rowe is a USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of spicy, heartfelt romances. A civil litigation attorney for more than a decade, she quit practicing law the same day she was diagnosed with breast cancer and now writes both novels and songs full-time. She is a lifelong football fan and San Diego native who grew up rooting for the Chargers. A UCLA alumna, she lives with her family and dogs in San Diego, CA and can be found online at LaurenRoweBooks.com and @laurenrowebooks on social media.