Star quarterback for my high school team, I was at the top of my game. Everyone wanted a piece of me. Except the one person I wanted to give all of me to.

Straight A student and swimming champion, Melinda Shepard had no interest in me or my football glory or my dating rep sheet. A few years ago, we’d been friends, but that relationship went up in flames before we had time to really get to know each other. When her life is at risk one night and I’m the only one there to care for her, I’m back in the friendship zone. Finally. Years later, our chemistry hasn’t faded, and that attraction between us is still burning. Even though my heart belongs to her and I’m pretty sure hers is mine too, Melinda is trying to keep me at arm’s length, hiding a life-threatening secret from me, one that could ruin her and put our blooming relationship in jeopardy too.

Now that truths are being exposed and feelings are being hurt, our friendship may be the only thing salvageable. Until an unexpected new challenge complicates our new reality. Never had I imagined that falling in love with the girl of my dreams would turn out to be the hardest play of my life, one that would change me forever.

As pain, lies, and unsaid words mix, do we have a chance at love or is our relationship doomed from the start?

Kickoff is book one in the Touchdown series. It’s a spinoff from the Wrecked series.

Kickoff is perfect for fans of football, romance, high school, college, teenagers, Young adult, YA, coming of age, body image issues, eating disorder issues, small town, LA Cotton, Jillian Dodd, Sarah Adams, Elle Kennedy, Erin Watt, Gracie Grahams, Jenny Han, Lynn Painter, Kasie West, emotional love stories, realistic story line, childhood best friends, enemies to lovers, friendship, family, swimming, sports romance, contemporary fiction, novels, Nicholas Sparks.