And the Crowd Went Wild - (Chicago Stars) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back with the latest novel in her beloved Chicago Stars series, featuring a romance between a star quarterback and one of the country's most beautiful--and misunderstood--actresses.

After a mortifying--and very public--humiliation, Dancy Flynn is desperate to find sanctuary far from the crowd. But where can a washed-up sex symbol hide? How about making an unannounced appearance at the secluded lake house of the sweet, sensitive high school boyfriend she hasn't seen in almost twenty years?

But Chicago Stars quarterback Clint Garrett is no longer the kid Dancy remembers. Now he's a gridiron superhero, still holding a massive grudge against her for breaking his teenage heart. With no room in his life for either complexity or distractions, he banishes Dancy to a refurbished old railroad caboose tucked away in the woods...and out of his sight.

Except Dancy's not good at staying invisible. Her efforts to rebuild her career clash with Clint's desperation to regain his focus, all made more challenging by a rescue dog, a local woman in trouble, a meddling mother, an ex with an agenda...and the sizzle of rekindled emotions.

As Dancy attempts to get her life on track and Clint tries to get his groove back, can these two one-time lovers navigate their rocky pasts and complicated present to find themselves...and each other?

Tropes include:

second-chance romanceenemies to loversforced proximitychildhood sweethearts

Review Quotes

"The queen of the football romance is not Taylor Swift. It's Susan Elizabeth Phillips." -- Wall Street Journal

"Re-entering the world of the Chicago Stars is like a beloved friend come to call." -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr

"Susan is the absolute queen of contemporary romance." -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah

"Fall into the addictive voice of Susan Elizabeth Phillips--compulsively readable and deeply satisfying!" -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr

"Readers will want to savor every delectable word in the sublimely talented Phillips' latest Chicago Stars novel, just as one would enjoy the luscious artisanal bonbons crafted by the book's heroine. Infused with addictively acerbic wit and graced with a perfectly matched pair of protagonists whose sexual chemistry is hot enough to melt chocolate, this is Phillips at her dazzling best." -- Booklist (starred review) on Simply the Best