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Highlights
- USA Today BestsellerWelcome to McKee University in this spicy adult sports romance, first in the BookTok sensation Beyond the Play series.Tutoring the star quarterback in exchange for a few fake dates won't lead to anything more... right?JamesFootball is my everything.
- Author(s): Grace Reilly
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Romance
- Series Name: Beyond the Play
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Book Synopsis
USA Today Bestseller
Welcome to McKee University in this spicy adult sports romance, first in the BookTok sensation Beyond the Play series.
Tutoring the star quarterback in exchange for a few fake dates won't lead to anything more... right?
James
Football is my everything. I live, eat, breathe the sport. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I'm faced with another consequence: retake and pass the writing class I failed at my last college or lose any chance I have at making it big. That's where fellow senior Beckett Wood--gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type--comes in.
She's the key to my success in this class... but the price of her help is a fake relationship, and I never do things halfway.
Bex
I don't mess around with athletes--I've already learned that lesson--and at first glance, handsome, self-assured James Callahan is no exception. He wants me to help him pass the writing class we're both stuck taking, but I'm too busy to take on yet another responsibility. But when his teammate--my cheating ex--won't leave me alone, I realize I need to convince him I've moved on... and what better way than by pretending to be with James, who wants nothing to do with a real relationship?
Yet with every fake kiss, James pulls me deeper into a place that thrills and terrifies me. Why does he make me feel alive like no one else has?
And why don't I want it to end?
TROPES
College-set fake dating
Sizzling banter
Sports romance with the star of the football team
Swoon-worthy yearning
Filled with swoons, spice, sports, and the ultimate book boyfriend, First Down is a don't-miss adult college sports romance!
Review Quotes
"When I'm craving sports romance with sparkling banter, delicious tension, and page-melting dirty talk, I reach for Grace Reilly's Beyond the Play series every time. Grace Reilly is the queen of sports romance!" -- Stephanie Archer, nationally bestselling author of the Vancouver Storm series
"Charm, humor, and sizzling tension. Reilly writes the perfect blend of swoon and spice."
-- Bal Khabra, USA Today bestselling author of Collide on Wicked Serve
"Wicked Serve is a sweet and spicy read that brings all the swoon. I love a good grumpy/sunshine romance, and the chemistry between Nikolai and Izzy was sizzling. I was so sad to see it end!"
-- Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author
"Grace Reilly delivers with a sexy, smart, swoon-worthy sports romance. Perfect for readers looking for a red hot read."
-- B.K. Borison, author of Lovelight Farms on Wicked Serve
"Opposites truly do attract in this true-to-form romantic comedy! Reilly returns to the Callahan family one last time--blending steamy love scenes and tender moments into a heartfelt romance." -- Peyton Corinne, author of Unsteady, on Wicked Serve
"Reilly will have sports romance readers swooning." -- Publishers Weekly on Wicked Serve
"Reilly brings her A game . . . serving up exactly what her readers crave most." -- Booklist on Wicked Serve
"Lots of sneaking around and secret hook-ups . . . would highly recommend it to fellow sports romance readers." -- The Nerd Daily on Wicked Serve