Marching Offsides


A.M. Williams - 2020
    She plays her music and calls it a day. But when she’s paired with King University’s star quarterback for a class project, she discovers that football might not be all that confusing.Jackson is the big man on campus and star quarterback. People love him and flock to wherever he is. He doesn’t realize how much he hates it until he meets Camden, a girl that acts like she doesn’t know who he is.Can two people from different social groups overcome the expectations placed on them to find true love?This was originally published as part of the Heart Beats Music Anthology, a charity anthology that donated all proceeds to the Mercery Phoenix Trust. The story is the exact same as what was published there, just by itself now.

And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United


Phil Hay - 2021
    

Tease


Caitlin Daire - 2016
     He’s a rich, arrogant quarterback with an ego so big I could camp on it, and of course, all the girls want him. Except me. Sure, he’s ridiculously attractive, but I went to school with him, so I know exactly what he’s like, and it’s not good. He made my life a living hell back in the day, and the mere sight of him makes me want to puke despite his gorgeous face and panty-melting abs. Getting involved with him for just one steamy, drunken encounter a few nights ago was a huge mistake… and it’s never going to happen again. It’s too bad that our parents are engaged, because not only do I now have to see Cade every day and play happy families with him, I have to live with the prick. Thank god the house is huge, so I can easily avoid him and his devilish charms….right? Wrong… CADE I’m the star player on my college football team, and as you can imagine, chicks basically throw themselves at me on a daily basis. All except one—Charlotte Rubio. She can’t stand me, and every time she sees me, she looks like she wants to kill me. It only makes me want her more. We actually nearly hooked up one drunken night a while ago, but that was cut short when she realized who I was—her old school nemesis, apparently, although for the life of me I can’t figure out why. She’s made it pretty damn clear that it’s never going to happen again, and now that our parents are getting married, she’s become even more off-limits for me. But one way or another, I’ll make her see that I’m the right one for her, and when that happens, I’m gonna tease her until she’s begging for it… **Tease is a full-length romance with NO cheating, NO cliffhanger & a guaranteed happy ending! Bonus book included.**

Defenseless


Amy Jarecki - 2021
    Help his team win a bowl game, 2. Ace his exams and, most importantly, 3. Women are completely, utterly, and irrevocably off-limits.Strait-laced accounting major, Vivian Ellis, hasn't watched a complete game of football in her life. And when she receives her tutoring assignment, the last student she expects is Cade. Not only has the football star earned a reputation as the best looking heart-breaker on campus, his recent trial has made him notorious.But Cade is done with his past and he wants to prove it. When his teammates invite him to a celebration in his honor, he asks Vi to come along to keep the party-girls at bay. Except when Vi shows up without her glasses, she's as sexy-hot as a runway model. Worse, his tutor is as off-limits as any woman can get. As the season continues, sparks fly while their chemistry darts from simmering to scorching. Until everything is blown to hell. Challenged by hateful rumors and a devastating injury, will these star-crossed lovers find the mettle to get back in the game?