BLURB
An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills.
Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancée in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his…for one night.
Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.
Fast-forward two years. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But he has no idea who she is.
The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes she’s the one who slipped away.
Has this jaded beauty found her forever baller, or will his past keep them apart?
You survived and came out on the other side flawed . . . yet beautiful.
ARC REVIEW
Ronan was at an all time low after losing his fiancée in a tragic accident, but also losing his career. Until he met a mysterious woman dressed as Princess Leia at a party. They had a one night stand, but after that night things changed for Ronan. Nova is a former beauty queen, she has a thing for football players. Now, she is back in her small Texas town after the loss of her mother to take care of her younger sister. What she doesn’t expect is her one night stand from two years prior to be her new neighbor.
I LOVED Ronan and Nova. The second they meet there are insane amounts of chemistry between the two of them. Even after two years, there is so much chemistry between them. I loved the tension, the banter, the sweet moments. Both have their own fears and worries when it comes to relationships, but I loved that both of them were able to help each other see more in themselves.
I loved the secondary characters, especially Sabine (Nova’s sister), Toby, Milo and Bruno (who are football players that Ronan coaches), Sonia, and Skeeter!
If you only read one book this year, it should be this one!
If you’re looking for a small town, fake relationship, workplace, sports romance this is one to read!
