Description

She never forgives anyone who sees through her. He’s never been able to look away.

Maddie Pierce has built her life on control. As Director of Public Relations for Bluegrass Union FC, she manages headlines, egos and crises without breaking a sweat. She keeps everyone at arm’s length, because people who get close eventually leave, and she’d rather be the one who goes first.

Ben Christiansen grew up between Aachen and Nürnberg. He’s spent his career charming every dressing room in Europe and America. Now he’s in Louisville, Kentucky, transferred to the club where his oldest friend, Max Schultz, coaches, and face to face with the one woman who’s immune to him. Two years ago, he caught her mid-rant, saw the flinch she tried to hide, and she has never forgiven him for it.

What starts as sharp-tongued sparring at a friend’s wedding becomes something neither of them planned: late-night texts, reluctant truces, and the unsettling realisation that the man she can’t stand may be the only one who truly sees her.

But Ben carries more than an easy smile. He has spent his whole career dodging the questions about where he comes from, and the closer Maddie gets, the harder it is to keep the answer buried.

An emotional, open-door, enemies-to-lovers football romance. For readers who love slow burn, found family, and a hero who is far gentler than anyone expects.