book cover of Striking For You
 

Striking For You

(2025)
(The second book in the Cinnamon FC Stars series)
A Story by

 
 
I'm fake dating my childhood best friend but everything feels real...

I finally leave my jealous boyfriend.
But when he shows up at my door, demanding answers, Nate steps in and tells him I'm his.

Nate, my childhood best friend.
Now a star striker for Cinnamon FC, Nate has every woman fawning over him.
He’s moved in to protect me.
He’s flirting like we have just met.
Looking at me like he never did before.
And he’s making it impossible to see him as the little boy I once knew.

Our relationship is supposed to be fake.
But the way he said "She's mine"?
Or the way he cares for me like no man has ever before?
It feels real.
Too real.
There’s nothing fake about the way it makes me ache...

"Cinnamon FC Stars" is a series of short and steamy standalone reads that take place in the small Pepys Island, highlighting the men who play for Cinnamon FC and, all of which can be read in any order. No cliffhangers and no cheating. Happily-ever-after guaranteed every time! If you love curvy girl, he falls first, childhood best friend, friends to lovers, small-town romance, then you'll love April and Nate's story.


Genre: Romance

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