Falling for your brother’s best friend is a bad idea. Falling for him again is even worse.
Taysom Reed was my teenage crush, AKA my first heartbreak. Now he’s a pro football player, partnering with the university early childhood center where I work, all enthusiastic and helpful. He’s making it very hard to keep my guard up.
We’re supposed to focus on kids and early screening initiatives—not the way he still looks at me after all these years. But as the university pushes him toward flashier projects and my program’s future hangs in the balance, old feelings come rushing back.
I don’t trust his foundation’s motives, the university’s politics, or my own heart—especially because the last time I let myself fall for him, things ended badly. I learned my lesson back then: wanting things is dangerous.
Unfortunately, my rescue kitten, Rookie, didn’t get that memo. He adores Taysom.
Traitor.
Second chances are way too risky. But maybe some plays are worth running twice?
First Down, Second Chances is a closed-door sports romcom featuring a golden retriever hero, brother’s best friend tension, and second-chance chemistry that sizzles without the spice.
Enjoy the other full-length books in The Love Playbook series, which can be read in any order:
Tackle My Heart by Marion De Ré (Football/Soccer)
Love Catch by Laura Langa (Baseball)
Every Breath You Take by Larissa Hommes (Swimming)
Don't Crosse the Line by Britney M. Mills (Lacrosse)
The Neighbor Playbook by Kristine W. Joy (Basketball)
Try for Love by Dana LeCheminant (Rugby)
First Down, Second Chances by Deb Goodman (American Football)
Faking Fore-Ever by Abby Greyson (Golf)
Genre: Romance
Taysom Reed was my teenage crush, AKA my first heartbreak. Now he’s a pro football player, partnering with the university early childhood center where I work, all enthusiastic and helpful. He’s making it very hard to keep my guard up.
We’re supposed to focus on kids and early screening initiatives—not the way he still looks at me after all these years. But as the university pushes him toward flashier projects and my program’s future hangs in the balance, old feelings come rushing back.
I don’t trust his foundation’s motives, the university’s politics, or my own heart—especially because the last time I let myself fall for him, things ended badly. I learned my lesson back then: wanting things is dangerous.
Unfortunately, my rescue kitten, Rookie, didn’t get that memo. He adores Taysom.
Traitor.
Second chances are way too risky. But maybe some plays are worth running twice?
First Down, Second Chances is a closed-door sports romcom featuring a golden retriever hero, brother’s best friend tension, and second-chance chemistry that sizzles without the spice.
Enjoy the other full-length books in The Love Playbook series, which can be read in any order:
Tackle My Heart by Marion De Ré (Football/Soccer)
Love Catch by Laura Langa (Baseball)
Every Breath You Take by Larissa Hommes (Swimming)
Don't Crosse the Line by Britney M. Mills (Lacrosse)
The Neighbor Playbook by Kristine W. Joy (Basketball)
Try for Love by Dana LeCheminant (Rugby)
First Down, Second Chances by Deb Goodman (American Football)
Faking Fore-Ever by Abby Greyson (Golf)
Genre: Romance
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