Roman Cross is done.
Fifteen years of professional soccer, three championship rings, and a body that's finally betraying him. At thirty-five, he's facing retirement—and the terrifying question of who he is when he can't play anymore.
Enter Dr. Autumn Blake.
Twenty-six, brilliant, and armed with sports psychology theories that make Roman want to run in the opposite direction. She's supposed to help him transition gracefully into retirement, but all she does is challenge everything he believes about himself.
Professional boundaries should keep them apart.
The nine-year age gap should matter. His bitter resistance to her "touchy-feely nonsense" should end things before they start. But when Roman's carefully controlled world starts cracking, Autumn sees the man beneath the legend—vulnerable, lost, and worth fighting for.
She risks her career getting close to him.
He risks his heart trusting someone who represents everything he's afraid of becoming—irrelevant, forgotten, finished.
But what happens when the final whistle blows and they're forced to choose between the safe professional distance they should maintain and the explosive connection they can't deny?
Can a has-been athlete and a rising star psychologist prove that the most important victories happen off the field?
Genre: Romance
Fifteen years of professional soccer, three championship rings, and a body that's finally betraying him. At thirty-five, he's facing retirement—and the terrifying question of who he is when he can't play anymore.
Enter Dr. Autumn Blake.
Twenty-six, brilliant, and armed with sports psychology theories that make Roman want to run in the opposite direction. She's supposed to help him transition gracefully into retirement, but all she does is challenge everything he believes about himself.
Professional boundaries should keep them apart.
The nine-year age gap should matter. His bitter resistance to her "touchy-feely nonsense" should end things before they start. But when Roman's carefully controlled world starts cracking, Autumn sees the man beneath the legend—vulnerable, lost, and worth fighting for.
She risks her career getting close to him.
He risks his heart trusting someone who represents everything he's afraid of becoming—irrelevant, forgotten, finished.
But what happens when the final whistle blows and they're forced to choose between the safe professional distance they should maintain and the explosive connection they can't deny?
Can a has-been athlete and a rising star psychologist prove that the most important victories happen off the field?
Genre: Romance
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