First Down (Beyond the Play #1)
Grace Reilly
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
3.57
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 165 ratings · 371 pages · Published: 05 Sep 2022
James
Football is my everything. I live, eat, breathe the sport. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I’m faced with another consequence: retake and pass the writing class I failed at my last college or lose any chance I have at making it big. That’s where fellow senior Beckett Wood—gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type—comes in.
She’s the key to my success in this class… but the price of her help is a fake relationship, and I never do things halfway.
Bex
I don’t mess around with athletes—I’ve already learned that lesson—and at first glance, handsome, self-assured James Callahan is no exception. He wants me to help him pass the writing class we’re both stuck taking, but I’m too busy to take on yet another responsibility. But when his teammate—my cheating ex—won’t leave me alone, I realize I need to convince him I’ve moved on… and what better way than by pretending to be with James, who wants nothing to do with a real relationship?
Yet with every fake kiss, James pulls me deeper into a place that thrills and terrifies me. Why does he make me feel alive like no one else has?
And why don’t I want it to end?
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Tagged as:
- contemporary 17
- college 17
- athlete hero 16
- new adult 15
- sports 15
- friends with benefits 14
- fake relationship 12
- working class heroine 12
- football 11
- friends to lovers 11
- rich hero 11
- sweet/gentle hero 11
- poor heroine 10
- independent heroine 10
- m-f romance 10
- forced proximity 9
- class difference 8
- praise kink 8
- insta-love 7
- height difference 7
- competent heroine 6
- funny 5
- alpha male 5
- possessive hero 4
- found family 2
- young adult 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- tortured heroine 2
- anal sex 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 12
- mental illness 3
- past abuse 3
- suicide / ideation 2
- past child neglect 2
- slut shaming 2
- self harm 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- geography
- new york state 6
- north america 3
- usa 2
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 17
- first person pov 7
- standalone 2
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The 'Beyond the Play' series
3.71 · 480 ratings
first-person-pov · new-york-state · anal sex · praise-kink · dual-pov · friends-benefits · sweet-hero · athletes · super rich hero · college · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · competent heroine · sports · new adult · explicit-open-door · standalone · possessive hero · grumpy sunshine
Beyond the Play reading order and complete book list ❯
