First Down (Beyond the Play #1)
Grace Reilly
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
3.58
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 149 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 14
- college 14
- new adult 13
- sports 13
- athlete hero 13
- friends with benefits 12
- friends to lovers 10
- rich hero 10
- football 9
- fake relationship 9
- poor heroine 9
- working class heroine 9
- independent heroine 9
- sweet/gentle hero 9
- forced proximity 8
- m-f romance 7
- class difference 6
- praise kink 6
- insta-love 5
- height difference 5
- competent heroine 5
- funny 4
- alpha male 4
- young adult 2
- possessive hero 2
- hockey 1
- found family 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 10
- mental illness 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- past abuse 1
- geography
- new york state 5
- north america 3
- usa 3
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 14
- first person pov 4
romance tags
The 'Beyond the Play' series
3.69 · 420 ratings
audiobook · college · m-f · contemporary · new adult · sports · new-york-state · friends-benefits · dual-pov · athletes · length-long · hockey · usa · humor · forced proximity · spanking · super rich hero · found-family · alpha male · competent heroine
Beyond the Play reading order and complete book list ❯
