Falling Stars (Wild at Heart #2)
Lex Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
4.17
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 16 ratings · 404 pages · Published: 23 Jul 2025

Maverick Walker was my best friend, my safe place—the boy I trusted with my whole heart—until one reckless kiss in high school ruined everything. Now, he’s an NFL football player, and I’m a struggling small-town hairstylist, newly single and expecting a baby. With my ex gone and someone vandalizing my business, my life feels like it’s crumbling beneath me.
When my best friend Paige suggests hiding out in Maverick’s swanky condo to regroup while he’s recovering from an injury in New York, it seems like a lifeline.
Except he comes home. Unexpectedly. When I’m half-dressed.
Now I’m stuck in his orbit again, unprepared for the way he still makes my heart race. Maverick is charming, ridiculously hot, and as off-limits as ever. But I have bigger problems than his smoldering smile—like figuring out who’s targeting me and why they won’t stop.
As the threats escalate, so do Maverick’s protective instincts. But with his life in New York and mine in Texas, our worlds couldn’t be further apart. And yet, with danger closing in, his arms are the only safe haven I have left.
But how do I let him protect me without risking my heart again—when loving him feels as out of reach as a falling star?
Falling Stars is a single mom, forced proximity, friends to lovers romance with second chance vibes. If you enjoy charming cowboys, sassy heroines, or secretive small towns, this book is for you!
Tagged as:
- sports 6
- football 6
- friends to lovers 6
- multicultural 6
- contemporary 5
- forced proximity 5
- single mother 5
- athlete hero 5
- rich hero 5
- suspense 4
- found family 3
- cowboy hero 3
- western 3
- m-f romance 3
- second chances 3
- small town 3
- working class heroine 3
- poor heroine 3
- independent heroine 3
- competent heroine 3
- class difference 2
- abduction 2
- curvy heroine 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- sweet/gentle heroine 2
- latinx mc 2
- mystery 1
- other man/woman 1
- angst 1
- pregnancy 1
- sassy heroine 1
- possessive hero 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past child abuse 2
- geography
- north america 1
- usa 1
- texas 1
- Format
- dual pov 2
- first person pov 1
romance tags
The 'Wild at Heart' series
46 ratings 4.20 ·
sassy heroine · friends to lovers · angst · strong heroine · competent heroine · suspense · dual-pov · sweet-hero · m-f · cowboys · contemporary · possessive hero · pregnancy · forced proximity · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · height-difference · sports · north-america · past-child-abuse
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