First Down: Beyond the Play, Book 1
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3.7 • 48 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Tutoring the new star quarterback in exchange for a few fake dates won’t lead to anything more… right?
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, 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?
First Down is a spicy new adult sports romance with fake dating, dual POV, and a guaranteed HEA. It is the first in a series of linked, yet standalone, novels in the Beyond the Play series.
Customer Reviews
Cute football romance!
I had read books 2 and 3 of Grace’s Beyond The Play series before picking up book 1, so going back to the beginning was a little strange at first! I am so thankful to have gotten this audiobook ARC from Grace and Valentine PR and really enjoyed James and Bex’s story!
James is the star quarterback for his college football team and looking for zero distractions in his final season before he heads to the NFL draft. Bex is over football players- her last boyfriend was a football player who cheated on her and won’t leave her alone even after the break-up. When James needs tutoring, Bex steps up. In exchange, they fake date to keep Bex’s ex off her back. As we all are very familiar with the fake dating trope, I’m sure we can all predict how that turns out. I love how James is so supportive of Bex and the future she could have. Bex has had a tough life so I was cheering for her the whole book to follow her dreams of photography and being with James.
I loved this book a lot and also highly recommend the following two books in the series that are out currently that follow James’s 2 brothers!