The Scrambler

Jax Callahan has never fumbled a snap. Harper Lawson is about to make him lose his grip on everything else.

Jax is the golden-armed senior quarterback of the Brantley Redtails, a Heisman frontrunner with a legendary father, a brand-deal empire, and a secret he would take to his grave: his hands shake before every kickoff, and he is one bad night away from falling apart in front of sixty thousand people.

Then a student columnist calls him "a highlight reel with a haircut," and the whole campus applauds.

Harper has exactly one rule: never get close to a player. She learned that the hard way. Now she is chasing the story of her career, a booster slush fund buried deep inside the football program, and the only way to get access is to stay on the sideline. When a viral clip of her ripping into Jax is mistaken for flirting, his sponsors, his coach, and half the internet decide they are the perfect couple.

The deal is simple: twelve weeks, public dates, no feelings. He gets a squeaky-clean image. She gets all-access credentials.

Neither of them expects the fake kisses to feel real, or the late-night "rehearsals" to turn into something that leaves them both breathless. Jax, who has never needed anyone, cannot stop reaching for the girl who tells him the truth. Harper, who built her walls out of deadlines and distrust, keeps ending up in his bed, and in his arms afterward.

But the story she is chasing leads straight to the people he would die to protect. When the truth comes out, someone is going to lose everything.

Tropes: Fake Dating • College Football • Enemies to Lovers • He Falls First • Forced Proximity • Dual POV • Found Family • Happily Ever After