He lives for the roar of the crowd, the path to the NFL draft laid out plain. Northwood University’s star quarterback, Kaelan Vance, knows distractions are dangerous—he learned that lesson the hard way. But when sharp-tongued waitress Wren Isidro calls him out, seeing straight through his carefully constructed walls, his focus wavers for the first time in years.
Wren has her own playbook: work hard, keep her head down, and escape Asheville the second she graduates. Getting tangled up with the campus golden boy, especially one as intense and guarded as Kaelan, isn't part of the plan. Yet, tutoring him reveals glimpses of the vulnerable man beneath the helmet, sparking a chemistry neither can deny.
As championship pressure mounts and their futures pull them in opposite directions, the lines blur between tutoring and temptation, banter and genuine connection. Can Kaelan risk his lifelong dream for a girl who challenges everything? And can Wren trust the quarterback who holds the power to shatter her heart—or become the one future she never saw coming?
Wren has her own playbook: work hard, keep her head down, and escape Asheville the second she graduates. Getting tangled up with the campus golden boy, especially one as intense and guarded as Kaelan, isn't part of the plan. Yet, tutoring him reveals glimpses of the vulnerable man beneath the helmet, sparking a chemistry neither can deny.
As championship pressure mounts and their futures pull them in opposite directions, the lines blur between tutoring and temptation, banter and genuine connection. Can Kaelan risk his lifelong dream for a girl who challenges everything? And can Wren trust the quarterback who holds the power to shatter her heart—or become the one future she never saw coming?