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Jack Bradford is the oldest of the Bradford siblings, my best friend’s brother, and my son’s football coach. He’s six-two, dark hair, ocean-blue eyes, broad shoulders, and a square jaw that’s perpetually flexed. He’s a hero in our small town, and the gentle way he cares for his young daughter will melt your… everything. I’ve done my best to show my interest, even walking down the aisle on his arm four times (in his younger siblings’ weddings). Everyone in Newhope ships us, but he always keeps me at arm’s length.

Chaiyal ""the Heretic"" North, former intergalactic heavyweight champ, flees the wrath of crimelord Gredok the Splithead by going to a place Gredok can't reach—the Reef. A frontier planetoid where citizens try to scratch a living from the rock, the Reef is a lawless land ruled by the strong and the vicious. For Chai, it's a hardscrabble life vastly removed from his former super-stardom. No more media, no more octagon, no more bright lights, and no more mods. When he hits rock bottom, he must carve out a new existence free from the weight of his past.

Kendal Seers might be a lot of things—weird, introverted, boyish-looking—but she’s not stupid. She doesn’t have to learn the same lesson twice. But, when her professor selects her as a counselor in an exclusive program mentoring troubled students, and is assigned the same set of broad shoulders and marble cheekbones, this time she can’t storm off. Why was Nero Roman, star running back, in a program for troubled students? Could it have to do with his small-town roots? Can Kendall lower her guard long enough to find out?

Als Quarterback für die Savannah Sharks hatte James Sullivan immer geglaubt, Football würde seine erste Liebe bleiben. Aber jetzt, wo er seine Tochter allein großzieht, hat er neue Prioritäten. Als die neue Konditionstrainerin des Teams, Daisy Katrakis, ihn auf sein nicht gerade überragendes Spiel hinweist, geraten sie und James aneinander. Er kennt Daisy seit Jahren, und trotz ihrer lästigen Kritik kann er nicht leugnen, wie klug und schön sie ist. Er weiß, dass sie die Situation professionell handhaben sollten, aber es ist schwer, ihre gegenseitige Anziehung zu ignorieren.