Ballers and Babes

When I enter the Most Valuable Playboy charity auction, my goal is simple—be the player who goes for the most dough. But when trouble shows up at the auction, I need a whole new play. Enter Violet—she’s my best friend’s sister, and she’s my close friend, too. With a smile as sweet as cherry pie and a mind that runs quicker than the 40-yard dash, Violet saves the day with the highest bid. I don’t even give her a two-minute warning before I kiss her in front of the whole crowd and then announce that she’s my girlfriend.

When the star receiver needs to rehab his rep, he turns to the only woman who can help...but fighting their desires is the toughest play of all. An addictive revamp of number one NYT best seller Lauren Blakely’s popular sports romance! I’ve been daydreaming about the off-limits player for years, and resisting him just got harder.... As the team’s publicist, I desperately need a football player to be the face of our charity calendar. Turns out our onetime party-boy receiver Jones Beckett needs a savvy PR woman to manage his new good-guy rep.

Things that suck on my wedding day - walking in on my groom kissing another woman 20 minutes before the ceremony. Things that suck worse? The woman he’s kissing is my mom. I head straight for the bowling alley bar down the street and ask for a double. And in walks a deliciously charming local football hero - Harlan Taylor. Yes, I’ll take another drink in the form of a one-night stand with this hunk of a man. In the morning, he asks if I want to get together again. More rebound nookie? Yes please!

What I should do as the new quarterback in Los Angeles: win games. What I shouldn’t do: try to win over the sexy, sassy, fiery woman who works in the VP suite for the team. I don’t always follow the good guy rules, though, especially when I want to take her home. Again. Then up against the wall. Again. Then, out to breakfast the next morning.