But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes she's the one who slipped away. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.įast-forward two years. An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his.for one night.įormer beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. But after losing his career and his fianc e in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. I should say, Nice to meet you too it’s the proper southern thing to do before I bring up the rosesbut. He’s got her heart under his foot, and a shovel in tow determined to dig up the past.An Amazon Charts and #1 Kindle Store bestseller.Īn NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills. I step out of the shadows, and his face doesn’t change. But when her muscle-bound, football-playing, heart-stealing ex comes crashing back into her life, she wonders if her feelings for him were dead or merely buried in a shallow grave. For the first time, she is optimistic about the future.

Seven years later, she landed her dream job and the perfect boyfriend. So, she did the only thing she could, cut him out of her life completely, and vowed never to see him again. What was supposed to be the happiest night of Jackie Thomas’s life, quickly became the worst when Darren Williams dumped her for the NFL, leaving her fumbling to pick up the pieces of her shattered heart. Their story is an epic tale of two college students who found true love despite the odds. Reader discretion is advised as the content may be offensive or triggering to some.***) (***Note: This story contains depictions of police brutality and violence, as well as discussions of mental health, depression, and thoughts of suicide. This box set is part of the Insecure and includes:īeauty and the Baller, The Sequel: To Have and to Holdīeauty and the Baller, The Prequel: The College Years

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