LOS ANGELES RIPTIDE SERIES
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The Rivalry - rough contact - the red zone
riptide: a super bowl year - riptide box set
“Heath’s body was greedily enjoying feeling Sam pressed against him again, and wondering why, when it felt so damn good, Heath had fought this so hard.
“I thought we weren’t doing this anymore,” Sam said.
“We’re not.” Heath considered letting him go, but he knew Sam would bolt so he kept his arms firmly pressed against Sam’s body. “I just want to talk, damnit.”
Sam glanced down speculatively. “That’s not what a part of you is saying.””
The first time NFL quarterback Heath Harris meets Sam Crawford, it’s just them, a luxury yacht and a few days of fun in the sun. Sam turns out to be nothing like Heath expects. He’s kind and funny and irreverent—and also unbelievably, shockingly sexy. For three short, glorious, life-changing days, there are no rules.
The second time they meet, Sam has just been traded to Heath’s team, and instead of lovers, now they’re rivals. Heath has spent the last five years working desperately to be the best quarterback the Riptide could ever need, but when injuries threaten to derail his career, Sam is right there, standing on the sideline. Ready to take over, and ready to ruin everything Heath has given his life for.
Rival. Enemy. Teammate. Friend. Lover.
As their orbits collide, sparks fly, and Heath struggles to find the right label and the right box to shove Sam into, hoping to keep him contained. But Sam—and Heath’s feelings—refuse to cooperate.
Sam might not be just one of those things, he might be all of them, and so much more.
“When he got to the door, Neal turned, faced him. “You knew who I was and you still came up and talked to me.”
“Not before, not at the beginning,” Jamie said, “and then it didn’t matter.”
Neal looked exasperated. “How can you say that?”
“I’ve only been a fan of yours forever. When you missed . . .it killed me, too. I . . .just want to talk to you. Pick your brain a little. I’m way out of my league here, I think, and I want this job. Don’t you want someone to take it who deserves it?””
Their romance is forbidden. Their love is a secret.
Neal Fisher knows heartbreak. It's the clock ticking down in the Super Bowl. It's missing the most important field goal of his life. It's losing everything: his thirteen year career as an NFL kicker, his future, and his pride.
Jamie Wright knows love. It's everything on the line as the crowd holds their breath. It's a perfect kick as the ball soars through the goal posts. It's NFL fame and glory laid out before him.
Neal is on his way out, and Jamie—if he can withstand the tryout pressure— is on his way in. The one person Jamie should avoid is the veteran kicker, and the last thing Neal wants is to sink Jamie’s chances. But a chance meeting and a wild and undeniable chemistry proves to be irresistible.
Neal thought he knew heartbreak. Jamie thought he knew love.
They were both wrong.
Their romance is forbidden. Their love is a secret.
But if they trust each other, maybe their growing relationship won't end in tragedy. It might even be the beginning of football’s greatest love story.
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“Spencer glanced up from the hole he was probably wearing into the tablecloth with his intense stare, and nearly swallowed his tongue.
He’d been out since his junior year of college, but he’d never gotten used to talking to cute guys.
And this guy? He wasn’t just cute.
He was stunning. Utterly handsome. Bone-meltingly hot. And about a hundred other adjectives that Spencer couldn’t formulate in his short-circuited brain.”
Spencer’s deep in the Red Zone and it’s time to even the score.
Nine years ago Spencer Evans became the first player out of the closet to be drafted into the NFL. Everyone believed he had aspirations to change the world but all Spencer ever wanted to do was play football for a team that accepted him wholeheartedly. But they never would, and Spencer began to conceal all the parts that made him different.
When a terrible injury forces him to re-evaluate his life and his choices, he realizes there’s only one man who can help him.
The very first gay sports agent, Alec Mitchell has given his life and his career to making queer athletes’ dreams come true. He can’t help but think of Spencer as the one who got away—professionally and personally.
Alec thought he’d buried his desperate longing for Spencer ages ago but it turns out it was just lying dormant, waiting for the right spark. When he begs Alec to take him on as a client, everything they’ve been burying for years surfaces once again.
With Alec’s help, Spencer can change everything about his life he’s come to hate. An extraordinary future—and an undeniably extraordinary man—are waiting for him. The play has been called. All he has to do is catch the ball and score.
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“Heath’s hands slid inwards, and were soft, gentle, cradling his face like he was the most precious thing on earth.
Sam swallowed hard.
It was always easier to indulge in the heat between them—not look directly at the vulnerability Heath opened up to him.
The vulnerability Heath never showed anyone else.
”
Before the Piranhas, before the Condors . . .there was the Riptide.
They won a Super Bowl at the end of The Rivalry - and are looking to win another.
In the final Piranhas book, Playing Deep, the Piranhas play in the AFC Championship, for the right of who will go to the Super Bowl.
Spoiler Alert: the Piranhas do not win that game.
But the Riptide do – and then they go on to play in the Super Bowl two weeks later.
This is that story.
Please note: this bonus material is only for readers of the Riptide series and does not function as a standalone.
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Steamy hot action, on and off the field, with the unlikeliest of couples. Intense rivalries. Forbidden love. Second chances.
These players may be titans of the game, but once time expires, can they find the love they’ve been searching for?
THE RIVALRY: Heath and Sam are two quarterbacks battling for the starting spot on the Los Angeles Riptide, but their past fling and intense chemistry make it difficult to ignore the powerful and inconvenient attraction they share. Their love affair could destroy everything, including their Super Bowl hopes, or maybe it could finally give them something—or someone—to win for.
ROUGH CONTACT: As a rookie kicker trying to make it to the final roster of the Los Angeles Riptide, Jamie shouldn’t have anything to do with the kicker they’ve just fired. While Neal might be a football legend, he’s also a man, struggling with failure and rejection. He should stay far away from Jamie, but a chance meeting brings them together, and an unlikely connection means it’s impossible to stay away, until they finally realize that it must be love. Fate might have united them, but football could destroy them—unless they learn how to stand together.
THE RED ZONE: The one thing out-and-trying-to-be-proud defensive star Spencer Evans has always wanted besides accolades and lots and lots of wins is acceptance. But he’s never gotten it, and ten years into his career, he’s tired of waiting. He turns to an old friend—and an old crush—hoping that with agent Alec’s help, Spencer can change everything about his life he’s come to hate. Including, maybe even finding love with the one man who’s always eluded him.