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It’s easy to convince the world that
you have it all.
I’m Quinn Miller––record breaking
running back, professional football’s favorite rags-to-riches story, all-around
good guy.
What’s not so easy? Repairing your
reputation after mistakes both on and off the field leave you labeled as a
disgrace to the league.
With only one team willing to give me
a chance, I have no time for a relationship.
But after one night with Georgia
Reed, the hopeless romantic with fiery red hair and an attitude to match, I’m
hooked.
With Georgia cheering me on, it
doesn’t feel like the world is against me anymore.
That is, until her father steps into
the locker room as my new head coach.
Finding the woman of my dreams was
the easy part; it’s keeping her that will be the hardest play of all.
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Excerpt
“Quinn Miller? Is that really you?”
I turned, and my eyes landed on a
face that I hadn’t forgotten. “Georgia Reed.”
Her lips parted in a smile that lit up her entire
face, and she jumped from the stool she’d been perched on next to where my
sister had been sitting and threw her arms around my shoulders. “I thought I
saw you walk in earlier!”
I wrapped my arms around her waist
and gave a quick squeeze before pulling back and looking her up and down.
I’d met Georgia last year at my best
friend, Aiden’s, Christmas party. Her brother was a famous orthopedic surgeon
who’d saved Aiden’s knee after a devastating hit. The two of them had forged a
friendship, and Dr. Hampton Reed had brought his sister along when he’d been
invited to the famous Shaw Christmas Party.
I’d seen her from across the room
that night, unable to miss the gorgeous auburn hair that she’d let flow down her
back. I’d walked over to introduce myself, but her green eyes had sparkled when
she informed me that she already knew exactly who I was.
I wasn’t sure what I’d said after
that, probably something ridiculous and cheesy, but we’d spent the rest of the
evening chatting.
“How ya been?” I asked.
She stuck the straw that was floating
in a pink drink between her pink lips and lifted a shoulder. After a quick sip
of a fruity cocktail she said, “Same old. What about you? I heard you’d been
traded and was hoping I’d run in to you sometime.”
I’d completely forgotten that the
Reeds lived in Atlanta, where my new team was, but suddenly, that shitty trade
that I was forced to accept didn’t seem so bad after all.
“Hey.” I glanced over to where my
sister was eyeing us, her lips pressed together to conceal what had to have
been the biggest shit-eating grin ever and squinted at her before turning and
looking back to where Georgia was still sipping her drink. “You know, I don’t
know much about this town. You’re a local, right?”
“That I am. Born and bred in the
great state of Georgia. You know, my parents, they probably could have been a
little more original when they named me.”
“Any chance you’re free this weekend
to play tour guide?” I asked, hoping that I sounded fun and flirty and not like
the pathetic loser that I felt like.
Jamie choked on a laugh and tried to
cover it with a cough. I swung my head in her direction just as she covered her
mouth and quickly looked away from my death glare. God, my kid sister was an
asshole.
I felt fingertips on my bicep,
forgetting my stupid sister immediately when I glanced down to see the
perfectly manicured yellow fingernails that were resting on my arm. “Let me
make sure I am clear on what you’re askin’.” Georgia’s eyes were gleaming, and
she stepped closer to me. “Now, am I going to show you the popular clubs and
bars, the parks to take your dog, and the restaurants that cater to locals, and
then you’ll thank me and we’ll go about our ways? Or is this tour going to
consist of me taking you back to my place, and before I know it, your lips are
on my neck and my dress is around my waist?”
My mouth fell open and I sputtered.
“I, uh, I, what?”
“Well, you know at Aiden’s Christmas
party, after you kissed me––”
“Woah!” I stepped back, her arm
falling to her side. “What are you talking about?”
Her head shook back and forth. “I’m
not sure if I should be insulted or not that you are this clueless. We had a
drink outside around the fire pit, and then you leaned in and kissed me,
remember?”
“That is not at all what happened!” I
fired back incredulously. I’d had a couple of beers that night, but I never let
myself get so drunk that I would completely forget kissing the gorgeous woman
standing before me.
She frowned, pulling her bottom lip
between her teeth, and I couldn’t stop my eyes from watching the way she worked
it. No, I would most definitely remember if my lips had tasted hers. “It’s not?
Are you sure?”
My eyes bugged out of my head. “I’m
pretty sure we didn’t kiss. Think I would have remembered that.”
“Oh.” She frowned. “Maybe that’s just
what I hoped would happen.”
About A.S.
Teague
A.S. Teague enjoys the warmth of South Carolina with her
husband and two daughters. The stereotypes about peach cobbler and sweet tea
are not overstated. After years in the medical field, she is now enjoying every
minute of being a stay-at-home mom. She loves wine, the beach, wine on the
beach, and crying at Disney movies. When she doesn't have a book in her hand,
she can be found pestering her husband with pictures of animals she wants to
rescue, as well as debating whether to exercise or take a nap.
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