Off the Bench

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Austin Taylor once an undrafted free agent and a third-string quarterback was never supposed to be the starting QB for the Tampa Bay Bucs.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Except now he is.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dani Marshall the Bucs' data analyst whiz is all in-betting her career and even her car on Austin's success. The real challenge? Keeping her heart out of the game.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Austin</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When the achingly gorgeous Dani Marshall shows up in my tiny Ohio town to sign me to the Bucs I can't say no. I expect to ride the bench in obscurity for my entire NFL career. What I don't expect is to become the starting QB in my first month-or to end up as a viral GIF tripping over my cleats.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dani's betting on me but I'm starting to think her faith might be misplaced. The closer we get the more her walls stay mile-high-even as I'm being pulled to her as surely as the moon pulls the tides.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dani</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Research shows that spending time together and sharing personal goals increases the likelihood of developing romantic feelings by 30%. (I will not be part of this statistic. I will not be part of this statistic. I will NOT be part... oh crap.)</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>After I sign Austin Taylor to the Bucs I make it my mission to stay away from him-he's too attractive for me and as an absolute rule I don't date athletes. Not after what happened last time.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But when I make a bet with my work nemesis over Austin Taylor's performance my car is on the line. Now I </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>have</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> to get involved.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The problem? The more I work with Austin Taylor the more afraid I am that he's going to steal my heart.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is the first novel in the </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Sports in the Sunshine State </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>RomCom series: a collection of interconnected clean sports romances each featuring its own unique love story. While all books are linked they can be enjoyed as standalones. You'll enjoy high-action sports sequences sizzling chemistry with no cursing or smut.</em></p><p><br></p>