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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 (𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏) by Ava Sutton releases on March 20th! Check out this sneak peek!
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What to expect:
✔ Secret baby
✔ Team owner’s daughter
✔ Pro Football MMC
✔ Workplace tension
✔ Best-friend betrayal
✔ Second chance romance
✔ “It was always you” energy
✔ “We shouldn’t… but we will” energy
✔ Lots of heat + all the feels
✔ Guaranteed HEA
Excerpt:
I knew the second I walked into the facility that focusing on my job would be difficult.
Not because of my schedule.
Because Alie is here.
Somewhere in this building, behind glass walls, closed doors, and professional boundaries, is the woman I’ve been thinking about and craving for two years.
Apparently, one kiss wasn’t gonna cut it for me. I want more.
I walk into the locker room, toss my bag down at my cubby and try to refocus on my routine. Tape, stretch, talk to my teammates as they arrive. It should feel normal. I’ve been doing this for years.
But nothing feels the same.
I’m a grown man. A professional athlete for fuck's sake. I thrive under pressure. Two minutes on the clock, down a touchdown? I live for it. Media, contract negotiations? Bring it on.
But somehow the idea of seeing Alie today—knowing I’ll likely see her in some of these meetings—has my mind spinning and my heart pumping like it's a playoff game.
I grab my phone, headphones, and a towel then head into the gym and start my sets.
I last about forty minutes before I give up the pretense of patience.
“Where you going, Pitz?” one of my new teammates, Wyatt St. Clair, asks.
“Uh, I have a paperwork thing upstairs.”
He nods like it makes sense and continues lifting weights.
It absolutely doesn’t make sense. All my paperwork has been signed, sealed, and delivered.
“I’m heading out after I’m done so I’ll see you tomorrow,” he calls after me as I pull the door open.
“Later, man.” I toss over my shoulder.
I take the fastest shower of my life, toss my bag over my shoulder and make my way up to the administrative floor.
It’s quieter up here. A more controlled environment—carpet instead of turf, coffee instead of sweat.
When I find her door, it’s closed. I look up and down the hallway to see if anyone else is around, then I knock lightly.
I can hear movement, and a muffled sound that definitely isn’t Alie’s voice.
I knock again.
“Just a second.” Alie’s voice carries.
The door opens then, and the moment I see her, everything else just fades away.
Her hair is tied back today, she’s got glasses on and looks beautiful in a way that hits hard.
“Liam,” she says, startled. “Hey.” She moves into the doorway and closes her door slightly.
“Hi,” I reply slowly. “You got a minute?”
She hesitates. Just for a moment.
Then I hear it.
A tiny laugh.
It takes my brain a second to process what I’m hearing.
When I look over Alie’s head, I see her.
BLURB:
She vanished, but I’ve never stopped wanting her.
And now I’m back … for everything.
Two years ago, the woman I had a holiday fling with—and wanted to keep— disappeared from my life. There was no goodbye or explanation. Just gone.
So, I buried myself in football, training, and trophies. In anything that kept me from thinking about her. But it never worked.
It feels like kismet when I get traded to the New York Titans and the woman I’ve spent years looking for is none other than the owner’s daughter and one of my new bosses, Alie Grant. I should keep my distance. But every heated glance across the locker room hallway, every whispered conversation behind closed doors, and every time she looks at me like I’m hers … I lose control.
She tells me we shouldn’t do this.
I tell her I don’t care.
Because when she’s in my arms, nothing else exists.
What I don’t know is …
She’s been hiding more than her heart, and she’s been raising my daughter alone. Because the man she trusted most lied to her. He wanted her for himself.
When everything comes out, I’ll fight for the future that was stolen from us. For her and my daughter. A little girl with my eyes and smile.
Because this time … I’m not letting her walk away. This time, I’m keeping them both.
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