Superbowl Sunday is this weekend! Who are you rooting for? The Kansas City Chiefs? The San Francisco 49ers? Iowa State alum, Brock Purdy? University of Iowa alum, George Kittle? Or maybe you are interested in the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance which certainly has as much of a spotlight as anything on the field! Check out these football romances to get you ready for the big game!
- The Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Philips. This whole series is well-loved, with a new book coming this month. If you are a purist and like to start with book 1, try It Had to Be You (DB55305). In this series opener, a woman inherits a pro football team and clashes with the head coach. The series can be read in any order, so if you want to jump around, there are a couple of great ones mid-series: Match Me If You Can (DB61191 / BR21419 / DBG18284 for Spanish version, Cázame si puedes) and Natural Born Charmer (DB64336 / DBG18285for Spanish edition Nacida para seducer).
- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata (DB91567). The assistant to a famous football player tries to quit her job but gets talked into a marriage of convenience in this classic from the queen of the slow burn romance.
- Playbook series by Alexa Martin. This series starts with Intercepted (DB92493) and features a woman who has sworn she won’t date another athlete and a quarterback determined to change her mind.
- The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams (DB109351) is a romance on the sweeter side of things, with a woman secretly in love with her best friend and star quarterback. They have to pretend to be a couple, and some lines get blurred.
- The Dating Playbook by Farah Rochon (DB104752) has a personal trainer working with an NFL star trying to get back in the game. Another fake dating trope!
- Wrecking Ball by P. Dangelico (DB98759) begins with a heroine at the end of her rope taking a job as the nanny to the nephew of an NFL star. Another slow burn.
- The Game On series by Kristen Callihan starts with college-age romance, and later books move on to slightly older NFL players. The Hook Up (DB99265) is book one, but a personal favorite is The Game Plan (DB99327) which has a quiet, pining mountain of a man for the hero.
