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Sports Romances | 2023

Do you suddenly want to read a sports romance (in no way related to current pop culture headlines)? Look no further than this list of popular sports romance novels that you can check out with your library card!

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When stars collide
Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Format:

[Sport: Football] "Opera diva Olivia Shore and Chicago Stars quarterback Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens embark on a nationwide tour promoting a luxury watch brand and must find a way to get along when they are plagued by a series of dangerous encounters with an overzealous fan."

The cheat sheet
Sarah Adams.
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[Sport: Football] "The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson."

Fumbled
Alexa Martin.
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[Sport: Football] "Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she's built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it's all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one person. T.K. Moore, the starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, dreamt his entire life about being in the NFL."

The total package
Stephanie Evanovich.
Format:

[Sport: Football] "Star quarterback and heartthrob Tyson Palmer has made a name for himself with his spectacular moves - except sports commentator Dani Carr, whose negative comments about his performance draw high ratings and spectacular notices of her own."

Icebreaker

Format:

[Sport: Soccer] "Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins."

The Bromance book club
Lyssa Kay Adams.
Format:

[Sport: Baseball] "A baseball player attempts to heal his marriage with the help of his team's romance-novel book club."

Double play
Jill Shalvis.
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[Sport: Baseball] "Pace Martin is the ace pitcher for the Pacific Heat. He's got the arm, the experience, and the wins. He's also got the pain, the pressure, and the possible end of his career looming over him. The last thing he needs now is a distraction, even if it comes in the form of a tough, beautiful, tell-it-like-it-is writer who sees past his defenses"

The long game
Elena Armas.
Format:

[Sport: Soccer] "A disgraced soccer executive reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team"

Cleat cute

Format:

[Sport: Soccer] "A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup."

Head over heels
Hannah Orenstein.
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[Sport: Gymnastics] "Ex-Olympic gymnast Avery Abrams returns to her Massachusetts hometown to help train promising young gymnasts and soon begins to fall for another coach."