BLURB:

Nessa Elez is in her second year of college and still isn’t sure what she wants to do with her life. The joy she finds in music is dulled by those who’ve told her it isn't a realistic career choice, but it’s the one area she feels a spark of passion. Outside of hating football players, that is.

Multiple betrayals have caused her to swear off dating athletes, but she doesn’t mind antagonizing them every now and again. Which is how she ends up at a university football game, cheering when they lose.

Grayson Everett was born with a congenital heart defect, but that hasn’t stopped him from being a high achiever as a multi-instrumentalist and starting wide receiver for the Oakley State University football team. Their current season is not going the way he hopes, though, and it’s only made worse when the pretty girl in the stands he thought he had a connection with is suddenly cheering when they lose.

Grayson is determined to know why. But it isn’t until a party where he intervenes as her pretend boyfriend that Nessa gives him a fraction of a chance at getting to know her. He takes it, though, striking a deal to be her fake date at any party she wants, if only that means he gets a monthly real one.

While Grayson’s progress with Nessa is slow, their shared passion for music becomes the match that further ignites their undeniable chemistry. But for every secret he uncovers about Nessa, there’s one of his own that he’s kept close to his chest, beating inside him. And by the time he’s finally ready to tell her…will it be too late?