What to Expect:
⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ second chance ➺ childhood sweethearts  ➺ sports romance ➺ football ➺ enemies to lovers ➺ celebrity romance ➺ slow burn ➺ forced proximity ➺ mature characters ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

⚠︎ Trigger Warning ⚠︎
miscarriage ⋙ stalking ⋙ alcoholism ⋙ manipulation ⋙ abused animal ⋙ rape 

͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 11 in Chicago Stars Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. But for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.

❝ We aren’t people who walk away from our dreams. When one of us is down, the other steps in to make sure the job gets done. ❞

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back with the latest novel in her beloved Chicago Stars series, featuring a romance between a star quarterback and one of the country’s most beautiful—and misunderstood—actresses.

After a mortifying—and very public—humiliation, Dancy Flynn is desperate to find sanctuary far from the crowd. But where can a washed-up sex symbol hide? How about making an unannounced appearance at the secluded lake house of the sweet, sensitive high school boyfriend she hasn’t seen in almost twenty years?

But Chicago Stars quarterback Clint Garrett is no longer the kid Dancy remembers. Now he’s a gridiron superhero, still holding a massive grudge against her for breaking his teenage heart. With no room in his life for either complexity or distractions, he banishes Dancy to a refurbished old railroad caboose tucked away in the woods…and out of his sight.

Except Dancy’s not good at staying invisible. Her efforts to rebuild her career clash with Clint’s desperation to regain his focus, all made more challenging by a rescue dog, a local woman in trouble, a meddling mother, an ex with an agenda…and the sizzle of rekindled emotions.

As Dancy attempts to get her life on track and Clint tries to get his groove back, can these two one-time lovers navigate their rocky pasts and complicated present to find themselves…and each other?

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