Football Daddy: Football’s Bad Boys, #1

By Ava Walsh

He's always been my dream... Now he's my secret.

 

Melissa has always had a crush on Nick. Always, for as long as she can remember.

 

It's too bad that he is not only her big brother's best friend but also her best friend's older brother. Talk about complicated. He is also a womanizer, with a reputation to prove that. What could she even have to offer?

 

When the guys have a party to celebrate them going to the Super Bowl with their local Seattle team, Melissa is surprised when Nick approaches her with an idea. She's helped him in the past, and now that she's twenty-two, he wants her to help him some more... in his bed. Nick proposes a friends with benefits situation to her, and she knows that she's crazy to think about it at all, much less say yes.

 

Melissa is a virgin going into a sexual relationship with one of the biggest players in the NFL. She's read the stories and heard the rumors, but none of that matters when she's in his bed and finally getting her dream.

 

Not at first, at least.

 

Can they make it through rumors as they keep their relationship secret from the ones that they love the most? Will circumstances make it too hard for Melissa to stick it through, even though she is in love with Nick?

 

One night could change everything about them and their lives. One night could change their futures.

 

One night could make them see their feelings for each other, if Melissa doesn't keep running away.

 

Just one night is all it takes.

 

This is a standalone book in a series of football star secret baby romance stories. The books each have a guaranteed HEA and contain plenty of hot football players, steamy love-scenes and mature language. Definitely intended for 18+ readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Heartbeat Reads
• Release date: Apr 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201826284

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Football Daddy

A Sports Romance

By: Ava Walsh

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

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Chapter One

T his party is insane ! Bonnie told me, as we walked into the mansion that was packed with people. I smiled at my best friend as I tried not to think about the project that was waiting for me back at our apartment and focus on the celebration that was only just beginning. Our brothers were going to the Super Bowl with their Seattle team after only playing in the NFL for four years after college, and the entire house was vibrating with the excitement. They’d worked so hard all through high school and college but still managed to stay best friends, just as Bonnie and I were. I wonder if we’ll even be able to find Nick. I know all too well how he likes to celebrate.

Bonnie’s brother Nick Harmon was a player. He’d always been a player, and it was just how things were. Bonnie accepted it, but I had a long-running, invisible crush on him. My brother Brandon James had his fair share of female fans, but I thought that he respected them. At least I hoped so.

We managed to make our way through the crowd to the living room, where each of us stared at some of the celebrities that were there in awe. Bonnie focused quickly on a hockey player who played for the Colorado team and I figured that she’d make every effort to make the best of the next several hours. I saw Brandon in the kitchen. I also saw Nick, who was sitting on the counter with a redhead between his legs and her arms around his waist.

I ran my hand through my red curls, which I’d recently colored, and frowned as she leaned up and smiled at him. He was gorgeous, with dark, messy hair and sea blue eyes and that damn crooked smile of his. Who wouldn’t want him? I saw him glance in my direction as I heard my name called out, and his eyes darkened before I looked at my brother. Mel, I am so glad that you could come! Brandon pushed forward and hugged me tightly as he spun me around. Nice hair. I see that art school is getting in your blood. We once had the same shade of chestnut hair, though we still had the same light green eyes. You look beautiful, though. I mean that.

Of course I’m here. You’re going to the Super Bowl! I am so proud of you, Bran, I gushed, as I pulled away from him and looked around. This crowd. It’s mad and wonderful, and you’ve hit your dream.

Winning is the real dream, Brandon assured, me as he heard his name called from across the room. It’s so crazy tonight. We’ll talk later?

I nodded and watched as he ran into the living room and took a deep breath. I had worn a denim skirt and a green shirt with some boots after agonizing over my choices. It didn’t hold a candle to most of the women here, with most of them dressed in next to nothing and looking like super models. The ones that weren’t dressed that way were beautiful regardless, and I looked over my shoulder to see Bonnie coming my way with a smile on her face. Drinks! Then dancing.

We found the bar in the formal dining room and loaded up on some sweet cocktails as we discussed the party. Did you see Nick? I asked Bonnie, and she rolled her pretty topaz eyes.

Yeah, he was a little busy. I’ll talk to him later. Fucking quarterbacks, Bonnie said, before she tossed her third drink down and grinned at me. Let’s dance!

Bonnie was a light in my life. I’d always grown up in Brandon’s shadow, and though I loved him, nothing I did would ever be as good as his accomplishments. Look at tonight. I was looking at a couple more years in art school to have maybe a gallery showing in a matter of years if I was lucky. Painting and drawing happened to be my passion and I wanted to surround my life with it in every way possible. Brandon just happened to be extremely athletic, and his calling was playing center in football,

Reviews for Football Daddy

[Gisela · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Cute short story. It had me hooked from start to finish. I really did want more of Nick and Mel.