Getting a tutor was supposed to be about passing my class. Instead, it became the one thing I wasn't prepared for.

Tex (Travis)

Football is my future. The draft. Everything I've worked for.

Walking into my tutor's apartment, I don't expect Colton Reed—quiet, brilliant, and tempting in a way that hits me hard.

He's not my normal type. He's not supposed to be an option.

He's my tutor.

But he looks at me like I matter, like I'm more than a jersey and a body built for the line.

Every study session blurs into something closer. Heavier. Harder to walk away from.

I've never been confused about who I want.

But Colton makes me want things I can't afford to lose.

My career. His job. Both our hearts.

And once I fall, I fall hard.

Colton

I like rules. Order. Lines that don't get crossed.

Tutoring Travis Rowlings should've been simple.

Help him pass. Keep it professional. Don't get attached.

Except he's warm and earnest and looks at me like I'm something worth choosing.

And wanting him terrifies me, because I've never wanted a man like this before.

I'm not out. My father wouldn't understand.

And falling for Travis could cost me everything I've built.

But every secret kiss and stolen moment pulls me deeper.

Pretending this doesn't matter is becoming impossible.

I'm falling for my student.

And I can't stop.

Blindside Lesson is book five in the Desert Football series, featuring a golden-hearted offensive lineman, a guarded graduate-student tutor, bi awakening vibes, forbidden attraction, secret dating, emotional vulnerability, found family, and heat that builds until it breaks.