A sizzling, small-town, enemies-to-lovers, sports standalone romance from bestselling author Stacey Lynn.

Ava Decker has hated me for just as many years as I've spent loving her.

I made a mistake pretending our night together never happened. For pretending I forgot. But we were young, and I was getting ready to leave for college with big plans for the future.

I had no plans to return to our small town in Colorado anytime soon, and Ava never wanted to leave. That alone was enough to keep me away from her while we both grew up.

And yet, I never forgot about her and what she means to me.

Now, eight years later, imagine my surprise when I come home and find Sleeping Beauty asleep on my couch, thinking I wouldn't be back home from my off-season vacation for a few weeks.

As a professional football player, I know all about grabbing an opportunity and running with it. This is my chance to finally convince the girl of my dreams to stay and to tell her the truth about that fateful night years ago.

But getting Ava Decker to not only forgive me but to give me another chance comes with a whole new set of plays I'm not used to.

I've got all the time in the world to convince her. I'm committed to showing her that she is my endgame. I let her go once before, and I'll stop at nothing to prove to her that my love for her is real and an unstoppable force.

For mature listeners.