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Playing Hard to Get


A Young Adult Romance Novel


Book 1 of the The Players Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Sports Romance,
  • College Romance,
  • Tutor/Student,
  • Opposites Attract,
  • Player Falls First
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • College sports romance with a shy tutor and campus football star
  • Library makeout scenes and forbidden attraction vibes
  • Characters fighting their own family baggage while falling hard
Publisher Description

From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a sizzling new sports romance....

Knox Maguire, offensive tight end on the football team, is the king of our college campus. He’s also the opposite of me in every way.. I'm quiet. He's loud.. I'm shy. He's definitely not.. Everyone loves him. No one knows me.. Fresh out of a breakup, I don't really trust him, and why should I? Knox is the ultimate player.

When I become his English tutor, I tell myself we need to keep things between us strictly business. Watching my mother deal with my ex-athlete father long, long ago taught me to stay far away from that type of man.. Yet Knox is impossible to resist. Next thing I know, we're getting hot and heavy in the library―and that was never part of the plan.

When Knox admits he can't stop thinking about me, I have a realization.. I can't stop thinking about him either.. Instead of keeping my distance, I pull him in closer. Until somehow, we're spending all of our time together and I find myself falling for Knox. Hard.. Will this actually work between us? Or am I getting played?

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