Gabriel
Tim Read is everything I hate.
Golden boy. Team captain. The kind of guy this town builds a shrine around: perfect grades, perfect smile, perfect life. He's also the one who used to share a bed with my little brother, Sam, back before our family started coming apart at the seams. So yeah. I know exactly what kind of damage that pretty mouth can do.
I didn't crawl back to the Lucero Wanderers football team for him. I did it for Sam, who's one missed court date from losing everything, and for a shot at a paycheck big enough to dig us out. All I have to do is put the pads back on, keep my head down, and not think about the fact that the captain of my team is a walking trigger for every bad decision I've ever wanted to make.
But then we collide on the field and off, and suddenly, "I hate you" starts feeling a whole lot like "I can't get you out of my head."
Tim
Everyone thinks I have it together. That's the trick. Smile wide enough, win enough games, and nobody looks close enough to see you're barely holding the line.
Then Gabriel Brennan walks back into my life, all that bad blood and bulk and contempt, looking at me like he can see straight through the act to the wreckage underneath. He hates me. Fine. I hate him right back.
But a guy on our team is dead, the questions are getting louder, and Gabriel and I are both holding pieces of the truth nobody can ever know. The closer we get, the more we have to lose... and the more I realize the one person who actually sees me is the one I swore I'd never let in.
Two wrecked men. An explosive attraction. And enough secrets to blow this whole damn town sky-high.
IRONCLAD is a full-length, scorching, open-door MM college football romance with dual first-person POV and a guaranteed HEA. Book One of The Lucero Wanderers; can be read as a standalone. Forbidden, filthy, and not for the faint of heart.
For readers who love:
- The golden boy and the guy from the wrong side of town
- Falling for the one person he swore he'd never touch: his ex's big brother
- A wrecked, dangerous hero who's soft only for his person
- A small-town secret big enough to level everything
- Dual POV stuffed with angst, pining, and zero chill
Perfect for fans of Rachel Reid and Nyla K.
