Beauty and the Baller (Strangers in Love #1)
Ilsa Madden-Mills
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
3.88
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 66 ratings · Published: 29 Mar 2022
Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancée in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his…for one night.
Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.
Fast-forward two years. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But he has no idea who she is.
The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes she’s the one who slipped away.
Has this jaded beauty found her forever baller, or will his past keep them apart?
Tagged as:
- contemporary 6
- sports 6
- funny 5
- disabilities & scars 5
- workplace/office 4
- new adult 4
- grumpy & sunshine 4
- tortured hero 4
- athlete hero 4
- second chances 4
- forced proximity 3
- enemies to lovers 2
- sassy heroine 2
- high school 2
- angst 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- slow burn 2
- fake relationship 2
- nerdy hero 2
- rich hero 2
- teacher/coach hero 2
- teacher/coach heroine 2
- friends to lovers 1
- single mother 1
- class difference 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- insta-love 1
- dual pov 1
- first person pov 1
- small town 1
- working class heroine 1
- m-f romance 1
- football 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 2
- dubious consent 1
romance tags
The 'Strangers in Love' series
116 ratings 3.81 ·
forced proximity · dual-pov · athletes · super rich hero · new adult · from hate to love · angst · explicit-open-door · humor · football · contemporary · strong heroine · sports · friends to lovers · age difference · high-school · nerdy-hero · insta-love · m-f · pregnancy
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