Lilah Stone has never followed football. She grew up in one of the country's biggest college football towns, but she's a painter. She doesn't go all weak-kneed for some jock. Especially not after the sex scandal that tore apart the team and destroyed her world. So when she takes a summer adjunct job at Mountain State University, the last guy she wants to see in class is an arrogant, cocky football player. Then Riley Brulotte walks in. He's everything she's sworn to hate ... and sexy as hell. He's all wrong for Lilah. So why does he feel so right? Riley "Lotto" Brullote knows one thing: How to play football. As one of the Mountain State Mustang's star players, this tight end has taken some hard hits on the field. But Lilah Stone is the first woman to knock him flat. With her abundant curves and bold nature, she'd draw his attention even if she weren't his summer art teacher. Riley has to play his best this season if he wants any shot at being drafted, but the toughest play of all might be for Lilah's heart.

Reggie Davis has already achieved everything he wants in life—he's a Mountain State Mustang, and that's as far as his dreams go. It's best not to dream of much, since he knows he's got one year left on campus before he returns to his mother's trailer in Texas. That means he's got one year to party his hardest and play his best football. But when an injury leaves him on the sidelines, he turns to the smart, sexy physical therapist who knows how to heal his body ... and his heart. Megan Noble isn't looking for a relationship. She's way too busy maintaining her GPA and applying for grad school in physical therapy. Even if she were looking for love, the hard-partying Reggie Davis would be her last choice. He's a football player and she's his physical therapist. It goes against everything she's been taught. She just wishes he wasn't so damn hot. Luckily, she can dampen the temptation by staying far, far away from wise-cracking, fun-loving Reggie. But when she's assigned to help him recover from an injury, Megan doesn't know how long she can deny the attraction between them. With her future on the line, Megan has to make a choice between what her head wants ... and what her heart needs.

Mustangs wide receiver Ben Mayhew has been running for two years—away from the accident that tore his world apart, away from his aristocratic parents who don't understand him, and from the friends who sold him out to the tabloids. He's shielded his broken heart with arrogance and a bad attitude, and he's perfectly happy that way ... until he meets Nara Robinson. She finds the cracks in his armor, and for the first time in years, the future doesn't look miserable. But when his family threatens to disown him and strip him of his title, will he choose love or safety? Nara Robinson has always been the good girl—a bubbly cheerleader, a devoted sorority sister, a loyal daughter after her sister's overdose. But no matter how hard she tries to fake being perfect, Nara can't fake being happy. Then Nara meets Ben, and her good girl personality gets upended. Maybe being good is overrated. Maybe it's time to think about herself for once. One thing's for sure, she can't get Ben and the very bad things she wants to do with him out of her mind. If they can face their personal demons, Ben and Nara might find true happiness together. But can they overcome the darkness in their pasts?

Lou Prescott loves college life. The friends, the parties, the hot guys...not to mention her undisputed position as the reigning queen of the business school. But when her dad becomes head coach of the Mountain State Mustangs in the wake of a scandal, it seems like he expects to coach her life too. And keep her the same little girl she was when her mother died. Lou is determined she's not going to let her dad cramp her style. Only now, none of the football players are brave enough to date Coach’s daughter ... not even West Sawyer, the sexy-as-hell first-string quarterback. West Sawyer never saw himself as starting QB material—and neither did anyone else. Last year, he was content to ride the bench and collect his scholarship. After all the trouble in high school, he owed that much to his mother. But ever since the rape scandal that tore apart MSU’s championship team, he’s been thrust into the spotlight, and all that comes with it—women, parties, and a crippling pressure that’s killing his game. He’s been able to resist his old bad habits, but it hasn’t been easy. Coach Prescott is the only one who believes in him, but what would Coach do if he knew the woman who tempts West most … is Lou? Can West and Lou overcome their demons to find lasting love? Or will their stubborn personalities keep them apart?