Simon Prentiss: ex-football star, bitter rival, and...falling for the enemy? I hate my teammate, Parker Reed. I hate that he makes me work so hard for my position on the field. Hate how he always smiles. How easily he shows me up when I'm injured. Most of all, I hate that he made me lose my temper. Next thing I know, football is gone. My scholarship is gone. I'm nearly gone, too. With help, I manage to stay in school for my final semester. At least without football, I can explore a new side to myself. See where my attraction to guys takes me without fear of it affecting my future. I didn't see it coming. The cosmic joke. The sweet, patient guy on the hookup app? The one who makes me burn with the desire to have him? Yeah, it's Parker. Our chemistry is off the charts, no matter how much I resent him. Holding a grudge against him is impossible. But when he wants to walk away from everything I lost, can I accept it? If I don't, I'll lose him too—and that can't happen. Because I don't hate Parker Reed. I think I love him. Matched By My Rival is an enemies-to-lovers, jock rivals romance. It's Book 2 of the Thrust Into Love series but can be read as a standalone.