Love is a game best played hard and rough Nicky… Nicky Chase was the star Running Back for the New Orleans Sinners. Until he blew out his knee. Playing ball is out. In thirty seconds, Nicky went from being on top to hitting rock bottom. Sophia… Sophia De Bartoli is the best physical therapist in New Orleans. Her Italian roots have given her a fiery temper, but her Catholic faith has kept her innocent. But then she was hired to make house-calls for Nicky Chase. THE Nicky Chase. He’s known far and wide for his sexy abs, panty-melting grin, and his skill both on and off the football field. But Nicky refuses to leave his house, so no one gets to see him anymore. No one except Sophia. And she gets to see all of him. That smoldering gaze and that rock-hard tattooed body haunt her every night, but it's the vulnerable, broken man she sees inside that haunts her every day. Resisting him might be more than this Catholic girl can handle. Nicky’s a New Orleans Sinner, after all. And he seems bound and determined to make her one, too.