Reader Question – The book with the stepbrother that is a professional soccer player…

Oooooh Tracey has a goooood one for us! Two of the popular tropes in this one. He’s forbidden AND he’s a famous sports star!!

She asks:

I hope you and your readers can help me find another boom title please!  I read this book a couple years ago.

It’s a stepbrother romance and he is a soccer player.  At the beginning she is very shy when her mother marries her stepfather and I think she’s in high school. The stepbrother was older and I think in college and not living at home. For some reason I particularly remember the stepfather insisting on him coming home for family dinner to get to know his new family better.

Years pass and the stepbrother plays professional soccer and he gets injured so they meet again when he comes to to recover

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and fall in love.

But I can’t remember how that happens but I do remember

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before their HEA the h goes back to her life but comes back to the H when he either gets reinjured or doesn’t heal completely?

Thanks so much for your help!

Can’t wait to re-read this again!

Anyone know it?

Carol: Play Hard. julie kriss?

Tracey: Omg!!!! That’s it! I love you Carol and Maryse! Thanks so much for your awesome memory!

Maryse: YAYYYYYY!!!! I’m so thrilled, and it was right on the very first shot. Thank you so much Carol!!!! 😀