In the Grasp by Cadence Keys book cover

LA Wolves Football Book 1

In the Grasp

by Cadence Keys

A steamy second-chance football romance where a journalist must interview the private NFL quarterback who was her childhood best friend—and broke her heart.

He broke her heart with a text. Nine years later, her editor wants his secrets—and he wants her back.

Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone. Reading in series order follows the friendships and relationships as they develop.

Where to get this book

Tropes

  • Second-chance romance
  • Childhood best friends to lovers
  • First love
  • Forced proximity through a reporting assignment

About the book

He was my first love and my greatest heartbreak. Now he’s my assignment.

Nine years ago, Jack Fuller shattered my heart with a single text. Now, he's the NFL’s most elusive quarterback, and my new boss just assigned me to write the story that could expose his deepest secrets.

Jack’s made a career out of keeping his personal life off-limits, but one look into those familiar piercing blue eyes, and I’m sixteen again—hopelessly in love with my best friend. The boy I thought I’d spend forever with is now a man I can’t afford to want.

When Jack kisses me in the shadows of an empty stadium, my professional boundaries go up in flames. He reignites a fire I thought I’d buried long ago, leaving me torn between protecting his privacy and saving my career.

Walking away should be easy. But falling for Jack again? That’s inevitable. Now, I just have to prove that some love stories are worth a second chance—before it’s too late.

In the Grasp is the first steamy standalone contemporary sports romance in the LA Wolves series.

Contemporary romance · Professional football / sports romance

Why you may love it

Jack Fuller + Paige O’Malley

Set in Los Angeles, California / Vancouver, Washington in the earlier timeline

Journalist Paige O’Malley’s new editor assigns her to get a personal interview with LA Wolves quarterback Jack Fuller. Jack is both fiercely private and the childhood best friend who became her first love before ending their relationship by text nine years earlier. The assignment brings them back together, forcing Paige to navigate renewed feelings while her editor pushes for access Jack has refused everyone else.

For readers who want childhood best friends, a painful breakup, and a football star determined to win back his first love. Paige’s assignment puts her close to Jack again, but access to his life is much easier to earn than the trust they lost.