LA Wolves Football
In the Grasp: A Second Chance Romance
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.
Across the Middle: A Second Chance at Love Romance
She’s everything I can’t have—and everything I can’t resist.
I'm the NFL's most eligible receiver, but I can't catch a break when it comes to love.
At least, that was true until Gina Rodrigo walked into the room and everything else disappeared. Which is a problem, because I've spent three years making sure nothing gets past my defenses.
As the LA Wolves' top receiver, I'm used to dodging tackles. But dodging my feelings for Gina? That's a whole different game.
She's everything I'm not—warm, open, full of life. When she moves to LA, my resolve crumbles faster than our opponents' defense. One kiss leads to another, and suddenly I'm breaking all my carefully constructed rules.
But my guilt over my past threatens to destroy everything. Now I have to decide: keep pushing her away, or fight for the woman who's become my endzone?
Across the Middle is a steamy second chance at love sports romance. It is book 2 in the LA Wolves Football series, but can be read as a standalone.
Down by Contact: An Enemies to Lovers Romance
She’s forbidden, infuriating, and the one woman I can’t stop wanting.
Rule #1 of being an NFL player: Never fall for the coach's daughter.
I don't do relationships. Ever. But when Coach's daughter proposes a no-strings arrangement, all my rules fly out the window.
Nikki Denton is untouchable—the ice princess of the LA Wolves organization and definitely off-limits according to her father. She's also nothing like the women I usually hook up with.
Controlled. Composed. Complicated.
But when she suggests becoming friends with benefits, I find myself breaking my one-and-done rule for the first time. What starts as just sex quickly becomes something more, especially as I discover the woman beneath her perfect facade.
Now I'm risking my career and my heart for a woman who puts her family's happiness before her own. The smart thing would be to walk away.
Too bad I've never been very smart when it comes to Nikki Denton.
Down by Contact is a steamy enemies to lovers sports romance. It’s book 3 in the LA Wolves Football series but can be read as a standalone.
Taking the Handoff: A Brother's Best Friend Romance
My best friend’s sister is my new roommate—and the one woman I can’t have.
She's a siren in vintage dresses, and I'm breaking the only rule that matters: Stay away from your best friend's sister.
Emma Delaney isn't the awkward teen I remember. She's all curves and pinup style, with a voice that could bring a man to his knees. But Drew would kill me if I touched her, and our friendship means everything.
As an NFL running back, I'm used to having control on the field. Off the field? Emma's testing every ounce of my willpower. When she sings, when she laughs, when she looks at me with those green eyes - I'm a goner.
I've never believed in love. My parents made sure of that. But Emma's different, and for the first time in my life, I'm willing to risk it all.
If only I can figure out how to choose between my best friend and the woman who's stolen my heart.
Taking the Handoff is a steamy brother’s best friend sports romance. It’s book 4 in the LA Wolves Football series but can be read as a standalone.
Scorched Turf: A Brother's Best Friend/Second Chance Romance
As the first female defensive line coach for the LA Wolves, I excel at not letting small things bother me and being able to see the big picture. But when tragedy struck five months ago, I went scorched earth on my life and cut off anyone who could remind me of what I’d lost–including the love of my life and my brother’s best friend, Danny.
But Danny’s not ready to give me up without a fight. Can I let down my defenses when his job as a firefighter scares the crap out of me? I’ve already lost my brother. I won’t survive going through that again with Danny. How can I possibly be the partner he needs when I can’t get over my fear?
Scorched Turf is a steamy novella in the LA Wolves series and can be read as a standalone. This ebook is ONLY available from the Cadence Keys store. If you find it anywhere else, it is stolen (please report to cadence@cadencekeysauthor.com).
Defending the Backfield: A Romantic Suspense Sports Romance
Falling for him wasn’t part of the plan, but neither was being found.
I never expected to find safety in the arms of an NFL star, especially while on the run from my abusive ex.
When Gabe Romero offers me a job after getting me fired, I should say no. He's gorgeous, gentle, and everything I can't afford to want right now. But I'm desperate, and his gated community offers protection I haven't had in years.
Living in his pool house and working as his housekeeper is torture—especially when he leaves me sticky notes that make my heart flutter and builds me a library straight out of my dreams. He makes me feel cherished in ways I thought were lost forever.
But my past is hunting me, and Gabe's light can't keep the darkness at bay forever. When my ex finds me, I'll have to choose between running again or finally standing my ground—for my freedom, for my future, and for the chance to love a man who makes me feel like a queen.
Defending the Backfield is a steamy sports romance between a beast of a man and a woman on the run. It’s book 5 in the LA Wolves Football series but can be read as a standalone.
After the Snap: A Best Friends to Lovers, Fake Dating Sports Romance
I finally get the nerve to tell my best friend I’m in love with him and he has the audacity to ask me to be his fake girlfriend.
Being best friends with an NFL star isn't easy. Being in love with him is even harder.
For ten years, I've been Dom Smith's closest confidante, the one person he can always count on. I've also been harboring a massive secret - I'm completely, utterly in love with him.
When a scandal threatens his position with the LA Wolves, Dom proposes a solution: a fake relationship to rehabilitate his image. It's six months of pretending to be the couple I've always dreamed we could be.
The lines between real and fake start blurring from our very first kiss. But Dom's never been a relationship guy, and I've spent too long protecting my heart to risk it all on what might just be another one of his games.
Only this time, losing my best friend isn't the worst thing that could happen - it's realizing he might actually love me back.
After the Snap is a steamy fake dating, best friends to lovers sports romance. It’s book 6 in the LA Wolves Football series but can be read as a standalone.
Closing the Distance: An Accidental Pregnancy Romance
It was only supposed to be one night...until two pink lines changed everything.
I don't believe in fairy tales, especially not the kind where a broken foster kid gets the sexy NFL star.
But for one perfect night, Tyler Russell makes me feel cherished, precious, worthy of love. When I discover I'm pregnant six weeks later, all my defenses snap into place.
He claims he wants me—not just the baby. That he's been searching for me since I snuck away that morning. But I've been unwanted my entire life, passed from one foster home to another until I learned love wasn't in the cards for me.
Now he's filling my life with gentle touches and whispered promises, making me dream of a future I never thought possible. But when my painful past becomes tabloid fodder, all my insecurities rush back. I have to decide: trust in his love, or protect my heart like I've always done?
Because if he's only here for the baby, losing him might break me for good.
Closing the Distance is a steamy accidental pregnancy sports romance. It is book 7 in the LA Wolves Football series but can be read as a standalone.
Protecting the Boundary: A Single Dad/Nanny Romance
I was hired to take care of his daughter, not fall in love with her football star father.
Taking a nanny job wasn’t part of my post-college plan—but neither was falling for my gruff, drop-dead gorgeous NFL-star boss and his sweet daughter.
Romel Watson is the definition of emotionally unavailable. His heart has been locked away since his wife passed three years ago, and he’s made it painfully clear there’s no room for anyone else.
But the more time I spend with them, the more I see the cracks in his armor. I love his daughter like she’s my own, and Romel? The way his eyes linger on me when he thinks no one’s looking ignites a spark I can’t ignore.
He keeps me at arm’s length, clinging to a past he can’t let go of. I’m willing to share his heart with her memory—she’ll always be part of their lives. But I refuse to settle for being an afterthought.
Now, I have to make the hardest decision of my life: keep fighting for the family I’ve come to love or walk away before I lose myself completely.
Protecting the Boundary is a steamy single dad/nanny sports romance. This is book 8 in the LA Wolves Football series, but can be read as a standalone.