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LA Wolves Football Book 4

Taking the Handoff

by Cadence Keys

A steamy brother’s-best-friend football romance where a curvy aspiring singer moves in with the running back she has wanted for years—and he must decide whether loyalty to her brother means giving up a future with her.

Her brother asked him to keep her safe. Moving her into his house was easy. Keeping his hands off her is another story.

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

  • Curvy heroine
  • Brother’s best friend
  • Roommates to lovers
  • Forced proximity
  • Longtime unrequited crush
  • Forbidden attraction
  • Protective hero

About the book

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.

Contemporary romance · Professional football / sports romance

Why you may love it

Luke Carter + Emma Delaney

Set in Los Angeles / Southern California / Seattle as the characters’ shared background and a later location

Curvy aspiring singer-songwriter Emma Delaney moves to Los Angeles to pursue a music career despite her parents’ disapproval. After her apartment is broken into, she moves into the home of Luke Carter, the Wolves running back who is both her brother’s best friend and her longtime crush. Sharing a home makes the attraction impossible to ignore, while Luke fears that acting on it will cost him Drew’s friendship.

For readers who want a protective football player, a curvy singer-songwriter with a lifelong crush, and the tension of living with someone who insists she is off-limits. Emma and Luke’s romance combines shared history, everyday closeness, and the risk of turning his best friend’s little sister into the woman he cannot let go.