Calm Before the Score (The Players of Springs U) by Kort Combe

Violet Evans likes her life of predictability, like a big annotated journal, full of colorful tabs. After losing the only father figure she has ever known, Violet heads to Springs U with her best friend to escape her loss and pain. On her first day of college, the tattooed and mysterious football player derails her set out plans of a calm year.

With a troubled past, Ryan Shane likes to keep his life simple. He only cares about one thing: football. His life is complicated enough, and there isn’t room for any more problems. After a tense first encounter and a fiery first kiss, Ryan begins to fall for Violet, hard, but he has a past with layers of secrets to uncover that Violet intends to crack.

As much as the two would rather go their separate ways, something always seems to pull them back together. Can the unlikely pair find their happiness? Or will Ryan’s mistakes be the thing that drives them apart?

When a life altering decision is made, will Violet Evans and Ryan Shane make it to their forever touchdown? Or will Ryan’s audible be the calm before the score?