Kenyon pressed against him again, chest to chest, thigh to thigh, and Julian felt the touch resonate through him. Trembled, against his will.

“See,” Kenyon said softly, “even now, when you’re still being your prickly self, I absolutely love it. I shouldn’t. I should tell you to fuck off. I’m humiliated, and turned on, somehow, impossibly, at the exact same goddamn time. I wish someone would explain that to me.”

Kenyon Ellis knows getting involved with Julian Anderson is an enormous mistake—but from the very first night, he finds him annoying, intriguing and ultimately, irresistible.

One, Kenyon is a player, and Julian is a reporter, so hooking up with him, no matter how spectacular the nights are, is a terrible idea.

Two, he’s falling for him, even if Julian continues to be prickly and impossible. But every time Julian’s walls shift, Kenyon sees the real man behind the attitude, and he only wants more.

Three, between the Piranhas and the charity work he’s committed to, Kenyon really doesn’t have the time for a relationship—but a relationship with Julian turns out to be exactly what he wants.

Maybe even exactly what he needs.

But when Julian starts calling out his performance on the field, the last thing Kenyon expects is to feel betrayed. But is it betrayal? Or does Julian simply see something in Kenyon he’s lost along the way?

The answer leads him not only to love, but to the biggest crossroads of his life.