The Barnett Bulldogs Series

Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic comes a steamy, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, new adult sports romance collection that is laugh out loud funny featuring three strong heroines and the cocky football players who fall first and hard for them. King of Campus Roan King. The uncrowned king of Barnett University. He's like a freaking celebrity around here. People, by which I mean grown women, actually stalk him on the internet. And around campus. Apparently, he's god's gift to both football and the ladies (I'm using that term loosely). All he has to do is smile and girls fall right onto their backs before spreading their legs wide. I've heard that he's already plowed his way through half the female population at Barnett. My guess is that he'll work his way through the second half before he gets drafted to the NFL later this year. Yeah...I don't plan to be one of them. The guy is nothing more than a conceited player. You know the type—a steroid infused meathead coasting through college on his football prowess. Ugh. I have three words for you—avoid, avoid, avoid. Friend Zoned Sam Harper is my best friend and has been since we were fourteen years old. Unfortunately, he sees himself as my unofficial big brother. Which is to say that the guy is a major cock block. I swear he has a sixth sense when it comes to me getting laid. It's frustrating how I can be on the verge of sealing the deal when Sam will appear out of nowhere, and suddenly my night is going up in a big ball of sexually frustrated flames. I think the guy enjoys messing with me. Why else would he take such perverse pleasure in doing it? Exactly. I'm thinking he needs a girlfriend. Someone to preoccupy him. Maybe then he'd stop trying to get in my way all the time. Except...I'm starting to notice things about Sam that I definitely shouldn’t be noticing. Like those piercing blue eyes that pin me in place. Or his short blond hair that I want to drag my fingers through. Not to mention those killer abs that I sometimes catch a fleeting glimpse of when he stretches next to me in class. The strange feelings that have sprung up in me are definitely starting to freak me out. I mean, we’re friends. We’ve always been just friends. And I don’t want that to change. One Night Stand Liam The moment she stepped foot through the door, she was on my radar. How could she not be? The woman is absolutely gorgeous. Thick, inky black hair and a sweetly curved body. Although I have to admit, this hole-in-the-wall dive bar doesn't exactly seem like her scene. For one, she's wearing too much clothing. Two, she's shooting down every guy that sniffs around her table like it's her sole mission in life. Casualties are scattered across the beer-stained floor as we speak. And three, my guess is that she's a little older than the usual college-aged crowd that hangs out here looking for a hookup to stumble home with at the end of the night. After a careful assessment of the situation, my current plan of action is to keep my sights firmly locked on the target as I bide my time nursing a beer. Luckily, it doesn't take long for some drunken idiot to give me the perfect opportunity to step in and run interference. If You Were Mine Know what happens when you don’t bother dating all through college because you’re much too busy trying to stay on top of your classes? I’ll give you a little hint… It starts with the letter V and ends with irginity. Ding, ding, ding… nailed it. Well… at least something got nailed. Because it certainly wasn’t me. Just to be clear, it’s not like I’ve been holding out all these years, waiting around for Mr. Perfect to ride in and sweep me off my feet. Nor did I take a sacred vow of chastity. It just kind of happened…or didn’t happen, as the case may be. Know what’s even worse than that? Wait for it… Having the bad boy of the NFL, who also happens to be one of my brother’s teammates, offer to take care of that pesky little problem for me. Which is downright laughable, because if there’s one person I’m barely able to tolerate- it’s JT Higgins. He may be amazing out on the field, but he’s even more notorious for his bar brawls, drunken antics, and the women who flock to him in droves. It goes without saying that he’s keeping some clinic in business with swab tests and penicillin. I’ve had three long years of practice shutting down his every advance. So ignoring him should be a piece of cake, right? Wrong. ----- King of Campus “I loved the chemistry between Roan and Ivy. Their connection and how their relationship developed was just too good” -Bookabulary, GoodReads “Roan and Ivy are wonderful separate and better together” -Melanie, GoodReads “I thought this was one of the best written of any college football player romance I've read” -Karen, GoodReads “You know those books that just make you all warm and fuzzy and happy inside because the couple/soon to be couple is just so stinking cute? Yup, this is one of them” -Kortney, GoodReads “Jennifer does it again!!!! I have found a new book boyfriend in Roan King!” -Emma, GoodReads Friend Zoned “I loved the chemistry between Roan and Ivy. Their connection and how their relationship developed was just too good” -Bookabulary, GoodReads “Roan and Ivy are wonderful separate and better together” -Melanie, GoodReads “I thought this was one of the best written of any college football player romance I've read” -Karen, GoodReads “You know those books that just make you all warm and fuzzy and happy inside because the couple/soon to be couple is just so stinking cute? Yup, this is one of them” -Kortney, GoodReads “Jennifer does it again!!!! I have found a new book boyfriend in Roan King!” -Emma, GoodReads One Night Stand “I loved the chemistry between Roan and Ivy. Their connection and how their relationship developed was just too good” -Bookabulary, GoodReads “Roan and Ivy are wonderful separate and better together” -Melanie, GoodReads “I thought this was one of the best written of any college football player romance I've read” -Karen, GoodReads “You know those books that just make you all warm and fuzzy and happy inside because the couple/soon to be couple is just so stinking cute? Yup, this is one of them” -Kortney, GoodReads “Jennifer does it again!!!! I have found a new book boyfriend in Roan King!” -Emma, GoodReads If You Were Mine “I loved this book! All her books really!” -Andrea, GoodReads “There’s just something about a bad boy and a brother's best friend that sucks you in. TJ is just so drool worthy” -Shelley, GoodReads “This story gives you all the feels of a sports romance with the added enemies to lovers vibe that is just the right mix to keep you wanting more” -Shelley, GoodReads “I’m such a sucker for them! Claire and JT are so cute, there’s no way you can’t love them” -Kortney, GoodReads “I loved the thin line between love and hate. I felt their connection and now much JT really cared for her” -Jennifer, GoodReads --- Keywords: Sports romance, alpha male, Sports romance books, Football romance, Enemies-to-lovers, Friends-to-lovers, Forced proximity, College, university romance, College romance, College sports romance, Virgin romance, He falls first, College hockey romance, College football romance, humor, laugh, sexy, swoony, Off-limits romance, Campus Series, Claremont Cougars, Barnett Bulldogs, Romance book, Best seller, New release, Swoon, Funny, love, friends, Hate to Love You, King of Campus, Campus Player, playboy, romance series, steamy, spicy, hot, hot romance, sparks fly, new adult, new adult sports romance, found family, second chance, athlete, good girl, bad boy, opposites attract, reformed player, football player, student, girl next door, secret crush, secret relationships, cinnamon roll hero, box set, collection Readers also enjoyed books by: Natasha Madison, Kristen Callihan, Anna Todd, Nana Malone, Sarina Bowen, LJ Shen, Lucy Score, Elle Kennedy, Helena Hunting, Rebecca Jenshak, Gina Azzi, Jamie Davenport, Hannah Grace, Piper Lawson, Cathryn Fox, Ember Leigh, J.H. 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