Sharing a locker room with my high school rival is bad enough. Pretending to date him? A terrible idea. Trying not to fall for him? Hopeless.

JJ

Football is everything—my escape, my future, my one shot to prove I'm not my father's disappointment.

Then Holden Cox appears. The golden boy who stole my MVP and made me doubt myself.

Now he's my student trainer, living under my skin, touching me like he owns me.

And to prove a point, I challenge him to fake-date me.

It's the only way my friends will shut up about my last boyfriend.

One lie. One kiss. One mistake waiting to happen.

Holden

I'm in college to rebuild my future in football, not to be tangled with JJ Matthews.

I told myself I'd never fall for him. I'm not even sure I like guys.

But JJ is different. Always has been.

Now I'm faking kisses that feel too real and wanting things I don't know how to name.

Keeping this secret could save us both or break me in ways my busted knee never did.

Hidden Plays is the first book in the Desert Football series, which is a spin-off of the Desert Ice Hockey series. It features rivals who can't keep their hands off each other, a fake boyfriend scheme that feels all too real, a bisexual awakening that changes everything, and found-family teammates cheering for their happily ever after.

When it comes to love, these boys are playing for keeps.