Ready to Score

**Cleat Cute meets Friday Night Lights in this funny, spicy, emotional new romance from Jodie Slaughter.

"Watching these two determined Sapphics scheme and smolder at one another is gloriously popcorn-worthy - and as always, Slaughter knows how to bring the heat." - *The New York Times**

• Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good 'ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table. Only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy art teacher who plays her cards like she's gunning for Jade's deserved spot.

  Francesca Lim never thought she'd be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life. But two years ago, the promise of forever love had her leaving behind a burgeoning coaching career for a new life - only for it to burst into flames. Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she'd left in Houston. The only one standing in the way? The prickly assistant coach that Francesca can't keep her mind or hands off of.

  Not wanting to risk losing out on a dream job, Jade and Francesca can't afford to give in to the iron hot attraction that simmers beneath their biting interactions, so they try desperately to ignore it. Too bad their hearts don't seem to be as on board with the game plan.

  Jodie Slaughter's Ready to Score shows how sometimes you have to go big or go home to get the life - and love - you deserve.

  Autorentext

  JODIE SLAUGHTER is a traditionally and indie published romance author with one major goal: to make readers completely immerse themselves in the stories she writes. Whether she's making them laugh with witty one-liners or swoon over magical first kisses, she wants her novels to be so full of passion and complexity that they're impossible to put down. When she isn't writing she can be found baking or trying to convince her loved ones to start a commune. She has been publishing since 2019.

  Klappentext

  **Cleat Cute meets Friday Night Lights in this funny, spicy, emotional new romance from Jodie Slaughter.

  "Watching these two determined Sapphics scheme and smolder at one another is gloriously popcorn-worthy - and as always, Slaughter knows how to bring the heat." - *The New York Times**

• Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good 'ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table. Only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy art teacher who plays her cards like she's gunning for Jade's deserved spot.

  Francesca Lim never thought she'd be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life. But two years ago, the promise of forever love had her leaving behind a burgeoning coaching career for a new life - only for it to burst into flames. Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she'd left in Houston. The only one standing in the way? The prickly assistant coach that Francesca can't keep her mind or hands off of.

  Not wanting to risk losing out on a dream job, Jade and Francesca can't afford to give in to the iron hot attraction that simmers beneath their biting interactions, so they try desperately to ignore it. Too bad their hearts don't seem to be as on board with the game plan.

  Jodie Slaughter's Ready to Score shows how sometimes you have to go big or go home to get the life - and love - you deserve.

  Zusammenfassung

Praise for Ready to Score:

"Watching these two determined Sapphics scheme and smolder at one another is gloriously popcorn-worthy - and as always, Slaughter knows how to bring the heat." - The New York Times

"Grab this one immediately if you love sparks flying in all directions, sports romance, and some serious steam." - *Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

• "Ridiculously romantic and utterly sexy." - Library Journal (starred review)

  "This fabulous football romance... is a delightful read with plenty of humor and emotion." - Booklist

  "Slaughter makes the on-field action fun and delivers some steamy sex scenes along the way." - Publishers Weekly

  "Ready to Score is an unforgettable sapphic sports romance." - Culturess

  "A funny, smart, sexy romance for football fans, this story had me cheering for these characters from page one. Ready to Score will leave its readers ready to fall in love." - Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

  "Ready to Score is as fun, sexy, and heartfelt as I've come to expect from Jodie Slaughter. She writes small town romance in a way that few can: cozy, but still timely and fresh. It was a pleasure returning to Greenbelt with Franny and Jade." - Rachel Runya Katz, author of Thank You For Sharing and Whenever You're Ready

  "An enemies to lovers story where two strong willed women learn to love and fight for one another both on and off the field, Ready to Score is the sexy, sapphic football romance we've all been waiting for." - Lyla Lee, author of *Love in Focus

• Praise for Play to Win:

  A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

  "This contemporary romance set in the South is an immensely sexy and emotionally tender story about second chances, community, and family. Although it's a stand-alone novel, it takes place in the same town as Slaughter's previous rom-com, Bet on It; both first-time readers and her fans will enjoy." - Library Journal (starred review)

  "This romance is sexually frank, starkly intimate and often sizzling." - Bookpage

  "I adore Jodie Slaughter's books and writing style so this had to make the list." - Culturess

  "Slaughter's exploration of the importance of communication and self-healing, and thoughtful consideration of the socioeconomic pressures on Black families will resonate. Devoted series fans will find plenty to enjoy." - Publishers Weekly

  "Play to Win is a small-town romance in the way that Mad Max: Fury Road is a road trip movie...[T]here's no miraculous redemption here. There's only love's work: rebuilding trust and taking care of your people. Love is a choice you make over and over, not just on one day in a white dress." - The New York Times

  Praise for Bet On It:

  "A steamy Southern romance. Bet On It might just be the sexiest book about bingo ever." - People

  "An emotional sucker punch mixed with a nuanced and tender modern romance." - Kirkus Reviews

  "[A] beautiful romcom that handles anxiety with care." - Book Riot

  "An excellent read full of heart, sass, and steam that's perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Jasmine Guillory." - Library Journal

  "This sexy, warmhearted rom-com [is] a fun but thoughtful gem." - Publishers Weekly

  "Engaging and warm and a salve to anyone who has spent the summer in the South, trying to figure out how to fill the quiet summer nights." - The Wall Street Journal

  "A delight." - USA Today, "July's best rom-com books"

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