Love on the Goal Line

Warren Updegrove has always been good at following the rules.

Football gave him structure, purpose, and a clear future. But when his college career ends without the pro contract he expected, Warren is left drifting, unsure who he is without the game that defined him.

What he isn’t ready to examine is the quiet truth he’s been carrying for years.

Thom Lodge is steady, observant, and far more honest with himself than Warren knows how to be. What begins as a math tutoring assignment turns into an easy friendship, then it deepens into something Warren can’t rationalize or control. Especially as he struggles with the loss of his athletic identity, pressure from former teammates, and the fear that wanting Thom means admitting truths he’s spent his life avoiding.

Because this isn’t just about attraction.

It’s about what happens when the future you planned disappears, and the only thing that feels real is the one thing you’re afraid to choose.

Love on the Goal Line is a contemporary MM romance about masculinity, career derailment, and finding love when the playbook no longer applies. Featuring a former college football player, friends-to-lovers tension, slow-burn emotional payoff, and a deeply satisfying HEA, this novel explores what it means to build a life—and a relationship—after the spotlight fades.