Breakaway: A Novel

USA Today Bestseller

The BookTok sensation: a spicy coach’s daughter college sports romance, second in the Beyond the Play series, with new exclusive content in this edition!

A secret friends-with-benefits arrangement with the hockey coach’s daughter shouldn’t have a shot in the dark of leading to more…

Cooper

As a pro-bound college athlete with a good-time reputation, I usually have my pick of puck bunnies. But lately, I’ve been in a dry spell that feels more like a curse, and the stress is affecting my game—the one thing that can’t happen if I’m going to make team captain, and eventually the NHL.

Enter Penny Ryder.

She’s my coach’s daughter, but the moment she pulls me into that ice rink closet, she’s the one thing on my mind besides hockey. She has a sex bucket list, and each item on it confirms we’re kindred spirits in the bedroom. If I say yes, I’ll be relaxed on the ice again—but if her dad finds out, I’ll be forced to say goodbye to being captain and finally earning my own father’s approval.

Penny

Thanks to the ex from hell, I’m a long way from being ready for a relationship—but it’s time to reclaim my agency, one long-sought-after experience in bed at a time.

Enter Cooper Callahan.

He’s my dad’s star defenseman; an arrangement with him will mean keeping yet another major secret from my father. But the agreement we strike is simple: secret friends-with-benefits until he makes captain…and I cross off everything on my list, so I can finally move on from the incident that ruined both my life and my figure skating career.

Yet the longer our connection goes on, the more we trust each other, and the less I want to say goodbye. I know love leads to heartbreak, but what if it can also clear the ice for a breakaway?

TROPES

Friends with benefits

Hockey Romance

Spice Coaching

Filled with swoons, spice coaching, sports, and book nerds in love, Breakaway is a don’t-miss adult college sports romance.

“When I’m craving sports romance with sparkling banter, delicious tension, and page-melting dirty talk, I reach for Grace Reilly’s Beyond the Play series every time. Grace Reilly is the queen of sports romance!” - Stephanie Archer, nationally bestselling author of the Vancouver Storm series

“Charm, humor, and sizzling tension. Reilly writes the perfect blend of swoon and spice.” - Bal Khabra, USA Today bestselling author of Collide, on Wicked Serve

“Wicked Serve is a sweet and spicy read that brings all the swoon. I love a good grumpy/sunshine romance, and the chemistry between Nikolai and Izzy was sizzling. I was so sad to see it end!” - Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author

“Grace Reilly delivers with a sexy, smart, swoon-worthy sports romance. Perfect for readers looking for a red hot read.” - B. K. Borison, author of Lovelight Farms, on Wicked Serve

“Opposites truly do attract in this true-to-form romantic comedy! Reilly returns to the Callahan family one last time—blending steamy love scenes and tender moments into a heartfelt romance.” - Peyton Corinne, author of Unsteady, on Wicked Serve

“Reilly will have sports romance readers swooning.” - Publishers Weekly on Wicked Serve

“Reilly brings her A game . . . serving up exactly what her readers crave most.” - Booklist on Wicked Serve

“Lots of sneaking around and secret hook-ups . . . would highly recommend it to fellow sports romance readers.” - The Nerd Daily on Wicked Serve