Before We're Left Behind (Paperback)

Paperback. She's about to step onto a stage that could change her life.He's about to play in the match that would decide his.But her family had other plans.She's the girl from the corner shop whose family have already planned her future: perfect grades, a law degree, respectability. But music is her passion - her release, her desire.He has always known football was his only hope of escape from the estate. From the sadness and violence around him. From a future that looked too much like the past. But desire doesn't ask permission.And loving a boy from the tower-block, whose future is wholly uncertain, was never part of the plan.What begins with playground banter and night-time dreams, deepens into something more intimate, more real - a connection that stretches across cultures; from the loneliness of a single bed, to the darkness of a quiet cinema and a borrowed sofa of a friend's front room. Temptation, and the ache of wanting more threatens to distract them both. And it is all more than her family would allow.As Aisha prepares to join the musical elite and Callum prepares for a match that would decide their future, both must confront the same truth: Success demands sacrifice, choices demand commitment.And forbidden love demands courage.Offside Hearts is a British new adult sports romance featuring: - Football academy hero- Ambitious musician heroine- Class difference tension- Long-distance heat- Coming of age frustrations- Sexual awakening- Emotional slow burn- and an ending you may not expectNew Adult coming of age, contemporary British forbidden love romance This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…