Offside - The Kestria Wolves Novel

She lost her best shot at a tournament to a call that should never have stood. He was the one person who could have spoken up, and didn't.

Six years later, Reyna Okafor captains Kestria's women's national team: disciplined, guarded, and finally on the rise. Marco Villanueva captains the men's team of rival nation Vantera, and he is the boy she once loved.

When their federations launch a joint promotional tour to sell out stadiums, Reyna and Marco are forced to stand side by side for six weeks of press conferences, shared training sessions, and cameras that notice everything. One honest answer in a crowded mixed zone changes the story overnight. A leaked photo turns it into a scandal. An investigative journalist starts asking questions about the referee who ended Reyna's tournament. And the qualifying draw drops both teams into the same group.

Now they have to decide whether love can survive the one thing neither of them can take back, and the one match neither can afford to lose.

Inside this story:

- Second-chance romance with six years of unfinished business

- Forced proximity on a federation-mandated tour

- Rival captains on opposing national teams

- Both leads are professional athletes, and she's the star

- Slow-burn tension, dual POV, a guaranteed happily-ever-after

A short, bingeable read of about 23,000 words with no explicit scenes, just tension, heart, and a hard-won happy ending. Book One in the Kestria Wolves series; every book stands alone.