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Author
Series
Bright sessions volume 1
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond "typical." Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy--he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard...
62) Hangman's game
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After losing his starting position as a college quarterback to a shoulder injury, Nick Gallow has remade himself as a punter. Now in his fifth year in the pros with the Philadelphia Sentinels, Nick spends most of his time on the sidelines. He no longer makes winning plays, and when the team visits a hospital, the sick kids would rather talk to the players they've actually heard of. But Nick is unexpectedly thrust back into the spotlight when he witnesses...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amara
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
"For five years, Cecilia Morgan's entire existence has revolved around playing personal assistant to self-centered former NFL quarterback Wade Carter. But just when she finally gives her notice, his father's health fails, and Wade whisks her back to his hometown. CC will stay for his dad--for now--even if that means ignoring how sexy her boss is starting to look in his Wranglers. To say CC's notice is a bombshell is an insult to bombs. Wade can't...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle. And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former pro athlete wants back into the game, and he wants Taylor to train him. There's just one catch -- no one can know what they're doing. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Emmy Lou King is lead singer for the famous band Three Kings, and when her father lands her the opportunity to sing the American Football League anthem and serve on one of the AFL's anti-drug charities, Emmy Lou agrees. Combining her fan base and those of the AFL could do some good in the fight against drugs. But can she handle working with Brock Watson? She'd barely recovered from their breakup--and she's never loved anyone else. When a hotshot...
66) Defending Taylor
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There are no mistakes in love. Captain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender for valedictorian: Taylors always pushed herself to be perfect. After all, thats what is expected of a senators daughter. But one impulsive decisionone lie to cover for her boyfriendand Taylors kicked out of private school. Everything shes worked so hard for is gone, and now shes starting over at Hundred Oaks High. Soccer has always been Taylors escape...
68) Making the play
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Grant McQuaid has dedicated his entire life to his football career. Now an injury threatens his place on the team and he's forced to return home to rehabilitate. But when he meets his 'biggest fan,' a precocious, blue-eyed, hearing-impaired boy named James--and his beautiful mother, Bethany--Grant begins to question whether football is the future he still wants. Bethany Mills has been doing just fine since her husband walked out on them...and she...
69) Concussion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalus emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful and beloved institutions in the world.
70) The Bodyguard
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (120 pages).
Language
English
Description
Ryan Hale, aka Replay, is the most successful running back in his high school's history. With university scouts making him offers he can't refuse, his future seems set. The problem is, Ryan would much rather go to film school. But his dad doesn't want to hear it. His teammates sure don't. He can't afford the application fees anyway. But then a solution appears when Markus, a strange exchange student with outrageous stories about mobsters and hackers,...
71) Hot stuff
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
He's about to find out … She's not just one of the guys.
Annabelle Jordan and her two sisters were orphans in frilly dresses when they went to live with their sports-lawyer uncle in his world of locker rooms, bookies and gambling. Now the girls are publicists in their uncle's firm, The Hot Zone.
Despite her upbringing, Annabelle is all woman. She's naturally drawn to real men-like her latest client, businessman and former football legend Brandon...
72) Gut check
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Wyatt has wanted nothing more than to play football on Grayport's championship-winning team. But not for the fame, glory, or girls. It's his last chance to build a relationship with his older brother Brett, the star quarterback, before he leaves for college. Now that their team has gained national attention, a big win could be just what the small town needs in order to rebound from a fishing season that has been devastated by red tide. When Brett...
73) Dirty exes
Author
Series
Liars Inc volume Book 1
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Blaire has never quite gotten over Jessie Beckett, the ex-NFL star whose kisses were hot enough to ignite the entire Eastern Seaboard. When he chose work over her, Blaire was left brokenhearted. Why else would she have married a skeezy two-timer, just to divorce him less than a year later? Now Blaire is getting even by becoming one half of Dirty Exes, a PI firm fully committed to humiliating cheating jerks. If only the new jerk she's been hired to...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
For proof, you need to look no further than Nobody's Baby But Mine. This classic comic love story from perennial New York Times bestseller Phillips unites a beautiful, brainy scientist desperate to be a mom with a brawny, smoking hot jock who, though handsome enough to father her child, is nowhere near as stupid as she wants her baby's daddy to be. Emily Giffin, Jane Green, and Rachel Gibson fans take note: when it comes to delivering delightfully...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas. Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative Bentley ten years ago, and while he's finally made a life for himself as a gay man in New York, his younger brother's disappearance soon brings him back to a place he thought he'd escaped for good. Meanwhile, Sheriff's Deputy...
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Soraya Nazari is ready to make her mark on the world--if only she knew what that was going to be. Caught between her strict Muslim family's expectations and her own, Soraya can't help feeling like a fish out of water as she navigates life as a new college graduate. And there is the small matter that Soraya has never been kissed at the age of twenty-one. Enter Magnus Evans: rugby player, man-about-town, and everything Soraya's parents would disapprove...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the daughter of a local police chief and dispatcher makes a horrific 911 call, the whole town jumps into action. Jojo is disorientated; she has been raped and beaten at the home of pro footballer Kevin Leeds. She doesn't know what happened to Kevin's trainer, whose beaten corpse is also discovered in the house. And she has no idea where her best friend Harper, who was with her earlier in the evening, could be. When Jojo dives into Harper's social...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancée in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her his...for one night. Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ruddy McCann, former college football star, has experienced a seismic drop in popularity; he is now a full-time repo man in Kalkaska, Michigan and part-time bouncer at his sister's bar. His best friend is his low-energy Basset hound Jake, with whom he shares a simple life of stealing cars. Simple, that is, until Ruddy starts hearing a voice in his head. The voice introduces himself as Alan Lottner, a dead real estate agent. Ruddy isn't sure if Alan...
Author
Series
Publisher
BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Morstead entered his 12th NFL season with the New Orleans Saints, distinguishing himself as one of the league's top punters. In Super Bowl XLIV, he executed an onside kick that the Saints recovered and parlayed into a touchdown to take a 13-10 lead. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the Super Bowl. In 2014, Thomas and his wife Lauren started What You Give Will Grow, a foundation committed to improving the lives of those in...