The Trouble With Players: A Slow-Burn MM College Sports Romance

He bullied the one boy he couldn't stop wanting. Now he has to become someone worthy of a second chance.

Jerry Carter has spent his whole life playing the role of the confident college basketball star—the guy who always has the last joke, the loudest laugh, and a wall high enough to hide everything underneath.

Especially the way his heart betrays him whenever Sammy Lewis walks onto the court.

Sammy is everything Jerry isn't: disciplined, admired, and impossible to ignore. Their rivalry fuels every practice, every game, and every stolen glance... until one reckless moment changes everything.

The taunt leaves Jerry's mouth before he can stop it. A heartbeat later, Sammy is on the floor of a silent gym, not moving, and the whole team is looking at the boy who put him there.

After an injury that could end everything Sammy's worked for, Jerry is forced to confront the truth he's spent years outrunning. Guilt isn't enough. Apologies aren't enough. If he ever wants to earn Sammy's trust, he'll have to tear down the version of himself that was built on fear.

But Sammy has a battle of his own. As he recovers, he's forced to question the future everyone expects him to live—and whether the boy who once broke his heart might be the one who finally understands it.

Some games are won with points.

The hardest ones are won with honesty.