She's Not in the Playbook

College Football • Old Crush • Situationship • Emotionally Unavailable Hero • Relationship With Rules • High SteamA year of DMs. Then he ghosted her. Now he’s back.Emmy
I don’t date athletes. Especially not Grey Alexander, the cocky wide receiver who ghosted me three years ago when I thought we could be something.Now he’s back, tutoring me through econ, making me laugh, and remembering the little things. I’m trying to survive junior year and build a future that’s mine instead of the one my dad planned for me. Falling for Grey again would be a spectacularly bad idea.Grey
Football comes first. Always. With two seasons left to prove I have what it takes to go pro, I don’t have room for distractions.Then Emmy Jensen walks back into my life, still smart, stubborn, gorgeous—and still the one girl I walked away from and never quite got over. I want her at my games, in my bed, and in every part of my life.Football is my future. Relationships aren't. So why can't I imagine that future without her?She’s Not in the Playbook is a steamy college football romance about an old crush, a situationship, and feelings that refuse to follow the rules.Follow She's Not in the Playbook on Goodreads.

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Holding On

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Pro Football • College Sweethearts • Established Couple • Long Distance • Love Under Pressure • High SteamLove isn’t the hard part. Holding on is.Micah
Getting drafted as a pro quarterback should be the best moment of my life. And mostly, it is. But as I stand on that stage holding up my new jersey, cameras flashing, I wonder what my dream will cost us. Abby has another year in L.A., and my new life is halfway across the country. Late-night calls and stolen weekends aren’t enough anymore. I want her here. But how do I ask her to give up her future for mine?Abby
Micah was made for the lights, the stadiums, the headlines. I’m proud of him. But no one warns you how lonely it is to be left behind. While he’s chasing his dream, I’m still figuring out mine, and every mile between us feels heavier than the last. What if love isn’t enough?He’s fighting to bring me closer.
I’m scared we’re drifting apart.
And neither of us knows if we’re playing for the same future.Holding On is a steamy football romance short story featuring an established couple, long distance, and what it takes to stay connected.Holding On was previously featured in the To L.A. With Love charity anthology. Follow Holding On on Goodreads.

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Casually Yours

College Football • Friends with Benefits • Accidental Exclusivity • Casual to Committed • He Catches Feelings • Career-Focused HeroineHe wanted great sex without the relationship. Somehow, he ended up with both.Ethan Burkowitz has the perfect arrangement: one woman, incredible chemistry, and absolutely no strings attached. But when aerospace engineering senior Sophie Lin gets too busy for their casual summer hookup, Ethan discovers he doesn’t just miss the sex.

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Off the Playbook

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Pro Football • Former Hookup • Second Chance • Cocky Hero • He Wants More • High SteamOne former hookup. One very tempting second chance.Jana
I’m a marketing assistant who just got passed over for a promotion I was sure was mine. Desperate for a distraction, I turn to Gavin McGraw, a cocky, confident football player—and my former hookup.I expect one steamy night and nothing more. Instead, Gavin gives me something I never expected from him—attention, affection, and the possibility that whatever we had before could become something real.
Last season, I let myself care about him, and then he disappeared from my life for months without a word. Now he’s acting like I’m more than a convenient hookup, and I want to believe him. But trusting Gavin means risking my heart on a man who’s already hurt it once.Off the Playbook is a second chance romance novella previously published in the Between Hearts: A Romance Anthology.

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All We Play For

Pro Football • Pro Soccer • Athlete x Athlete • He Falls First • Long Distance • High SteamShe’s chasing gold. He’s chasing a championship. Love wasn’t in the game plan.Ainsley
I’ve spent my life training for greatness. As an Olympic gold medalist and the face of women’s soccer, I don’t have time for distractions. Especially not Ryder Hayes, the arrogant superstar quarterback whose spotlight could turn me into a headline instead of an athlete.Ryder
I’m used to winning on and off the field. But Ainsley isn’t impressed by my fame or my cocky grin. She’s fiercely talented, brutally competitive, and impossible to resist. After a charity soccer game in L.A. and a trip to Vegas, our chemistry is a whole lot harder to ignore.Being together is easy while I’m training in L.A. during the offseason. But when football pulls me back to my team in San Francisco just as Ainsley’s season ramps up, our careers leave little room for each other. We’ve both spent our lives putting the game first. Now we’ll have to decide what we’re willing to change and what we’re really playing for.

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The Second Half

Pro Football • Second Chance • The One Who Got Away • Forced Proximity • Vacation Romance • High SteamTwo years apart. One luxury yacht. And a love neither of them ever managed to leave behind.Chloe
Quitting the dream job that made me miserable was supposed to be the hard part. Then I arrive in Key West and find Liam Davenport—football star, college sweetheart, and the man I walked away from two years ago.Now we're trapped on a luxury yacht for our best friends’ bachelor and bachelorette trip. I plan to keep my distance. But Liam still makes me laugh, still makes me feel safe, and makes it dangerously easy to remember how good we were together.Liam
Winning a championship gave me everything I thought I wanted, except Chloe. I let pride and football cost me the one person who ever felt like home. Now I have one week to prove I won’t make the same mistake twice.Chloe thinks this is a vacation fling. I want a second chance. But when paradise ends, can we build a future without either of us giving up who we've become?The Second Half is a steamy second-chance football romance featuring forced proximity, the one who got away, and a love neither of them ever got over.Follow The Second Half on Goodreads.

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About

HL Miller is a romance author who draws inspiration from both sports and love, blending the two in her steamy novels featuring cocky, irresistible athletes. Residing in the DC area, she is a loyal Commanders fan (though she maintains that the Washington Football Team was a superior name). When she's not immersed in reading or sports, she enjoys indulging in Asian dramas and sci-fi adventures.Sign up for my newsletter

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Off the Playbook

Read a scene from Gavin's point of view.

Holding On

Read the short story previously published in a charity anthology now available for free.
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