Gridlock: A Forbidden Opposites-Attract MM College Football Romance

By Chrissy Maes

Sam

I spent eighteen months in prison, and as soon as I get out, I'm tasked with painting the face of the guy I killed on the stadium wall.

I know how it sounds. I put Edward Raine, the Lucero Wanderers' star player, in the ground, and now the county wants me up on a scaffold turning his face into a shrine. They're calling it redemption. I'm calling it the worst idea anyone's ever had. But I've never once turned down a self-destructive dare, so here I am, brush in hand, the most hated man in Lucero.

Then the team sends their monster to run me off. Cal Watson is six-foot-five and two hundred and fifty pounds of pure muscle. He's also the highest-paid player on the roster and the last man alive I should want.

He tells me to walk away. I tell him to go to hell. And yet somehow... the biggest man in this town ends up right where I want him. On his knees in front of me... doing what he's told.

Cal

Everybody in Lucero wants something from me. My coach wants a title. The boosters want a face for the program. Nobody wants the truth, which is that I've spent my whole life keeping my head down and my mouth shut so no one finds out what I actually crave.

Then Sam Brennan shows up in the last place on earth he should be. The whole town has it in for him.

I should force him off our field. Instead, I keep circling, night after night, because Sam's the first person who's ever given me orders just to see me quiver.

A killer with a paintbrush. A giant who kneels only for him. And a town that will never accept them being together.

GRIDLOCK is a full-length, scorching, open-door MM college football romance with dual first-person POV and a guaranteed HEA. Book Two of The Lucero Wanderers; can be read as a standalone. Forbidden, filthy, and not for the faint of heart.

For readers who love:

Forbidden romanceOpposites attractSize differencePraise kinkDual POV

Perfect for fans of Rachel Reid and Nyla K.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8ZH41NM
• ISBN13: 9798187442812
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"