Excerpt - All Lined Up: A Rusk University Novel by Cora Carmack

Cora Carmack gave us a little peek at her upcoming book, All Lined Up, yesterday in honor of the SuperBowl.

 

 

Don’t get distracted by a girl.

 

That’s Dad’s number one rule, and he’s probably right.

 

It’s going to take everything I have to keep my grades up here. And I don’t exactly have it easy on the field, considering I’m playing second string to Levi Abrams. The guy won two high school state championships, and still holds the high school state record for all-time leading passer. He was redshirted the year before last, his freshman year, and though he had decent numbers in his first season last year, the team as a whole had a disappointing year. 

 

Normally that might have given me a little hope.

 

But considering the university’s new coach was the one to coach Levi to those two state championships in high school, I figure I’m shit out of luck.

 

I’m sure one of the reasons he was hired was to get Levi back on his game.  

 

Which is why I give myself a break and let myself step a little closer to Dallas. I can afford to get distracted for one night. How much could it hurt?

 

“So what did that guy do to piss you off? You know…just so I don’t make the same mistake.”

 

“Unless you’re lying to me and trying to trick me into sleeping with you…you should be good.”

 

“So what if I’m up-front about trying to get you to sleep with me…Does that still get me yelled at?”

 

I expected a blush, but I don’t get one. Her face is carefully blank.

 

“I thought you weren’t trying to hook up with me.”

 

“Just keeping my options open. I like to be prepared for all possibilities.”

 

She rolls her eyes. “You can be as up-front as you want. I can promise I will be, too.”

 

There’s a devilish glint in her eye, and I wonder how many hearts this girl has broken with her honesty. Not that I’m worried about my heart. I’m more concerned with the hard-on I can’t get to subside with her so close to me.

 

“Then in the interests of honesty, I should say I’m trying really hard not to kiss you.”

 

She straightens, and the strand of hair she was lazily twirling drops from her grasp.

 

“Why would you tell me that?”

 

“So that when I slip up and break my promise, you’ll at least know I tried.”  

 

**Reposted with permission from: Cora Carmack Books: The One with the Football Player

 

 

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.

When your dad is a coaching legend in Texas high school football, your life isn’t your own. That’s why Dallas Cole can’t wait to get to Rusk University and finally get out of her father’s shadow. But when he makes the jump to college ball—at her school no less—it’s déjà vu all over again.

Now, half the team (and all their groupies) avoid her like the plague, convinced she’ll tattle to her notoriously hardass father about a frat party or a bent curfew. The other half just wants to use her to get closer to the coach.

And then there’s Carson McClain, the supremely hot, newly transferred second-string quarterback. Oblivious of her identity, he approaches her at a party, and for once in her life Dallas decides to kiss first and ask questions later.

While the heat between them is undeniable, Dallas and Carson have more than a few issues to tackle. He’s a football player with a lot to prove. She’s the coach’s daughter who just wants a life of her own. How can they possibly win when they’ve both got so much to lose?

 

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Being a fan of Cora's Losing It Series, I am very excited for this new series. Plus, it has football players. I love sports romances. Do you like them? If so, what are some of your favorites?