Cover of Falling Stars

Falling Stars

Lex Martin · Wild at Heart #2

406 pagescontemporary romance
(6k)Steamy

She hid in her ex-best-friend's condo — then the NFL star came home and refused to leave her side.

Content Warnings
stalking

Description

Falling for the guy who broke my heart years ago wasn’t on my to-do list when I snuck into his condo. Maverick Walker was my best friend, my safe place—the boy I trusted with my whole heart—until one reckless kiss in high school ruined everything. Now, he’s an NFL football player, and I’m a struggling small-town hairstylist, newly single and expecting a baby. With my ex gone and someone vandalizing my business, my life feels like it’s crumbling beneath me. When my best friend Paige suggests hiding out in Maverick’s swanky condo to regroup while he’s recovering from an injury in New York, it seems like a lifeline.Except he comes home. Unexpectedly. When I’m half-dressed.Now I’m stuck in his orbit again, unprepared for the way he still makes my heart race. Maverick is charming, ridiculously hot, and as off-limits as ever. But I have bigger problems than his smoldering smile—like figuring out who’s targeting me and why they won’t stop. As the threats escalate, so do Maverick’s protective instincts. But with his life in New York and mine in Texas, our worlds couldn’t be further apart. And yet, with danger closing in, his arms are the only safe haven I have left.But how do I let him protect me without risking my heart again—when loving him feels as out of reach as a falling star? Falling Stars is a single mom, forced proximity, friends to lovers romance with second chance vibes. If you enjoy charming cowboys, sassy heroines, or secretive small towns, this book is for you!

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