Trophy Boyfriends

"Hard pass." That's what the last girl I slept with said when she got her first sober glimpse of me. She laughed, walked out of my penthouse-and I never saw her again. It doesn't matter that I'm a rich, professional athlete; what mattered was my face. Beauty might only be skin deep for some-but I know better. "Pay up." That's what the last girl I spoke to said over the phone when I made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Desperate to sell a set of rare baseball cards, she's clever and entertaining. I'm instantly smitten, but nowhere ready to reveal myself. Thank god she has no idea who I am-or what I look like. I'm a professional athlete-how hard can playing the love game be? Contains mature themes.

"Hard Fall" That's what my mom is always saying: "The bigger you are, the harder you fall." She's talking about love-I've never been in it myself, but that doesn't stop me from secretly matchmaking for my friends. Who would suspect me, a world class athlete, of meddling in other people's love lives? I love Love, especially when it's not me who's doing the falling . . . "No Thanks." That's what Hollis Westbrooke said when I asked her on a date. Well, propositioned her, actually-but it was all a big joke; one she doesn't think is funny. My stomach is in knots since I might actually like this girl so the joke is one me. Hollis's father is my boss-and she doesn't date players. The bigger they are, the harder they fall-especially when biggest player is me. Contains mature themes.

"HARD TO LOVE." Hard head. Bad attitude. Terrible boyfriend. That's what my exes have said about me-but I wasn't serious about any of them, so what do I care what rumors they spread? What I need is to be left alone; by the press, by the paparazzi, and by women. Too bad I'm about to be surrounded by them for the weekend. My obnoxious, matchmaking brother is getting married, and he's doing his damndest to find me a wedding date . . . "HARD TO FIND." That's what they say about good men-they're hard to find. Not that when I find one, I'll be the type he's looking for; too nice, too ordinary, too boring. My cousin is getting married, and her fiance insists on throwing me at his brother. Cold, uncaring professional football player Tripp Wallace would never look twice at a woman like me. Too bad for both of us, I was wrong . . . Contains mature themes.

Some girls have all the luck…Unfortunately, I am not one of those girls. Not when I lost my apartment because my roommate let the lease lapse while I travel for work. Not when my brothers keep finding love and my mother keeps reminding me I'm still single. Not after a one-night stand during my older brother's wedding has me waking up pregnant. I have to keep it a secret from him, and my family. I sure can't tell my brother his teammate, Mateo Espinoza, is the man I slept with. Confident, funny, Mateo. A guy can't catch a break…Just when I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams, she ghosts me. Worse? Her brother refuses to give me her number, and my calls to her office go straight to voicemail. I thought I was a catch; professional athlete, charming, raised with six sisters, I'm a guy who knows his way to a woman's heart! What reason could she possibly have for avoiding me? When I finally catch up to True Wallace, I'm going to get the answer. Contains mature themes.