{"product_id":"gridlock-chrissy-maes-9798187442812","title":"Gridlock: A Forbidden Opposites-Attract MM College Football Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Sam Brennan shows up in the last place on earth he should be. The whole town has it in for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA killer with a paintbrush. A giant who kneels only for him. And a town that will never accept them being together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG\u003ci\u003eRIDLOCK 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers who love: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbidden romance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpposites attract\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eSize difference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise kink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDual POV\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Rachel Reid and Nyla K.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chrissy Maes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187442812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Chrissy Maes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148634038527,"sku":"9798187442812","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gridlock-chrissy-maes-9798187442812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}