She wasn’t part of his plans. He didn’t fit into her schedule. Love always finds a way.

Deke Wright had spent years running from his past. An opportunity to coach for the Cormac University football team mean building a stable life for his daughters. It also meant finally facing his brother and rebuilding the bridges he’d burnt years ago. Em Slater wasn’t part of the plan.

Emma Slater had everything. A big family. A thriving business. A roller derby team about to start its first season. All she needed was more hours in the day. She definitely didn’t have time for Deke Wright and his adorable girls.

As fall slides toward winter, Deke and Em meet by chance. While they think of all the reasons a relationship can’t work, circumstances, and his daughters, keep throwing them together. Will they realize that there’s always time for love, or will ghosts from their pasts pull them apart forever?

Welcome to Loving the Lineman, the sixth book in the Gridiron Knights series set in King’s Folly, South Carolina, where football is king, and the locals have something to say about everything. When you come for a visit, you’ll never want to leave.