Only on Gameday
Release Date: January 6, 2026
Genre: Romance/Contemporary/Sports Romance
An ALL-NEW sports romance from New York Times bestseller Kristen Callihan with high emotional stakes and a slow-burn, steamy heat level.
A “fake” fiancée is just the trick to help a bad-boy football player clean up his image. Trouble is, there’s nothing fake about the way August feels about his “pretend” fiancée.
August Luck is on the brink of greatness: top NFL draft pick, a great team, multiple corporate sponsorships, but he keeps messing it up with bonehead moves. After his latest shenanigan goes viral, everyone is telling him to get his act together.
Penelope Morrow grew up with August. Their mothers were best friends. Unfortunately, Pen always fled the room with a look of disapproval on her pretty face whenever August was around. But Pen has a problem too: she inherited her grandparent’s house and can’t pay the estate tax.
On a whim, August decides a temporary public engagement is the solution to both their problems—he’ll pay her taxes, and she’ll help his image. Win-win.
But, when it comes to Pen, nothing is certain or safe. Because Pen isn’t so reserved anymore. This time, she’s smiling back at him. And he likes it. A lot. Will they each survive the ruse unscathed?
Game on...
Perfect for readers who love:
Shy girl/sunshine boy
Hero in hot pursuit
Unrequited love + epic yearning
Fake dating (or is it?)
Delicious slow-burn romance
Childhood nemeses (all grown up)
KRISTEN CALLIHAN is a
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling, award-winning author. Her books have been translated into multiple languages throughout the world. She lives in the Washington, DC area with her family. When she’s not writing, you might find Kristen curled up on the couch, watching
Poirot or Murder She Wrote and drinking tea. But don’t let that fool you; she’s also in a lifelong love affair with coffee. Learn more about this author here:
kristencallihan.com
August Luck needs to get his act together, start living a life he can be proud of instead of cringing over when it goes viral for all the wrong reasons. He needs a little less bad boy, and a lot more good guy. Good thing he has a plan to make that happen...
Only on Gameday is a slow burn romance brimming with many moments to swoon over. As we meet our hero August he has just been told that he needs to make major changes to his personal image or his chances of making it to the NFL could be dashed. Because no team wants a bad boy with image problems and a life that is viral for all the wrong reasons. So, he decides he needs to make changes, and he devises the perfect plan to make it happen... but first he needs a find a willing partner to sell the idea.
Which is where our heroine Penelope enters the story, she is a family friend, a sweet and innocent girl with the perfect image, an image that will definitely overshadow August's bad one. When he proposes his little plan, she has her reservations at first, but she is also in desperate need of the money he is offering to cover the taxes she owes on her grandfathers home... so she agrees to play the part. But before long these two start to learn that there is nothing fake about what they are doing... and that's where things take an interesting turn!
This was an enjoyable read, one that I found not only entertaining, but brimming with just the right amount of slow burn torture to keep me turning the pages. Highly recommend!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
ARC provided by the publisher, via NetGalley request
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