**Hard Knox by Amber Malloy**
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**AMBER MALLOY**
**BIO**
Amber
Malloy dreamed of being a double agent but couldn’t pass the psyche evaluation.
Crushed by despair that she couldn’t legally shoot things, Amber pursued her
second career choice as pastry chef. When she’s not writing or whipping up
a mean Snickers Cheesecake, she occasionally spies on her sommelier. Amber is
convinced he’s faking his French accent.
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**HARD KNOX**
Publication
date:
June 16, 2020
Series:
Perfect Stats #2
Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary
**BLURB**
FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR AMBER MALLOY
Book two in the Perfect Stats series
Everything comes easy to quarterback Gavin Knox—women, football,
even money.
However, the only thing he truly wants but can’t win is the beauty
of his dreams, Remy Bell.
A
simple favor to save the girl turns into the quarterback losing his heart.
As
beautiful as she is fun, Remy Bell has only one problem—a psychotic killer with
political power wants her dead. Always a ‘two steps ahead’ type of gal, she
plans to outrun the maniac. Marriage and a sweet life in the football star’s
hometown in Canada would give her the cover she needs, but Remy doesn’t stick
around long enough to find out. She travels all over the world, photographing
the most beautiful and devastating events, but her now-husband’s tabloid
activities lead her to the one place she should avoid…back home.
Superstar
Gavin Knox wins at everything. However, once he scores the girl of his dreams,
he’s suddenly in danger of losing the one thing he has always needed. Before
she can slip through his fingers, he offers her a deal she can’t refuse—marry
him for Canadian citizenship, which will protect her, and after five years,
they can divorce. Knox is positive that she will fall head over heels in love
with him, but it doesn’t happen. After six years of marriage, two playoff
titles and a third on the way, Knox is forced to contend with a successful wife
almost more famous than he is.
Determined
to get exactly what he wants, which includes having Remy and a family, he
devises a stupid scheme that puts everything he’s worked so hard for in
jeopardy.
**EXCERPT**
With less than a minute
on the clock, Gavin Knox faked right and threw the ball to his running back.
His teammate’s gravity-defying catch took place in the end zone, resulting in
their game-winning touchdown. As the band played the school’s fight song, the
student body of Michigan Institute of Technology flooded the field.
Letting out a ferocious
howl, Knox snatched off his helmet. For the second time in a row his team was
headed to the championships. With only one more year left in college, Knox
looked forward to the Heisman Trophy Ceremony and a single digit position in
the professional draft.
It may have seemed
arrogant on his part to assume that he had a right to any of those things, but
he had worked his ass off. He had mapped out his whole career since the age of
twelve. In his freshman year of high school, Knox had transferred to America
from Canada to secure his spot in the pros. He’d then followed it up with
enrollment at a Big Ten college.
Intending to get drunk
off his ass, Knox scanned the crowd for his best friend, Hawk. On his way past
a couple of his teammates, he slapped their heads as he moved closer to the
stands—and that was when he saw her. A chocolate-colored honey ran straight at
him. Her letterman jacket showcased her body-hugging, tight sweater and perfect
tits. Since she was focused on something over her shoulder, Knox felt safe to
peruse her banging-ass body without judgment.
However, once she turned
those big, almond-shaped eyes in his direction, his whole world came to a
sudden and glorious halt. Shiny black curls bounced up and down, framing her
heart-shaped face. Simple and utter perfection barreled straight at him.
As she licked her full
lips, instant wood clouded his mind. Even if he wanted to, he couldn’t seem to
stop himself. Fate had other plans. Flashes of what life would be like if he
didn’t talk to her propelled him into action. Knox reached out to snag her
around the waist, bringing the beauty inches from his mug.
“Where did you come
from?” he asked her.
Confusion shuttled
across her stunning face before she tilted her head to the side and smiled.
“Nowhere.”
“So you just fell out of
the sky?” It might have sounded lame, but he meant every word of it.
“Technically, you
grabbed me. So, what happened here?” She checked out the field. “Did you win
something big?”
“If the answer’s ‘you’,
then sure.” As he looked into her eyes, he almost forgot the last few minutes
of his life.
“Do you mind?” She
glanced down at the ground. “The air’s kind of thin up here in Giantsville.”
Though he was reluctant
to let her go, he set her down.
“So, what…? Are you like
the main guy?” she asked, looking totally serious.
Knox laughed. He
couldn’t help it. Obviously she didn’t care about football. “Something like
that.”
“Which makes you a
supastar, right?”
Positive that she didn’t
have a bra on under her soft, cream-colored sweater, he desperately wanted to
feel her body against his one more time.
“Are you going to tell
me your name?” he asked abruptly. She glanced over her shoulder at something.
For a split second he wondered if she had a boyfriend, but, truthfully, he
didn’t care.
“And make it easy for
you? No, but”—she raised onto her tiptoes and Knox leaned down to meet her
halfway—“dream about me, okay? Then just maybe…” The warmth of her
candy-scented breath heated his cheek.
Tempted to tip his head
down a little farther to intercept her lips, he froze and hit the dreaded blue
screen.
“Hey, man,
congrat-u-fucking-lations!” His friend Hawk grabbed him in a big bear hug. When
the melody of her laughter kicked him into gear, he realized that the beauty
had disappeared.
Knox searched the crowd
but couldn’t find her. “Where did she go?” he asked.
“Who? What the hell are
you talking about? I didn’t see anybody.”
Positive that she’d
given him a hint to her name, he ran through the possibilities in his head.
“The press wants to talk
to you. Then we’re going out to celebrate.” Hawk patted him on the back and led
him toward the locker room. Still shell-shocked by his encounter with the
hottest girl he had ever laid eyes on, he reluctantly followed his friend.
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