{"title":"Enemies to Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003eso you watched heated rivalry...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003equeerness, sports, and enemies to lovers in black \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"intercepted","title":"Intercepted \/\/ (Playbook #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMarlee thought she scored the man of her dreams only to be scorched by a bad breakup. But there's a new player on the horizon, and he's in a league of his own...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarlee Harper is the perfect girlfriend. She's definitely had enough practice by dating her NFL-star boyfriend for the last ten years. But when she discovers he has been tackling other women on the sly, she vows to never date an athlete again. 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