Dear Jane is a second chance standalone contemporary romance from Kendall Ryan. Check out an exclusive excerpt from the novel here!

‘Dear Jane’ by Kendall Ryan synopsis:

I broke her heart ten years ago and left town.

She hates me, and rightly so. It doesn’t matter that the rest of the country loves me, that I’m a starting quarterback with a multimillion-dollar contract. Because when I look in the mirror, all I see is a failure who was too young—and too afraid—to fight for what I wanted.

But I’m not that guy anymore, and all I need is one shot to convince her.

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He has no idea what happened after he left. And now I’m supposed to work alongside him like we don’t have this huge, messy history?

But I’m older now, wiser, and I won’t let anything stand in my way of doing a good job for this league. Not even one overpaid, arrogant player who thinks we’re going to kiss and make up.

News flash, buddy: I am over you.

‘Dear Jane’ by Kendall Ryan exclusive excerpt:

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If someone had told me a week ago that it was going to be difficult for me to hate Weston Chase, I would have laughed that person out of my office. I have a well-stocked arsenal of material that gave me every reason to believe that I would have no trouble giving this asshole the cold shoulder for the entire season. And I was ready to do just that.
The problem is, my ten-year-old evidence of Wes’s douchebaggery just isn’t holding up to the player I see at practice every day.

He’s always the first one at the training facility in the morning, sometimes even before my dad, and he’s consistently the last to hit the showers. And it’s not just a sometimes thing. It’s an every-single-practice thing. He’s made an admirable effort—I’ll give him that.

“Chase!” Dad barks. “You better not be throwing like that at the Philly game! We’re not ending on that note. Run it again!”

We’re almost at the end of the longest practice we’ve had all week, and for a lot of the players, it shows. One by one, they’re getting burnt out, dropping more and more F-bombs each time Dad calls for another run of a play.
Except for Wes.

Obviously, he’s getting pretty worn out. His throw isn’t looking as good as it did first thing this morning when practice started. But mentally, he’s still 100 percent in it. I’ve never seen a player this driven, this passionate about improving.

The receivers bitch to the coaches and toss a little friendly trash talk Wes’s way for his lousy throw, but Wes doesn’t say a word. He just adjusts his helmet and runs back to the line, prepping to restart the play.

The high-pitched screech of Dad’s whistle pierces the air, and this time, Wes throws a flawless spiral right into the hands of a wide receiver. Perfection.

And perfection is exactly what the coaches are expecting with our first away game coming up. Two days from now, we’ll be landing in Philly to play the Rangers, a game that every sports blogger in the country has been ramping up since we signed Wes last week.

The rivalry between the Hawks and the Rangers is already one of the most famous in the league, but with rumors flying all over social media as to why Wes left the Rangers at the last minute, the buildup to his first game against his old team has been insane.

I’ve seen how that kind of media coverage has affected players before, making them quick to snap at the coach or just completely shut down, refusing to take direction or run drills. But not Wes. Somehow, he works harder and harder at every practice.

“Attaboy, Chase! All right, guys, huddle up, huddle up!”

As the players and assistant coaches circle to wrap up practice, I desperately fight my instincts to check out Wes’s butt in those skintight football pants. Did I leave my self-control at home this morning? Or is it that sitting in the bleachers and watching Wes play puts me right back in girlfriend mode?

Dear Jane by Kendall Ryan will be released on October 15! Pre-order now from Amazon, iBooks, or Kobo. And don’t forget to add it to your Goodreads!