Kickoff
Touchdown series / Book 1
by Emmanuelle Snow
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Pub Date May 29 2025 | Archive Date Jul 16 2026
Romance | Sports | Teens & YA
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Description
Hearts break. Sparks fly. If only love was as straightforward as the game, right?
Star quarterback. Straight-A swimmer. Two lives bound by a secret that could destroy them both.
I’m on top of the world—the king of the field, the guy everyone wants. Except Melinda Shepard. She’s brilliant, distant, and refuses to be dazzled by my fame or my reputation. Years ago, we almost became something—but it all went up in flames before it even started.
When a night takes a dark turn and she’s left fighting for her life, I’m the only one there to save her. Suddenly, I’m trapped back in the friendship zone, right where I never wanted to be. But the fire between us hasn’t died—it’s raging, and my heart is hers, no question. Melinda is holding back, hiding a secret so dark it could ruin us both. As truths unravel and emotions crash, every unsaid word cuts deeper. Our friendship might be the only thing left—if it can survive the storm.
Falling for the girl who could break you? Who knew it would be the hardest and cruelest play of my life.
A Note From the Publisher
GAME PLAN, book 2 in the Touchdown series, will be available on NetGalley in the upcoming days.
Advance Praise
Readers LOVE Kickoff
"Wow!!! What a powerful story." (Goodreads)
"Boy oh boy. This book took me on quite the emotional rollercoaster. I was up, down, and sideways with Melinda and Mason's story." (Goodreads)
"Kickoff will make you laugh,cry,and want to throw your book at the wall but in a good way. The banter is fantastic, the tension between the two MC will keep you on the edge of your seat. The book is quite big but it’s easy to read in one sitting. Who needs sleep anyway?" (Goodreads)
"Mason and Melinda are so raw and real. Vulnerable. Unsure. But also brave. Their experiences rocked me to my core. This book is so emotionally charged with Mason trying to prove he’s a changed guy and how he worships the ground Melinda walks on. And the emotional tidal wave at the end still has me trying to figure out which way is up." (Goodreads)
Marketing Plan
Readers' favorite tropes in one book:
🏈 opposites attract
🏈 high school quarterback
🏈 athlete FMC (swimming)
🏈 touch her and d!e (literally)
🏈 he falls first
🏈 childhood friends to enemies to it's complicated
🏈 mental health rep
About the book:
Kickoff is a contemporary coming-of-age YA emotional romance with an enemies-to-lovers, next-door-neighbors setup, a football star x elite swimmer pairing, and mental health representation.
Please note: this story contains sensitive themes and is recommended for readers 16+.
About the author:
Soulfully Beautiful Love Stories
USA Today Bestselling Author Emmanuelle Snow is an author of contemporary YA and women's fiction love stories, who gives life to strong characters who’ll fight with all they have to reach their life goals and find their own happiness. She loves her characters to be relatable and realistic.
She writes soulmates emotional romance that should be read with a box of tissues. Or two.
Connect with the author:
Website: emmanuellesnow.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781998077403 |
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