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Playing Hard To Get

By Monica Murphy
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From TikTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a scorching sports romance . . . Everyone's a player on The Golden Eagles football team . . . Knox Maguire is the star player on the football team and the King of campus.... Read More
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From TikTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a scorching sports romance . . .

Everyone's a player on The Golden Eagles football team . . .

Knox Maguire is the star player on the football team and the King of campus. Everyone loves him, but no one pays attention to me. When I become his English tutor, things are kept strictly business.

Yet Knox is impossible to resist. Next thing I know, we're getting hot and heavy in the library. When Knox admits he can't stop thinking about me, I have a realisation.

I can't stop thinking about him either.

Instead of keeping my distance, I pull him in closer. Until somehow, we're spending all of our time together, and I find myself falling for him. Hard.

But is this star athlete playing a game with my heart . . .

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ISBN: 9781405969734

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Monica Murphy is an internationally bestselling romance author whose novels have topped the New York Times and USA Today charts. She has sold over two million copies worldwide and has been translated into a dozen languages.

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