title: Catching Summer
author: Dover, L.P.
description: Hailed by Heidi McLaughlin as a bestselling author who “knows how to create the men who make us swoon,” L. P. Dover returns with an edgy, emotionally gripping Second Chances novel about a beautiful widow who can’t resist a chiseled NFL player.
  
  
   Former nurse Summer Jacobs has seen her fair share of suffering, but she never expected tragedy to hit so close to home. After watching her husband die in the MMA ring, Summer spends the next two years fighting her way through the darkness. The last thing she needs is another hardheaded athlete turning her life upside down. But that’s exactly what happens when she meets a gridiron star who’s as skilled at stealing hearts as he is at snagging passes.
  
   Carolina Cougars wide receiver Evan Townsend usually has no problem winning fans, so he’s intrigued when Summer shoots down his go-to plays for winning a woman’s attention. Never one to back down from a challenge, Evan turns up the heat, setting off sparks that neither can deny. But as his slow seduction begins to chase away Summer’s pain, he gets the feeling that someone is desperate to keep them apart. Now Evan will do anything to protect her—because he never misses a chance to make a perfect catch.
  Don’t miss any of
  New York Times
   bestselling author L. P. Dover’s red-hot Breakaway novels:
  
  HARD STICK | BLOCKED
  
  
  Or these heartwarming Second Chances romances:
  
  CATCHING SUMMER | DEFENDING HAYDEN | INTENDED FOR BRISTOL
  
  
  “L. P. Dover knows how to create the men who make us swoon, the book boyfriends we all want.”—
  New York Times
  bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin
  Praise for
  Catching Summer
  
  
   “L. P. Dover masterfully weaves together agonizing heartbreak and swoon-worthy romance with ultimate suspense. This second-chance love story had me flipping the pages from the very first scene, craving more with each twist and turn.”
  —
  USA Today
   bestselling author L. B. Simmons
  
  “A moving story of love and loss that will stay with you long after you finish reading.”
  —
  USA Today
  bestselling author Kelly Jamieson
  “[A] sweet and flirty contemporary . . . One need not be fan of football to fall head over heels for this spunky contemporary romance with elements of suspense.”
  —
  Library Journal
  
  
   “I’m so glad I picked up this book.”
  —The Book Disciple
  
  
   “I love how this story is told. It gave me the feel of both characters and what they are thinking.”
  —Wicked Women Book Blog
  
  
   “How does L. P. Dover manage it? I’ve read countless books by her and she still manages to suck me in right from the first few pages.”
  —Emmbooks
  
  Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.