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Friday, July 31, 2026

Book Review: Chasing the Rush

Title - Chasing the Rush 
 Author - Lauren Rowe
Series - Book 2 in Football and Feels
Genre -  Sports Romance 
Format - Physical Copy
From - Kensington Publishing

Synopsis 

Rudy meets Moneyball in a sexy yet warm-hearted, second-chance football romance for fans of Sarah Adams, Tessa Bailey, Monica Murphy, Kristen Callihan, and Lucy Score, as the analytical, math-nerd, type-A daughter of a tough love coach is assigned to babysit the team’s adrenaline junkie pass rusher.


Chelsea Parker, 25, knows football, thanks to growing up with a football coach for a father and two linebackers for brothers. But Chelsea’s true passion has always been math: crunching numbers to predict statistical outcomes for everything from football to stocks to romance. Chelsea dreams of merging her two passions to become the first female head of analytics for an NFL team. But for now, she’s got to convince the powers-that-be at her father’s new team, the Mastodons, the worst in the NFL, to give her that entry-level position in the front office.


Luca Maguire, 26, a pass rusher and adrenaline junkie with a famous last name, knows this upcoming training camp with his new team, the Mastodons, will likely be his last, if he can’t get out of his own way long enough to make the cut. The dire nature of his circumstances is the only reason Luca didn’t quit on the spot when Coach Parker assigned his daughter, Chelsea, a statistics-loving, spreadsheet-making math nerd, as Luca’s “personal coach” for the duration of camp. More like his babysitter, if you ask Luca.


Well, okay, Luca didn’t quit for that reason and another one: the thing that happened seven years ago between Luca and Chelsea as strangers, when Luca’s college football team stayed at the same hotel as Chelsea’s mathletes squad. Luca would never admit this to Chelsea, especially not with her being Coach’s daughter and the newly assigned bane of his existence, but the truth is Luca hasn’t stopped thinking about that cute little mathlete who ditched his ass seven years ago, right before their clothes came off, ever since.


Review 

I received Chasing the Rush in return for an honest review from Kensington Publishing. 


This is the second book in the Football and Feels series that's interconnecting standalone so the first isn't required but recommend. This is Chelsea may be all about math but she grew up with football. Now that college is over she's helping her dad with his team and the one man in college she has never stopped thinking about has just walked back into her life. Luca hasn't stopped thinking about Chelsea and even tried to find her but now she's tasked with babysitting him since his career has been a little rocky. 


I just loved Chelsea and Luca they are adorable together and this fun banter that made me giggle out loud a few times. They have this sweet yet spicy relationship that just works so well. I loved seeing the prior characters pop in because I miss them. I ended up devouring this book in just one short afternoon and loved evey moment of it. I hate to admit it but I may just love this Chelsea and Luca's story over Iris and Roman. I think both will hold a special place in my heart. 


I've read several books by the author and she never disappoints every book has just been amazing. Each story is beautiful crafted with characters to fall in love with and a story that steals a little piece of your soul. To say I'm obsessed with her writing would be an understatement. I'm hooked and she's one of my favorite romance authors. I could use several more of this series because it's one of my favorites and I'm not ready to say goodbye yet. Highly recommend if you enjoy sports romance or just love a beautiful story. 

 

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