CHAMPION — Michelle Mankin

The winningest-not to mention most arrogant-quarterback in football history, Champion Valentine gets what he wants when and how he wants it, except when it involves a certain exotic dancer.Electra Miller's life is the opposite of charmed. One terrible tragic night, she lost everything that meant anything to her. Forced to abandon her dream, she works hard as the headliner at Fantasy. Stripping isn't Juilliard, but it pays the rent and no one there asks uncomfortable questions about her past. Her secrets remain her own, even her crush on the blond, blue-eyed, and gorgeous Texas Lonestars QB.Champion wants Electra.Electra wants Champion just as badly, though she can never admit it. The secrets she keeps aren't only her own.What happens when a living legend who doesn't know how to take no for an answer meets a beautiful dancer eighteen years younger than him who just can't tell him yes?You guessed it. Game on.One with an outcome that might change everything and not just for the two of them.CHAMPION is a spicy, standalone football sports romance between two spirited equals.Expect push and pull between our hero and heroine and m.a.j.o.r ignite your eReader fireworks. There are more layers of façade to peel away to get to the truth than hook and loop fasteners on a stripper's costume.There is also emotion that will tug on your heartstrings, humor that will make you smile, and a happy ending -pun intended-for nearly everyone. After all, desires must be fulfilled at a club called Fantasy.