Problem Solving is Never Easy . . .
Susie Owens, aka international best-selling author Amelia Adams, enjoys doing her writing at the Pleasant Hollow Library, but today it isn’t helping her. Her deadline is approaching but the continuous writers’ block has still not lifted. As she continues staring at the blank screen in front of her, dropping her head in her hands, everything feels hopeless. So she decides to head home for now. She feels a buzz from her phone and reads a general notification from a football chat group she is in, commenting about Josh Owens (her older brother) not having a good season. That wasn’t exactly true, but she did know something was bothering him. Even their dad noticed. Then she sends a message to Chase, but he hasn’t been responding lately.
Adam Daniels gets a call to tell him the Jaguars are trading him to the Mavericks. His agent, Finn Mitchell, assures him this will help his career. But it will be the first time he hasn’t played football with his twin, Steve, and it has shaken him up, along with the uncertainty, rejection, fear, and disliking change of any kind. So he flew to the Bahamas to clear his head and stopped answering his phone. Fortunately, Finn would not give up until Adam answered then told him to call his brother who was worried about him. Finn also ignored Adam’s wanting an apartment far away from the stadium and players. Instead, he bought him a farmhouse close to the stadium, knowing Adam had loved his grandparents’ farm and might be willing to move in and give it a try. He texted Adam a picture and the place was perfect! When “Chase” saw the message from “NotJOsSis” (he knows as Amelia), “PullTheLine” finally told her that he’s had a rough few days. He told her team changes were coming, but Susie’s brother Josh had already told her that the Mavericks would be getting the awesome Adam Daniels on their team, “the best offensive lineman in the league” -- and his cheeks warmed at her comment. She still doesn’t know Adam and Chase are the same person; and he doesn’t know this is Susie. But she did notice this chat was not like their usual chats and she was sure something had upset him; but she let it go. Meeting with Brie Woodbury the next day at the coffee shop, Susie saw Adam Daniels walk in and is stunned how handsome he is in person! And Brie had an identical reaction! When Adam talked to Finn as he drove to the stadium, he told him he met Josh Owen’s little sister at the coffee shop; and Finn immediately responded that Adam and Josh are going to get along just fine -- as long as he didn’t try to marry Josh’s sister...
Finally settling in with the new team, Adam, who is still a Canadian citizen, can’t believe that his visa has expired because Finn’s old assistant “may not have sent in the
paperwork”. Now his only recourse is to get married or deported. There is only one woman who comes to mind who might save him (since Josh made it clear that Susie was off-limits), so “Chase” messages her and asks if they can meet in person. This may be the cure to her writer’s block when Susie/Amelia finds out who he really is, especially since she has feelings for both “Chase” AND Adam and those feelings have caused her writer’s block to come back! Adam catches on first, walks up to Susie, and says “Hi, Amelia – I’m Chase” as she stares at him in shock. Does this mean the “marriage of convenience” plan is ruined? Could they convince Josh to go along with it? And did Josh and Brie really just walk into the coffee shop as Susie dives under the table to hide???? (How many readers are still hoping that they might actually get their HEA? Stop laughing, grab your copy, and find out where this will end up!)