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Magnetic Rivals: A Sapphic Soccer Sports Romance
A captaincy war. A quarantine. A bronze medal match.
And the woman she was never supposed to want.
When Australian soccer star Nic Davis signs with an American club, she expects a brutal fight for the starting lineup.
She doesn’t expect Morgan Sullivan.
Morgan is a tactical genius making a high-stakes comeback from a ruined knee. One night, after a game of pool and a walk home, they kiss on an empty street. Nic panics and calls it a mistake. Morgan knows different.
When the captain’s armband comes up for grabs, the two clash over game plans and battle for the role, and the friction on the pitch ignites an undeniable heat off it.
But when the Olympics place them on opposing national teams, their private war goes global. Stranded together in a mandatory Olympic quarantine, the lines between bitter enemies and sudden lovers blur completely.
With a bronze medal on the line, Nic is playing to win. But Morgan might be the only prize she can't afford to lose.
Readers who love these tropes will devour this
Enemies / rivals to loversCaptaincy rivalry with real stakesForced proximity (Olympic quarantine)High-stakes slow-burn tensionHurt/comfort and emotional vulnerabilitySports romance where the sport actually matters Magnetic Rivals is a steamy, open-door sapphic soccer romance featuring rivals-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, dual first-person POV, and a guaranteed HEA. Book One in the Green & Gold Hearts series.
Perfect for fans of Meryl Wilsner and Quinn Ashby.
And the woman she was never supposed to want.
When Australian soccer star Nic Davis signs with an American club, she expects a brutal fight for the starting lineup.
She doesn’t expect Morgan Sullivan.
Morgan is a tactical genius making a high-stakes comeback from a ruined knee. One night, after a game of pool and a walk home, they kiss on an empty street. Nic panics and calls it a mistake. Morgan knows different.
When the captain’s armband comes up for grabs, the two clash over game plans and battle for the role, and the friction on the pitch ignites an undeniable heat off it.
But when the Olympics place them on opposing national teams, their private war goes global. Stranded together in a mandatory Olympic quarantine, the lines between bitter enemies and sudden lovers blur completely.
With a bronze medal on the line, Nic is playing to win. But Morgan might be the only prize she can't afford to lose.
Readers who love these tropes will devour this
Enemies / rivals to loversCaptaincy rivalry with real stakesForced proximity (Olympic quarantine)High-stakes slow-burn tensionHurt/comfort and emotional vulnerabilitySports romance where the sport actually matters Magnetic Rivals is a steamy, open-door sapphic soccer romance featuring rivals-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, dual first-person POV, and a guaranteed HEA. Book One in the Green & Gold Hearts series.
Perfect for fans of Meryl Wilsner and Quinn Ashby.
- GenresSports
245 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 3, 2026
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July 1, 2026
I wanted to like this book so much. It could have been great. In the end it feels like AI wrote a story about Sam Kerr and Kristi Mewis and then no one edited it. So many sentences repeated. I should have stopped reading but I kept up hope.
June 29, 2026
2.5 (rounded to 3 for the vibes)⭐️
To be completely honest, this book felt unfinished. The characters were good, their motivations were decent if slightly underdeveloped, the direction of the plot was clear. But the execution was more akin to a first draft than a completed novel. There were several inconsistencies in timings and plot points, such as when injuries happened, which if smoothed over would’ve made it feel more like a completed book. The writing style also felt like an unedited draft - repetitive and using the same sentence structure almost every page. This managed to take me out of the immersion of the novel.
I think with a bit more work this could’ve been an incredible book but for me it was just lacking from an editorial perspective. With a bit more development of the characters, their motivations would’ve felt more real and I would’ve understood the plot better. And with a little bit more of a varied writing style, I would’ve been more completely invested in the story.
To be completely honest, this book felt unfinished. The characters were good, their motivations were decent if slightly underdeveloped, the direction of the plot was clear. But the execution was more akin to a first draft than a completed novel. There were several inconsistencies in timings and plot points, such as when injuries happened, which if smoothed over would’ve made it feel more like a completed book. The writing style also felt like an unedited draft - repetitive and using the same sentence structure almost every page. This managed to take me out of the immersion of the novel.
I think with a bit more work this could’ve been an incredible book but for me it was just lacking from an editorial perspective. With a bit more development of the characters, their motivations would’ve felt more real and I would’ve understood the plot better. And with a little bit more of a varied writing style, I would’ve been more completely invested in the story.
July 3, 2026
The author handled the injuries well, mentally and physically. The story is good. The MCs spend time getting to know each other. Definitely get the extra chapter offered at the end of the book (at least through Kindle).
August 19, 2026
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I truly enjoyed this story and these characters. I was never a sports fan but this has the right amount and makes the theme relatable.
Can't wait to load the next in the series
READ THIS BOOK
I truly enjoyed this story and these characters. I was never a sports fan but this has the right amount and makes the theme relatable.
Can't wait to load the next in the series
READ THIS BOOK
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