Chasing Trust

by Alexis Noelle

He spent his life learning how to take the hit.
She taught him that trusting someone with his heart was the hardest play of all.Blake

Football has always been simple.

Catch the ball. Take the hit. Get back up.

Feelings? Those are a different story.

The spotlight has spent years turning me into someone the world thinks it knows, a cocky NFL star with an ego to match. Letting people believe the image was easier than letting them see the man underneath it.

Then Payson walked into my life and saw straight through every wall I'd built.

Now she's become the one thing I can't afford to lose.

Payson

Falling for Blake was never part of the plan.

Neither was discovering that the man behind the headlines is fiercely loyal, endlessly protective, and capable of loving with his whole heart. But loving someone whose life belongs to millions of fans isn't easy.

Fame has a way of testing even the strongest foundations, and just when we begin believing we've found something real, life reminds us how quickly everything can change.

Now we're both faced with a choice.

Run from the fear...

Or trust that what we've built together is strong enough to survive anything.

Because some promises are made in the quiet moments.

And some loves are worth fighting for long after the final whistle blows.

🏈 Tropes

❤️ First-Person Dual POV

🏈 NFL Tight End Hero

🎓 College Student Heroine

💛 Protective Alpha Hero

✨ He Falls First

🏡 Small-Town Hometown Visit

📸 Fame & Media Pressure

🤕 Injury & Recovery

🩺 Sports Medicine Internship

💕 Hurt/Comfort

🛡️ Touch Her and Regret It

💍 He Falls Hard

❤️ Happily Ever After

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication September 15, 2026

About the author

Alexis Noelle lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with her husband, and kids. She loves spending time with her kids, although she has to hide the computer from them when she is writing! She love being active and being outdoors, especially if it involves any kind of shopping.
She has always been passionate about writing. She loves to read romance books and feels like being able to lose yourself in a book is one of the more exciting aspects. The books she loves to read and write will be ones that make you feel for the characters. Alexis believes that you should have an opinion on every character in a book whether you love them, hate them, or think they are up to something.
She also believes that the most important critic is your reader, so she loves to hear from the readers. She want her fans to be open & talk to her about what they want for the characters in the story, and what they would like to see happen.

Reviews

[Emily Lauterbach]

Chasing Trust follows Blake, a high-profile NFL tight end whose cocky, larger-than-life media persona shields a fiercely loyal and guarded man underneath. Enter Payson, a grounded college student working in sports medicine who isn't fazed by Blake's fame or athletic status.

When Payson sees directly past Blake's emotional walls, their instant chemistry shifts into a deeply personal connection. However, navigating a relationship in the public eye—complete with relentless media scrutiny, injury set-backs, and external pressure—forces both to confront their deepest insecurities and decide if trust is enough to survive the noise.