Rough & Tumble
A Standalone Romantic Comedy
One viral photo.
One second chance.
And one quarterback she never stopped loving.
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Hope Mazzola delivers a heartfelt, swoony football romance about first love, unfinished business, and finding your way back to each other when the timing is finally right.
Peyton West has worked too hard to build her career behind a camera to let the past derail her future.
Now, she’s landed her dream job as lead photographer for the North Carolina Hogs—only to discover that the team’s new star quarterback is the same man who broke her heart five years ago.
Bo Briggs.
The boy she loved.
The man she never forgot.
The one mistake she never quite healed from.
Bo has everything he ever dreamed of: a franchise contract, a city counting on him, and the chance to prove he belongs in the spotlight. What he doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with the woman he walked away from—and the feelings he never truly left behind.
A single photo puts them back in the headlines.
A brewing scandal puts their careers at risk.
And suddenly, pretending they’re “over” each other isn’t an option anymore.
She’s focused on protecting the life she’s built.
He’s ready to fight for the love he lost.
But second chances come with risks—and this time, walking away might cost them everything.
Rough & Tumble is a slow-burn, emotional football romance featuring:
Second-chance love
Forced proximity
Small-town NFL energy
A protective, all-in hero
Career-driven heroine
Found family & team loyalty
Plenty of heat and heartPerfect for readers who love swoony sports romance, heartfelt reunions, and heroes who fall hard—and never stop fighting for their girl.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
This expanded edition of Rough & Tumble is the complete, reimagined version of the original novella—now a full-length standalone romance with new scenes, deeper emotion, and the full second-chance journey Peyton and Bo deserve.
If you loved the original, I hope you’ll fall in love all over again.
One second chance.
And one quarterback she never stopped loving.
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Hope Mazzola delivers a heartfelt, swoony football romance about first love, unfinished business, and finding your way back to each other when the timing is finally right.
Peyton West has worked too hard to build her career behind a camera to let the past derail her future.
Now, she’s landed her dream job as lead photographer for the North Carolina Hogs—only to discover that the team’s new star quarterback is the same man who broke her heart five years ago.
Bo Briggs.
The boy she loved.
The man she never forgot.
The one mistake she never quite healed from.
Bo has everything he ever dreamed of: a franchise contract, a city counting on him, and the chance to prove he belongs in the spotlight. What he doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with the woman he walked away from—and the feelings he never truly left behind.
A single photo puts them back in the headlines.
A brewing scandal puts their careers at risk.
And suddenly, pretending they’re “over” each other isn’t an option anymore.
She’s focused on protecting the life she’s built.
He’s ready to fight for the love he lost.
But second chances come with risks—and this time, walking away might cost them everything.
Rough & Tumble is a slow-burn, emotional football romance featuring:
Second-chance love
Forced proximity
Small-town NFL energy
A protective, all-in hero
Career-driven heroine
Found family & team loyalty
Plenty of heat and heartPerfect for readers who love swoony sports romance, heartfelt reunions, and heroes who fall hard—and never stop fighting for their girl.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
This expanded edition of Rough & Tumble is the complete, reimagined version of the original novella—now a full-length standalone romance with new scenes, deeper emotion, and the full second-chance journey Peyton and Bo deserve.
If you loved the original, I hope you’ll fall in love all over again.