Roughing the Tutor

Rule #1: Don't touch the Coach's daughter.
Rule #2: Don't fall in love with the one person who can ruin your career.

Marshall Jennings is the Captain of the Briarwood Buccaneers. He's the first-line center, a draft prospect, and the campus god. He's also broke, drowning in family debt, and holding onto a scholarship by a thread. To save his family's home, he needs a signing bonus. To get the bonus, he needs to pass Sociology. Enter the tutor. She's smart, she's sharp, and she hates hockey players. She's also the Head Coach's daughter. She is the ultimate forbidden fruit, and I am starving.

Hope Harding has a plan. Get her degree, get into grad school, and get as far away from the toxic world of hockey as possible. She knows the game destroys families. She watched it destroy her own. Then Marsh Jennings walks into the library. He's battered, bruised, and carrying the weight of the world on his broad shoulders. He's supposed to be just another jock, but I see the cracks in his armor. I see the desperation. I see the man behind the mask.

The Game Change. When a corrupt assistant coach catches us breaking the rules, the blackmail begins. Suddenly, passing a class isn't the problem. Marsh is forced to choose: Throw the Championship game and betray his team, or watch me get expelled and his future burn. He thinks he has to protect me by pushing me away. He thinks he has to face the darkness alone. But he forgot one thing: I'm not just the Coach's daughter. I'm the one holding the playbook. And we play to win.

Roughing the Tutor is a high-stakes, steamy college sports romance that blends the adrenaline of the ice with the suspense of a thriller. If you like protective heroes, smart heroines, and love stories that fight back, you'll love Alisson Bento's newest release.

TROPE LIST:

• Coach's Daughter / Forbidden Love (The ultimate taboos)

• Tutor x Jock (Forced Proximity in the library)

• Broken Hero / Caretaking (She heals his injuries)

• Romantic Suspense / Thriller (Blackmail & gambling ring)

• Touch Her And Die (Extreme protectiveness)

• Friends-to-Lovers (Built on secrets and trust)

• College / New Adult Setting

• Secret Relationship (Sneaking around campus)