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  Genre: Adult Romance Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) We follow Chelsea Parker, a 26-year-old who grew up around football (thanks to her coach father and two linebacker brothers), but her true passion has always been math. She excels at analyzing statistics to predict outcomes, and her greatest ambition is to become the first female head of analytics for an NFL team. For now, she is working to earn an entry-level position with her father’s new team, the struggling Mastodons. Enter Luca Maguire, a pass rusher whose career is on the line. When Coach Parker assigns Chelsea to work with him as his "personal coach" for training camp, Luca has to stay while hiding a secret about their unfinished encounter seven years earlier, and the fact that he has never stopped thinking about her. As a Math Olympiad alumnus, I was immediately drawn to Chelsea’s character. It is wonderful to see a protagonist who is unapologetically smart and passionate about math. Chelsea captures that quirk, genuine love f...