Cross My Heart

When a tackle stopped NFL superstar Tyler Fantana’s heart, millions of fans watched their MVP die on camera. Now America’s Tightest End has headed home to put his broken pieces back together. Tyler knows returning to football could kill him, so keeping his rehab on track seems impossible--until he starts training with a familiar guy-next-door who knocks his jock off.
Josh Ayres has harbored a secret crush on Tyler since high school. Fifteen years later, Josh has blossomed from a quiet nerd into bona fide beefcake, coaching the team for his alma mater. Helping Tyler get back in the game might become the second chance he never expected... if he can work up the courage to confess his feelings to the bad boy he never stopped loving.
Sparks fly as Tyler and Josh join forces to save the school library, battling book bans, malicious gossip, and media pressure. What happens if infatuation turns into something that feels like forever? And when the NFL offers Tyler the chance to reclaim his fame, can he choose between a deadly game and the man who finally taught him that hearts can heal?

Quietly weird M/M author Darcy Archer loves Hallmark mysteries, amateur dramatics, and old sword-and-sandal movies--the bulgier the better. After a friendly divorce and a long overdue job change, she moved back to the woods of northern California to get away from the grind. She cohabitates with a couple of bossy, opinionated rescue cats who now supervise her writing career.

A proud stage craft junkie with a theater degree from UC Santa Cruz, Darcy participates backstage in local community theaters as a stage manager and occasional director, which means she consumes way more coffee than salad. She watches football for the butt-cams and K-dramas for the sighs. Other obsessions include mushrooming, vintage bodice rippers, and positive activism, including nine years volunteering with PFLAG and the Trevor Project.

Somehow Darcy’s two grown sons managed to reach their twenties safely and headed off to conquer the world, quadrupling her writing time. She works remotely in customer support, surrounded by nature and a mellow community, which keeps her cats happy, her garden green, and her characters steamy. When not writing, she can usually be found binge reading, running a rehearsal, or out back growing way too many tomatoes.

Darcy is a social media skeptic, but you can find her on Goodreads and Bookbub.