Sarah Ward's THE CROSSOVER

Sarah Ward’s The Crossover is a delightful, sports-centered romance focused on two very different college athletes whose different approaches to life and love bring them together.

Stella is a driven perfectionist whose last relationship has led her to vow to avoid romance and double down on her commitments. She’s an equestrian who wants her future to center on the sport, despite her mother’s skepticism that she can support herself at all.

Owen’s approach to everything—love, sports, academics—is decidedly more casual. As a new transfer to Mountain Ridge University, Owen is joining the basketball team at a disadvantage. But he’s not worried (about anything).

When they first meet, at the gym, Owen is immediately drawn to Stella, and Stella is . . . not interested. At least that’s what she tells herself. But as she gets to know Owen, she starts to see that there may be more depth than either of them had believed.

In her second novel, after her great middle-grade read Victory Gallop, Ward’s first foray into romance is compelling and heart warming and so much fun. Stella and Owen both have strong backstories that fuel them, and each is fighting their way out of the limitations their parents have placed upon them. The Crossover is a delightful book that cements Ward as an auto-read author for me!

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