Dare to Kiss

Series: The Maxwell Series

Genre: New Adult Sports Romance

Heat level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Length: 297 pages

Status: Kade & Lacey Book 1

Book Description:

One night destroyed everything I loved—my family, my peace, my future.

Now baseball is the only thing keeping me together. It’s the one dream I refuse to lose, even if stepping onto the field means battling panic attacks, whispers from my past, and a teammate determined to see me fail.

Then Kade Maxwell crashes into my world. Literally.

One collision in the school parking lot. One heated moment in a janitor’s closet where his copper eyes lock on mine and the air crackles with tension. He’s cocky, magnetic, and impossible to ignore—the kind of boy who turns my entire world upside down with a single touch.

And the most dangerous part? He makes me feel safe again.

Kade has enemies. Secrets. And a past that steers me straight into the line of fire.

Now someone is targeting me, I’m spiraling, and the boy who makes me feel alive again may destroy everything I’ve fought to rebuild.

My dreams. My future. My heart.

And if I’m not careful, the boy helping me heal could shatter me completely.

Dare to Kiss is a new adult sports romance featuring a determined heroine, a protective hero who falls first, emotional healing, suspense, and a small-town family readers will fall in love with.

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Tropes & Themes:

Baseball Romance
He Falls First
Small Town Romance
Protective Hero
Strong Heroines

If you love: Heroes who protect those they love, family drams, and romances that will make you swoon you’ll love the Maxwell brothers and the strong women they fight for and their love stories.

Series Reading Guide

Dare to Kiss (Kade & Lacey) ← Start here
Dare to Dream (Kade & Lacey
Dare to Love (Kelton & Lizzie)
Dare to Dance (Kross & Ruby)
Dare to Live (Kody & Jessie)
Dare to Breathe (Kade & Lacey)
Dare to Embrace (Kade & Lacey)

New to the series? Start with Dare to Kiss and follow each book in order for the overarching timeline as the Maxwells brothers grow from high school into adulthood.

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A 5 star review. This book was perfect!! I absolutely loved the storyline. There's a bunch of heart swelling and blood pumping moments. This is definitely one of those books where you get the “this is an awesome book tingles” while reading it. I would recommend this book to anyone. It's extremely awesome.

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“What are you doing out here all by yourself?” The guy stopped at the back edge of the car and turned his head left then right in quick succession.

The parking lot lights hit his face at just the right angle to illuminate his copper eyes with lashes so long that I shivered. Butterfly kisses. I imagined the light touch of those lashes skimming over my face or anywhere on my body. I didn’t want to take my eyes off of him, but just that thought made my gaze wander slowly down his entire muscular body. His blue—or was it black?—T-shirt stretched tight over his broad chest, emphasizing the word Zeal. I didn’t know if it was just a word he liked, or if it was the band my father had signed. I continued my obvious assessment, holding the gun as steady as my trembling hand would allow while my eyes landed on his faded, worn jeans that hung low on his hips, tattered at the knees.

“None of your business. What do you want?” I asked.

He took one step closer, and I whipped my hand around, aiming the gun at him.

He backed away, raising his hands to shoulder height, and as he did, his T-shirt lifted, exposing a small area just above his belt that made me suck in air.

“I’m not going to hurt you. I was just looking for my brother. He said he would be down here practicing.” His voice was calm, and his relaxed shoulders told me he wasn’t frightened at all.

I slanted my head to one side and a bead of sweat slid down my temple.

“I’m serious. Put the gun away. I’m not going to hurt you. I go to school here,” he said in a husky tone.

“Prove it.” My voice was calm and steady, which shocked me. I wasn’t convinced this dude was a high school student. He looked older.

He laughed, a deep, throaty sound that caressed my skin as though his tongue were licking every inch of my body. “And how do you suggest I do that?” He still had his hands in the air, revealing his taut skin above the waist of his jeans, causing tingles to spark inside me.

The bright lights of the ball field suddenly went off, the area around us darkening. He used those seconds to make his move.

Ever have that moment when a book is so good that you’re trying to read and work at the same time? You’re so invested that you’re reading in between stop lights? Yeah, that was me. It’s more than a love-story. This is a book about overcoming obstacles, struggling through loss, tearing down walls and trusting the most vulnerable part of yourself, your heart.

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