Your Dream Date: The Jock

Do you dream of dating the star quarterback? Or perhaps cheering on the sidelines for your favorite soccer player? If your dream date is a jock, then these are the YA romance novels you need to read! Each one features an athletic love interest, so what are you waiting for? Get ready for your dream date: the jock!

Smash or Pass

By Birdie Schae

Coming 05.12.26

For 16-year-old Ellie, beach volleyball camp is a disaster until she’s paired with Sierra, an athletic prodigy who teaches her that volleyball . . . and love are about taking the right shot in this sporty sapphic romance.

Love on Ice

By Sara Ney

Coming 02.17.26

What’s a girl to do when the star of the hockey team crash lands in her backyard after a prank gone wrong? Help him cover up the evidence . . . in exchange for him posing as the perfect prom date, of course. Get ready to swoon with this hilarious YA rom-com debut from the USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney!

All's Fair in Love and Field Hockey

By Kit Rosewater

After a heated rivalry turns into an unexpected truce, two rival field hockey stars discover something deeper than competition between them in this queer YA romance perfect for fans of Cleat Cute!

Better Than Revenge

By Kasie West

A swoony new romance from the author of Sunkissed! When her football-player boyfriend and now ex lands the podcast job she’s been dreaming of, a girl takes matters into her own hands by enlisting the help of his nemesis to get revenge.

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By Talia Hibbert

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A pair of ex-best friends turned high school rivals must work together to survive the great outdoors—and each other—in this cozy enemies-to-lovers romance from the beloved author of the Brown Sisters trilogy.

“A pure delight. This book is confirmation: no one does love stories like Talia Hibbert.”—Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown and Rise to the Sun

Hearts Overboard

By Becky Dean

Set sail with this banter-filled rivals-to-lovers romance between a STEM-loving girl and a jock guy that will fill you with wanderlust . . . and have you rooting for love in the great outdoors!

Love is on the horizon . . .

Love Requires Chocolate

By Ravynn K. Stringfield

A budding theater nerd has her semester abroad all planned out, until a cute soccer player offers to show her the real Paris—the first book of a YA romance series with international flavor!

“A heartfelt romance that’s as delicious as chocolate.”—New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk