Super Secret Santa by Jamie Knight

This Christmas, all I want is a second pass at love. But I never thought it would happen like this.
The last person I expect to see when I’m dressed as Santa Clause at a Christmas event, thanks to a publicity stunt my coach is making me do to redeem my image as a player more off the field than on it, is my high school crush, Becca. But I’d know those curves of hers anywhere.

We never even got to date back then, although I always wanted to. And now that I see her, I have a feeling that she can do more to tame my inner bad boy than my coach and his crazy ideas ever could. Then I realize she has a kid in tow, but it turns out that she’s not off the market. She’s had a hard time in life since high school and I want to give her—and her son—the best Christmas ever.

I’ll do whatever it takes to make her mine all year long. Yeah, Coach Kramer told me to clean up my act and focus on my game—the kind I’m hired to play, not the dating kind. But what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him. And if he does find out about my secret holiday tryst, I’ll go to whatever lengths necessary to keep seeing Becca. I’ll even pretend we’re engaged. And maybe I’ll have to make it ring true by proposing for real.

Because Christmas magic has brought me the love of a lifetime and I never want to let this opportunity slip through my hands again. The only problem is convincing Becca that I mean it. We had a big misunderstanding back in high school and she doesn’t think that trusting anyone is worth it. I guess you could say our relationship is currently love/hate, and I’m anxious to make it love/love. Sure, the back-and-forth banter is interesting. And the chemistry between us is hotter than a raging yuletide fire. But how can I get her to see that our fake Christmas engagement can turn into real and lasting love?