Texting the Rugby Player by Ariya Cox

Mae Nolan is existing in Australia; that’s the only way to put it. She arrived with her ex-boyfriend, who promptly cheated on her, and ever since then she’s been too embarrassed to go home and face the family who warned her against him. Now all she does is work long hours, save her money, and avoid anything to do with the opposite sex.
She’s just not interested.
Until one night she comes across a passed-out girl, Ciara, and ends up taking a phone call from her very irate brother. Her brother, Jack, is rude, snappy, and abrupt, but when Mae and Ciara become friends and Jack continues to text her, she starts to see the real him. Somehow she ends up looking forward to their chats and starts revealing more and more of herself to him.
It’s a relief to talk to someone, and he feels safe because he’s on the other side of the world and she knows she’ll never see him.
Then he comes to Australia.
And she finds out he’s an international rugby star.
And he wants to meet up.
None of this was part of her plan, and she definitely wasn’t expecting what comes next.