The Coopers, book two
This book was so much better than the first one—and I really enjoyed the first one. In Intercepted, Vee and Fin reunite after fifteen years apart: she’s training to take over the Coopers football franchise from her father, and he’s just been recruited as the team’s second‑string QB. She objects to his contract, management overrules her, and after some hard but necessary conversations (and Vee’s prickly attitude), they finally earn their second chance. And then that brutal cliffhanger hits: Vee walks into her father’s office to share her news, only to find her family waiting with the worst possible announcement—her father has died in a car accident on his way to work.
This book picks up right in that grief. Vee has to swallow her heartbreak and step into the role of Reid Hubbard’s daughter and heir, taking the reins of the entire organization. Immediately, she’s met with resistance from the franchise’s deeply misogynistic leadership—her Aunt Rachel’s husband, Darin, and her cousin Grant, chief among them. Her father had intended to change his will to give them partial ownership, but the new version was never signed. Suddenly, Vee is the sole heir, and the power plays begin.
Every day feels like a battlefield. Every night she comes home to Fin—who has moved in, stepped up, and become the steady, grounding partner she desperately needs.
The story delivers a couple of sharp plot twists and a low, constant thrum of suspense as Vee uncovers secrets she wishes she’d never learned. She’s climbing mountains on all sides: grief, leadership, betrayal, legacy, and the pressure of keeping a massive franchise on track for a Super Bowl run. The author’s behind‑the‑scenes detail is phenomenal—practices, game days, organizational politics—you feel fully immersed in the world.
What I loved most is that Vee and Fin are now openly together. She lets herself be vulnerable with him, and he rises to meet her every time. Their second chance feels truly earned here.
And just when you think you can breathe—another massive twist, another cliffhanger, and now we wait months for the next installment in this addictive, high‑stakes series.
Purchase links
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2TCWZZD
About the author
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns or her new lighter side, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
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