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Sidelined Souls

by Sarah A. Bailey

Love, ambition, and an unexpected turning point

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Love, ambition, and an unexpected turning point

Against the backdrop of California surf culture, Archer Ramos is focused on reaching professional football while Allie Evans is building a life around culinary training and dance. Their shared history as childhood friends and first loves complicates the boundaries they agreed to keep, and an unexpected pregnancy brings their competing plans into sharper focus. The story centers on how the two renegotiate friendship, trust, and partnership as they face changes neither had planned for. Its contemporary romance premise connects a relationship crossroads with questions of personal ambition and the responsibilities that come with starting a family.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary romance involving childhood friends and first loves.
  • Readers who enjoy relationship stories shaped by an unexpected pregnancy and changing responsibilities.
  • Readers drawn to romance set amid California surf culture and athletic ambition.

Themes

Second chances and first lovePersonal ambition and partnershipUnexpected pregnancyFriendship, trust, and boundaries

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Book overview

Set in the sun-soaked world of California surf culture, Sidelined Souls is an emotional, accidental pregnancy romance about life changing surprises, shattered boundaries, and two childhood sweethearts forced to decide if their love is worth risking everything for.

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With his wildest dreams on the line, Archer Ramos has only one goal: to be drafted into the professional football league following his final college season. But nothing shakes his focus like his childhood best friend and first love, Allie Evans. They broke each other's hearts years ago, vowing not to risk their friendship again. So, when Archer takes a trip home to Pacific Shores for the summer, he's determined to uphold the boundaries he and Allie set--no matter how many times they've fallen back into old patterns.

But they've never been good at following their own rules, and this most recent rendezvous is no different.

Allie has dreams of her own. As a culinary school graduate, dance instructor, and fresh off a break-up with her insufferable ex-boyfriend, her top priority is herself. Until a routine doctor's appointment ends in her receiving life-altering news. She's pregnant. Her first instinct is to rush to Archer, but with his future hanging in the balance, Allie hesitates.

In an instant, everything around them changes, which threatens to crumble the foundation they've spent their entire life building--the friendship, the romance, and their trust.

As months pass, and they redefine their roles in life, forced to confront their deepest fears and forge a new path forward, Allie and Archer must decide if their soul-deep connection is worth the fight, or if they'll leave love on the sidelines.
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