The Coach's Off-Limits Strategist (The Ironclad Dynasty #2)

He built a dynasty on instinct. She has the numbers that can prove him wrong—and the nerve to make him want her.

Roman Daugherty is the most feared head coach in professional football. At forty-seven, he has championship rings, absolute control of his team, and no intention of letting a thirty-year-old analytics director invade his film room and challenge everything he built.

Dr. Lena Ortiz has spent her career ensuring no powerful man ever steals her work again. Her models expose the weaknesses Roman’s instincts cannot see—and every attempt he makes to sideline her only makes her fight harder.

Draft-week warfare becomes reluctant respect.

Respect becomes dangerous temptation.

And when a severe training-camp storm traps them together overnight, the line between command and surrender finally begins to fracture.

But Lena refuses to become Roman’s secret subordinate. Before he can touch her, he must surrender the professional authority that could compromise her choice. For a man who built his life around control, wanting her means accepting rules he didn’t create.

Then a favoritism allegation threatens their careers, and Roman responds by committing the one betrayal Lena cannot forgive: erasing her from the decisions she was hired to shape.

With final cuts approaching and suspicious alterations appearing inside Lena’s injury-risk model, Roman must decide what matters more—the control that built his legacy or the brilliant woman demanding accountability from him.

Because an apology will never be enough.

To earn her back, he must surrender real power before asking her to stay.

THE COACH’S OFF-LIMITS STRATEGIST is a full-length, high-heat professional football romance featuring a seventeen-year age gap, enemies to lovers, forbidden workplace attraction, forced proximity, a brilliant Latina STEM heroine, negotiated power exchange,

and a controlling hero who must learn that love without equality is just another form of command.

Book 2 of The Ironclad Dynasty. Roman and Lena receive a hard-earned HEA with no cliffhanger for the central couple. The series contains an overarching mystery and is best enjoyed in order.