The Legend's Second Chance (The Ironclad Dynasty #13)

He built a legend on three championships. She was the woman he sacrificed to protect it.

For twenty years, Malcolm Hayes has lived as Austin’s immortal #7—a retired championship quarterback, trusted broadcaster, minority owner, and the next legend destined for the Hall of Honor.

But behind the trophies is the choice he has never forgiven himself for: ending his engagement to Camille Foster before she could threaten the dynasty that made him.

Now Dr. Camille Foster is a celebrated sports historian, and she has returned to direct the one history project Austin cannot control. She accepts on a single condition: Malcolm receives no authority over her work.

He can be a source.

He cannot be her gatekeeper.

And he absolutely cannot become hers again.

Except twenty years has done nothing to cool the heat between them.

Interviews become late-night confessions.

Old memories collide with older, wiser desire.

And the man behind the legend is still the only one who has ever made Camille want more than the fiercely independent life she built without him.

Then the archive begins exposing what the Ironclads buried—missing records, silenced players, and a truth powerful men will do anything to contain.

Camille must publish wherever the evidence leads. Malcolm must decide whether he will protect the legacy that cost him the woman he loved…or tear down his own monument to become a man worthy of standing beside her.

Because desire can reopen a door.

Only truth can keep it open.

THE LEGEND’S SECOND CHANCE is a high-heat, emotionally intense mature romance featuring a retired quarterback legend, an independent historian heroine, a twenty-year broken engagement, hard-earned redemption, and an intimate happily ever after.

Book 13 of The Ironclad Dynasty. Each couple receives a complete romance, while the dynasty conspiracy continues across the series.