False Start: Gridiron Love
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Melissa Ivers
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Reviews
Amy
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Hilarious and steamyAbsolutely loved this novella！ Natalie is hilarious and I laughed through pretty much the whole thing！ It’s a quick read and I will be checking out more of Melissa Ivers books！
Lou Loves Literature
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Oh my gosh， I laughed so hard at this book I nearly pee'd myself！The euphemisms for the male genitalia in this book are absolutely hilarious， and definitely one of my favourite parts of this story。This is a great best friends to lovers romance。 Fast paced， full of chemistry， laughs， feelings， and hot AF action。。。 it's another firm winner from Melissa Ivers in my book ❤️ Oh my gosh， I laughed so hard at this book I nearly pee'd myself！The euphemisms for the male genitalia in this book are absolutely hilarious， and definitely one of my favourite parts of this story。This is a great best friends to lovers romance。 Fast paced， full of chemistry， laughs， feelings， and hot AF action。。。 it's another firm winner from Melissa Ivers in my book ❤️ 。。。more
Kimberly Ann
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False Start is an incredibly hot， short read！Hudson and Nat have been friends and roommates for six years。 What Hudson never told her was that he's in love with her。 After a drunken kiss， Nat sees him in a different light， and can't keep her hands off of him。 One wild night together and they need to decide if they want to pursue this or if they try and go back to being just friends。 Hudson is smoking hot， a football player， and incredibly sweet。 He also makes you laugh and then fan yourself with False Start is an incredibly hot， short read！Hudson and Nat have been friends and roommates for six years。 What Hudson never told her was that he's in love with her。 After a drunken kiss， Nat sees him in a different light， and can't keep her hands off of him。 One wild night together and they need to decide if they want to pursue this or if they try and go back to being just friends。 Hudson is smoking hot， a football player， and incredibly sweet。 He also makes you laugh and then fan yourself with his dirty talk。 I highly recommend this to anyone that is looking for a quick friends-to-lovers read。 。。。more
Melissa Ledet
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Great Read Love this friends to lovers read between Natalie and Hudson。 Love the chemistry between the two of them。 Love their ending。
Akanksha Dutta （Athena Book Briefs）
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A best friends to lovers romance that channels all the angst that can exist when you love your friend but hide it。 I love the way they discover their chemistry first， and how physical intimacy leads to a great deal of confusion before they can make themselves vulnerable to each other。 It was great seeing a standard masculine man like Hudson， a football player be sensitive and emotional。 It was also very real， seeing how he lashes out at Natalie because he feels bitter and rejected， but the autho A best friends to lovers romance that channels all the angst that can exist when you love your friend but hide it。 I love the way they discover their chemistry first， and how physical intimacy leads to a great deal of confusion before they can make themselves vulnerable to each other。 It was great seeing a standard masculine man like Hudson， a football player be sensitive and emotional。 It was also very real， seeing how he lashes out at Natalie because he feels bitter and rejected， but the author didn't excuse this behavior and pretend that he had some right to Natalie's love。 He apologises for this behavior and shows readers that there is nothing wrong with a person wanting to remain platonic friends， and when they finally do give the relationship a shot， it is not tinged with any bitterness。 I do wish there was a bit more sports in it as a sports romance and their lives outside the relationship。I received an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Lasairiona McMaster
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A hilarious， emotional novella。 I got an education in all the various terms for peen， too。 Loved it！
Jenny Redford
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Another great sports romance from Melissa Ivers！ Loved the build up of the relationship between Hudson and Natalie。 And their dialogue was so much fun。
Katie Lawson
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A False Start by Melissa Ivers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5🌶️🌶️🌶️/5Holy moly！ I love a friends to lover romance and Melissa delivered in this steamy novella！ Hudson plays for the Nashville Aces football team。 His best friend is Natalie and his roommate。 Little does Natalie know， Hudson has been in love with her for years！ When they both decide to have one night together， will it be enough？ Will their friendship survive the outcome？ You will just have to read to find out！ 😉
Angel Faye Bullock
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Holy trouser snake she wakes up in bed with her bff after drinking too much tequila and then realizes that after 6 years of friendship she wants his pp in her mouth 😂😂😂 I loved this book。 It was so fun。 I mean I wish he was my best friend。 I’d let him to dirty things to my hooha 🤷🏻♀️
Kimmi
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I didn't realize how short this book was when I started it and I finished it in about 20 minutes。 HOWEVER， I was giggling and laughing for all 20 minutes。 It's a cute little short story with literally four scenes total:-wakes up from drunk makeout session between two BFFs who live together-goes on double date， both end up jealous and agree to a one night stand-next morning blows up， he moves out-she finds him at practice and confesses her love to him and they end up HEAShort， sweet， cute， whatev I didn't realize how short this book was when I started it and I finished it in about 20 minutes。 HOWEVER， I was giggling and laughing for all 20 minutes。 It's a cute little short story with literally four scenes total:-wakes up from drunk makeout session between two BFFs who live together-goes on double date， both end up jealous and agree to a one night stand-next morning blows up， he moves out-she finds him at practice and confesses her love to him and they end up HEAShort， sweet， cute， whatever。 Good spice at least 。。。more
Jill
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So hilarious and so hot！！！！
Holly Ferbrache
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶🌶。5 This was a short， cute， spicy friends to lovers novella， and I'm a sucker for friends to lovers。 This was short and sweet， I'd have happily had more of it。 I will be reading more of these from this author。 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶🌶。5 This was a short， cute， spicy friends to lovers novella， and I'm a sucker for friends to lovers。 This was short and sweet， I'd have happily had more of it。 I will be reading more of these from this author。 。。。more
Jen Womack
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cute spicy HEALove Melissa Ivers so I totally preordered this。 Cute， spicy， best friends to lovers football romance。 I read as a standalone but looks like it’s part of a larger story collection！
Kristina Pernice
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If you love friends to lover， this is your jam。 These are to great friends that finally go for the two point conversion。 Happy reading。
Kira
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Title: False StartAuthor: Melissa IversHero/Heroine: Hudson & NatalieTropes: Friends to Lovers/Sports RomanceTHE GOOD 😀What a perfect friends to lovers novella this was， and the fact that it made me howl with laughter on the first page made it even better。Hudson and Natalie have been friends for six years， however after too many margaritas and shots of tequila one night， they wake up in bed together naked as the day they were born。Even though this is such a short book， the author packed so much Title: False StartAuthor: Melissa IversHero/Heroine: Hudson & NatalieTropes: Friends to Lovers/Sports RomanceTHE GOOD 😀What a perfect friends to lovers novella this was， and the fact that it made me howl with laughter on the first page made it even better。Hudson and Natalie have been friends for six years， however after too many margaritas and shots of tequila one night， they wake up in bed together naked as the day they were born。Even though this is such a short book， the author packed so much into the story and I loved seeing the progression of Hudson and Natalie’s relationship。 They had so much chemistry， both as friends and lovers， which I found made it more believable when they took their friendship to the next level。Funny and steamy， False Start was another really enjoyable offering from this author。 I loved reading about Violet and Donovan from Summer Hate， whilst a big part of me is also hoping that Bronson gets his own story （no pressure though）。THE BAD ☹️Too short， would have happily read more chapters about this couple。 I know it was a novella， but still。Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this to read。 This is my honest review。OVERALL THOUGHTS: A funny and flirty friends to lovers novellaSTEAM LEVEL: 🔥🔥STAR RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 。。。more
Edie L。
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False Start by Melissa IversHudson！！！ Where can I find me a Hudson because I really need me one of him。 I loved this book it was so funny and endearing。 I loves the hilarious encounter at the beginning of the book with Natalie and Hudson and the crazy stuff that comes out of Natalie her inner monologue is freaking hilarious。 The relationship they have as friends is something to envy and I loved that they figured it out and get there happily ever after。 I love the friendship between the guys and False Start by Melissa IversHudson！！！ Where can I find me a Hudson because I really need me one of him。 I loved this book it was so funny and endearing。 I loves the hilarious encounter at the beginning of the book with Natalie and Hudson and the crazy stuff that comes out of Natalie her inner monologue is freaking hilarious。 The relationship they have as friends is something to envy and I loved that they figured it out and get there happily ever after。 I love the friendship between the guys and I really can’t wait to read what happens with Ryan and I really want for Bronson to get his book well all of the Aces。 I have truly enjoyed this book and the fact that the author gives us great short stories right to the point but yet everything we need。 Highly recommend you read this book and anything you can find from this author。 。。。more
Paulalovesherbooks
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🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟If you're looking for your next five star read ， but you don't have time for a full book， this is the story you should read。I love Melissa's writing style， it's full of sassy and fun banter， scorching hot sex scenes， yet highly emotional。 Hudson and Natalie have been best friends for the six years they've known each other， and I love the fact that it was Hudson who was pinning after her this entire time。 After a night of drinking more than they should've， they woke up naked together 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟If you're looking for your next five star read ， but you don't have time for a full book， this is the story you should read。I love Melissa's writing style， it's full of sassy and fun banter， scorching hot sex scenes， yet highly emotional。 Hudson and Natalie have been best friends for the six years they've known each other， and I love the fact that it was Hudson who was pinning after her this entire time。 After a night of drinking more than they should've， they woke up naked together and the fun begins。 There's no point in telling you how they realize they're meant to be together， but you'll have fun finding out。 。。。more
Melena
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Natalie and Hudson are best friends who end up together after one too many drinks one night。 She wants to go back to the way things were， but he's had feelings for her all along。This is a fast paced novella with two friends with so much potential to be more。 They definitely had chemistry， and as this is a shorter story I liked the dual POV to understand them both a bit better。 I liked the humor and the banter they shared， too。 This is part of a multi-author series， but can totally be read as a s Natalie and Hudson are best friends who end up together after one too many drinks one night。 She wants to go back to the way things were， but he's had feelings for her all along。This is a fast paced novella with two friends with so much potential to be more。 They definitely had chemistry， and as this is a shorter story I liked the dual POV to understand them both a bit better。 I liked the humor and the banter they shared， too。 This is part of a multi-author series， but can totally be read as a standalone。Thank you to the author for providing an ARC for an honest review。 。。。more
Brittany （Brit。tea。reads）
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“𝐼𝒻 𝓌𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉， 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔。”False Start is a quick， funny， steamy sweet read。 Hudson and Natalie have been best friends for a long time。 Despite having feelings for one another， they have never told each other。 Until they agree to have one night together on the condition that they return to being friends afterward， but can they have just one night together？ Will they be able to go back to being just friends？ Hudson is a dirty talker， and he 😻slaps。 The number of nicknam “𝐼𝒻 𝓌𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉， 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔。”False Start is a quick， funny， steamy sweet read。 Hudson and Natalie have been best friends for a long time。 Despite having feelings for one another， they have never told each other。 Until they agree to have one night together on the condition that they return to being friends afterward， but can they have just one night together？ Will they be able to go back to being just friends？ Hudson is a dirty talker， and he 😻slaps。 The number of nicknames for Hudsons 🍆 had me laughing。 （ I counted at least 8）。 𝐼’𝓂 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒻*𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝐼 𝓇𝓊𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒶𝓃。 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒’𝓈 𝓇𝓊𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝓎 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔。 。。。more
Jenna
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False Start by Melissa Ivers， is part of a collection of sport romance novellas - Gridiron Love。 This was a very fast-paced and quick read as it is under 100 pages but still packs in plenty of steam and some good chemistry！ Natalie and Hudson were likable characters but there were some areas where I winced at Natalie's choice of words！ They are best friends and roommates but the lines get a little blurred after Natalie wakes up in Hudson's bed。 Neither one prepared for what this could mean or ch False Start by Melissa Ivers， is part of a collection of sport romance novellas - Gridiron Love。 This was a very fast-paced and quick read as it is under 100 pages but still packs in plenty of steam and some good chemistry！ Natalie and Hudson were likable characters but there were some areas where I winced at Natalie's choice of words！ They are best friends and roommates but the lines get a little blurred after Natalie wakes up in Hudson's bed。 Neither one prepared for what this could mean or change between them。 After avoiding the topic they decide to give themselves a true one-night stand to see where things go。 I would have loved to have more of them exploring their relationship but overall this was an enjoyable novella。 。。。more
Emily Thompson
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Super quick and spicy read！！This was such a fun， flirty and super fast read！ I want so much more of these two。 Hudson is downright dreamy and boy can that man do some dirty things。 I mean we knew he had to go all alpha by boy oh boy is he perfect and spicy in all the right ways。 It took me a second to click that Violet and Donovan were the same from Summer Hate。 I love the connection between the books and now I’m super excited for more from the Nashville Aces world！
Michelle Duncan
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HOT best friends to lovers Oh my word， Melissa brought the heat with Natalie and Hudson’s story！ As always the only downfall I could find with False Start was that it was a novella and not a full length story so I could get more of their seggsy story！False Start had the perfect amount of heat， believable timeline for friends falling in love， and the perfect sprinkle of humour。
Dawn
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When Natalie wakes up naked in bed with her best friend， Hudson， panic sets in。 She doesn't remember anything about last night。 When they go on a double date and Hudson's date is making moves on him， jealousy sets in。 This launches an agreement for one night。 Neither Natalie nor Hudson is ready to give up after that one night though but both are too scared to say anything。OpinionThis short story is full of spice and is definitely not one for the kiddos。 The story packs one heck of a punch for pl When Natalie wakes up naked in bed with her best friend， Hudson， panic sets in。 She doesn't remember anything about last night。 When they go on a double date and Hudson's date is making moves on him， jealousy sets in。 This launches an agreement for one night。 Neither Natalie nor Hudson is ready to give up after that one night though but both are too scared to say anything。OpinionThis short story is full of spice and is definitely not one for the kiddos。 The story packs one heck of a punch for plot and will leave you salivating and possibly jealous of their love。 As always， Melissa Ivers delivers a great read。 This book is part of a multi author series （Gridiron Love） with 15 different authors。 If the rest are anywhere near as good as this one， this series will be a solid winner。Many thanks to Melissa Ivers for providing me with an ARC of this book。#IversAces 。。。more
Courtney
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In this short story we have best friends Natalie and Hudson who wake up after a night that changes their friendship。 Too much tequila and years of pent-up feelings leads to each other questioning their friendship and if they could ever be more。 Hudson knows he can’t pretend not to have feelings and continue to stay in the friend zone， but will Natalie realize that they could have so much more or will her fears of losing someone else in her life hold her back？ This was steamy， fun， and emotional In this short story we have best friends Natalie and Hudson who wake up after a night that changes their friendship。 Too much tequila and years of pent-up feelings leads to each other questioning their friendship and if they could ever be more。 Hudson knows he can’t pretend not to have feelings and continue to stay in the friend zone， but will Natalie realize that they could have so much more or will her fears of losing someone else in her life hold her back？ This was steamy， fun， and emotional I absolutely loved Hudson。 。。。more
Laurie
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Natalie Fitzroy has been best friends with professional football player Hudson Prince for the past six years， but things take a turn one night when they go out for half-priced margaritas at their favorite Mexican restaurant and accidentally wind up in bed together， naked。 The next morning， Natalie escapes before Hudson wakes up; she may not remember exactly what happened the night before， but she knows enough to be terrified that they've just ruined their friendship。 Things are different for Hud Natalie Fitzroy has been best friends with professional football player Hudson Prince for the past six years， but things take a turn one night when they go out for half-priced margaritas at their favorite Mexican restaurant and accidentally wind up in bed together， naked。 The next morning， Natalie escapes before Hudson wakes up; she may not remember exactly what happened the night before， but she knows enough to be terrified that they've just ruined their friendship。 Things are different for Hudson， who's had feelings for Natalie ever since they met。 After a disastrous double blind date， he finally convinces her to give him a single night to explore their newfound physical connection， but will they really be able to go back to being just friends after that？This fast-paced， funny， and sweet yet steamy story was an absolute delight！ Natalie and Hudson had fantastic chemistry and I loved them as a couple。 I also enjoyed catching up with Natalie's other best friend， Violet， and brother， Donovan， from "Summer Hate，" as well as meeting a few of Hudson's teammates。 I'm really looking forward to getting to know them better in the upcoming Nashville Aces series。I highly recommend "False Start" for all contemporary/sports romance and romantic comedy fans and look forward to whatever Melissa Ivers writes next。*Review copy provided by the author。 All opinions expressed are my own。 。。。more
Lori
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False Start is a spicy and fun novella by Melissa Ivers and is part of the Gridiron Love series of football novellas。 The characters are familiar to us as we met them in her Summer Hate novella。 Hudson and Natalie are besties and roommates and one drunken night together has them waking up naked in bed together。 Hudson has been crushing on Natalie forever and Natalie is freaking out。 Is this friends to lovers a direction they want to go？ This is a fun， quick read full of spice！ I enjoyed the char False Start is a spicy and fun novella by Melissa Ivers and is part of the Gridiron Love series of football novellas。 The characters are familiar to us as we met them in her Summer Hate novella。 Hudson and Natalie are besties and roommates and one drunken night together has them waking up naked in bed together。 Hudson has been crushing on Natalie forever and Natalie is freaking out。 Is this friends to lovers a direction they want to go？ This is a fun， quick read full of spice！ I enjoyed the characters and I look forward to more of the Nashville Aces （hopefully）。 It’s a great trope and the characters have great chemistry！ A fun read！ 。。。more
Shannon Downing
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Best friends and room mates！ What a combo。Hudson the football player hottie and Natalie always choosing the wrong men。 Totally loved this story and was a great quick read。
Jovette Bossé
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I loved it！ A sweet and beautiful love story！🥰🔥❤😍
Lyndsay TC
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If you need a light， and fluffy rom-com， pick this up。 It's a short， sweet， steamy and hilarious novella that is the perfect in-between book or before bedtime book。 Natalie and Hudson fumbled a lot as they worked out how to become more than friends after a steamy night together。 This is part of a multi-author series but can be read as a standalone。 These MC's are secondary characters from Melissa Iver's other book， Summer Hate。 If you need a light， and fluffy rom-com， pick this up。 It's a short， sweet， steamy and hilarious novella that is the perfect in-between book or before bedtime book。 Natalie and Hudson fumbled a lot as they worked out how to become more than friends after a steamy night together。 This is part of a multi-author series but can be read as a standalone。 These MC's are secondary characters from Melissa Iver's other book， Summer Hate。 。。。more
Kayleigh Borrows
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