Close Knit

Cameron Hastings, the broodiest goalkeeper in the Premier League, collides with a lavender-haired stranger while running from paparazzi, and one smile from her is enough to talk them both into a single no-strings, no-names night together. Daphne Quinn is in the middle of her "Yes Year," relocating to London to build a real-world space for her online knitting community — only to discover her mystery man from that night is now her new next-door neighbor, scowling in matching black from head to toe.

Denise Stone and Kels Stone open The Hastings series with a grumpy-sunshine sports romance about a heart-guarded athlete and a woman finally learning to live entirely on her own terms.