Blitz'd

Evergreen University, Book 1

By: Lee McCormick, RS McKenzie

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo, Lee Samuels

Zander

Kissing my rival shouldn't have felt so good.

Finding out my girlfriend has been cheating on me for months makes me do something crazy: kiss my rival to make her jealous. I wasn't supposed to like kissing Kerian Slade. He's a psycho who demands things of me…things I shouldn't want. But there's something about Kerian that draws me in, and now that I'm caught in his web, he won't let me go.

Kerian

The number one rule: don't care about people.

Caring is a distraction, and emotions are messy… and messy is something I hate. Which is why I'm confused when the messiest player I've ever met—my rival—kisses me and turns my world on its head. Zander Braithe is sweet, emotional, and straight. That doesn't stop him from coming back for more, and that doesn't stop me from realizing I'll burn the world down to make him mine.

Blitz'd is a dark-themed MM romance between two rival football quarterbacks and a kiss that changes everything. It contains high heat, unexpected sweetness, and a possessive quarterback who thinks stalking is a love language, and an NFL hopeful who wants to love him despite his initial misgivings.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Lee McCormick and RS McKenzie (P)2025 Podium Audio

Found a trope

I really enjoy enemies to lovers, sunshine and grumpy! Especially when they have a happy ending!

I love when they’re a little psycho.

Omg I loved this book so much! One kiss was all it took for these boys to take their rivalry and turn it into something special.

Great Story, Great Performance

I adore Kerian and Zander together - their push and pull and the dark possessiveness is what kept me interested and the performances of Nick J. Russo and Lee Samuels totally enhanced my listening experience.

4.5 Starz - Worthy of a repeat listen

Amazing Rivals to Lovers!

I love how the rivalry between the main characters is still there even after they get together! I have read a lot of rivalry to lovers and something that usually goes on the back burner is the rivalry but not this book it is still very present and I love it.

Slightly deranged, completely adorable

I loved the touch him and die vibes in this book. The main characters were so perfect. I loved how morally grey and troubled Kerian and slightly obsessive, Golden Retriever Zander complement each other. It creates a perfect situation for low and hush stakes drama, character development, spicy romance.
The narrators were excellent and felt perfect for these characters voices.