Heart Racer

STEM meets sports romance in this spicy, slow-burn, nerd/jock, academic rivals rom com

By: Megan Avery

Romance readers! You've had chemistry with steminist romance, you've raced through sports romance. Now get ready for the ultimate crossover...

Biochem major Keely is in her element. A college senior with a near-perfect GPA, all that's left is to make it through finals and into Grad School. But when her loan application is inexplicably rejected, her perfectly planned future suddenly fails to launch.

State champion and record-breaking sprinter, student-athlete Max is at the top of his game. And then his funding falls through, and his dreams fall right off track.

When they discover the Pursue Your Passions scholarship, Keely and Max go head-to-head for the last remaining spot - and as the competition reaches boiling point, so too does their chemistry.

Every good scientist knows that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. But what happens when the action is Lycra-clad and... rippling?

Any decent sportsman knows the key to winning is keeping your head in the game. But then again, his opponents aren't usually so distracting...

By the time graduation rolls around, the stakes are higher than ever. Because sometimes the biggest reactions are more than just chemical. And maybe, just maybe, the best match is the one you were least expecting...

Can't choose between STEM and sports romances? Now you don't have to! The Love Hypothesis meets Ice Breaker in this college-set, spicy enemies-to-lovers rom com - as nerdy as it is sure to raise your pulse...©2026 Megan Murphy (P)2026 Dreamscape Media LLC