When the playboy quarterback of the hapless New York Templars is injured in a freak sexcapade, backup QB Quinn Novak picks up the ball and takes the team to the playoffs. There he attracts the attention of two other quarterbacks who’ve been rivals since high school, Mal Ryan of the Philadelphia Quakers and Tam Tarquin of the San Francisco Miners.<br><br>Quinn begins a volatile relationship with the narcissistic Mal and a loving one with the open-hearted Tam, keeping each secret from the other. What he doesn’t know is that the two have a complex sexual history of their own.

The Penalty for Holding

Soon, Free Quinn NovakT-shirts, mugs, banners, and parties began cropping up around New York. Others tweeted, Instagram-ed, Facebook-ed, blogged, and—oh, yes—wrote about him, or Brenna writing about him. He became a cause célèbre even among those who knew nothing of football.


It wasn’t the kind of fame he wanted—to be known for who he was rather than what he did. But he could hardly complain when the perks and endorsements that came his way helped others, including the orphans back in Indonesia. Then came the backlash.


“I want that bitch muzzled,” he overheard Smalley say to two men in one of the “catacombs”—the yellow-green and blue cinder-block tunnels that snaked through the bowels of the stadium. “I don’t care how you do it, just do it.”


Don’t worry (lol), she texted back. I can take care of myself


Chapter 10