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Ranked #6 in Contemporary Romance, Ranked #8 in Sports Romance — see more rankings.
The Windy City isn’t quite ready for Phoebe Somerville -- the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not prepared for the Stars’ head coach Dan Celebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Celebow is everything Phoebe abhors. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises -- a meddling bimbo who doesn’t know a pigskin from a pitcher’s mound.
So why is he drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach’s good ol’ boy charm leave cosmopolitan... more
So why is he drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach’s good ol’ boy charm leave cosmopolitan... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, #1) from the world's leading experts.
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Eloisa James Not particularly. I’ve never gone to a professional football game, and I don’t see myself going to one in the near future. But I will follow a great writer anywhere – into sports, outer space, even the Bronx. (Source)
Rankings by Category
It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #56 in Athlete
- #52 in Chicago
- #89 in Enemies To Lovers
- #30 in Football
- #70 in Hate To Love
- #10 in NFL
- #62 in Romantic Comedy
- #29 in Sports
- #17 in Stars