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The Freestyle series · Tessa Cross

He won’t fall.He can’t.He already did.Three sports romances. Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited.

Elite swimmers, coaches and rivals whose careers are measured in hundredths of a second and whose feelings arrive at the worst possible moment.

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On the blocks

  1. FREESTYLE · BOOK ONE

    A Rivals-to-Lovers Sports Romance

  2. FREESTYLE · BOOK TWO

    A Forbidden Sports Romance

  3. FREESTYLE · BOOK THREE

    An Enemies-to-Lovers Sports Romance

The main set

Three books. Read in order.

Read them in order, starting with False Start.

FREESTYLE · BOOK ONE

A Rivals-to-Lovers Sports Romance

HeatSteamy-to-explicit

False Start

Lily Coleman & Axel Carter

He's the one person in the pool who isn't impressed by her. She's about to make that his problem.

He didn’t know she was coming. She was the disruption to his last shot.

Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited

FREESTYLE · BOOK TWO

A Forbidden Sports Romance

HeatSteamy — slow burn, quieter heat, emotionally led

Out of Reach

Ethan Blake & Izzy Kim

He can see straight through her flawless act. He's also the one man she's not allowed to want.

The most talented, most difficult swimmer he's ever met — and he's her coach.

Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited

FREESTYLE · BOOK THREE

An Enemies-to-Lovers Sports Romance

HeatSteamy-to-explicit — the volcanic, high-heat book of the series

Open Water

Finn O’Connor & Sophie Dubois

Everyone falls for the charm. She's the only one who sees what it hides.

She's the first person who sees through the charm — and finds it insulting.

Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited

The world

Who are you when the thing you built your identity around changes shape?

5:15 AM, six years unbroken. A 50-metre long course. A season that can come down to .04.

  • False StartYou can't let someone in during the season everything's on the line — or can you?
  • Out of ReachWanting something for yourself isn't selfish; letting someone see you isn't weakness.
  • Open WaterBeing known is the price of being loved, and it’s worth paying.

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  • A training-camp prequel story, sent to the list first once it’s written.
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The author

Tessa Cross

Tessa Cross writes competitive-swimming sports romance for readers who like their love stories with chlorine in the water and everything on the line. Her couples are elite athletes — swimmers, coaches, rivals — chasing podiums and personal records when the last thing they planned on catches them mid-stroke.

Expect blistering chemistry, high emotional stakes, the real texture of the athletic world, and heroes and heroines who don’t know how to quit. If you want banter that hits like a false-start buzzer and a happily-ever-after worth the training montage, dive in.

Tessa runs on early alarms, strong coffee, and a deep belief that the best love stories are the ones you have to work for.