Scheduling time to hyperventilate into a paper bag is normal, right? It is for 27-year-old Palestinian immigrant Ava Abboud. Pursuing the partnership track at her law firm has turned life into a blur of impossible deadlines, code switching, and panic attacks, all of which are tracked in six-minute increments. Still, no price is too high to prove she belongs in America. 

Wesley Michaels lives by three simple rules: family, football, and flings. No rings. He’s seen how that ends. It’s his last season as a QB in the European League of Football, and his body is ready to call it quits. Too bad he isn’t. With a chip on his (injured) shoulder, he’s gunning for an NFL offer. Come hell, high water, or empty Icy Hot tube. 

When a prank gone wrong at a resort in Cancún lands Wes at Ava’s door—naked—in the middle of the night, their chemistry is immediate…and inopportune. Ava must decide what she values more: the partnership she’s sacrificed everything for or the authentic version of herself she is around Wes. And Wes has to tackle his trust issues before he pushes away the one person who tempts him to break his own rules.