Falling for the boy from the estate wasn't part of the plan.
A gritty British romance about a forbidden relationship in 66,000 words. A slow burn first love where her family has her future planned and loving this English boy wasn't part of it.
His ambition is paralleled by her own but not in the way they expected.
The girl from the corner shop whose family have planned her future: perfect grades, a law degree, respectability. But music is her passion—her release, her desire.
Callum knew football was his chance of escape from the estate. From the loneliness. From a future that looked too much like the past. When the academy signs him everything changes—training, pressure, expectation. He’s about to play in the biggest match of his life.
Loving a boy from the tower-block, whose future was wholly uncertain, would never be allowed.
But desire doesn’t ask permission.
What begins with playground banter and nighttime dreams deepens into something more intimate, more real—a connection that stretches across cultures. Temptation, and the ache of wanting more than timing allows.
As Aisha stands on the brink of her debut with the musical elite, both must confront the same truth: Success demands sacrifice.
And love demands courage.
Offside Hearts is a British new adult sports romance featuring:
- Forbidden relationship
- 66,000 word Slow burn
- First love
- Ambition vs love
- British setting
- Coming of age frustrations
- Sports romance
- Football academy hero
- Ambitious musician heroine
- Class difference tension
- Long-distance heat
- Emotional slow burn with explicit scenes
- A love story that builds—but doesn’t rush the ending
Book 1 in a sweeping trilogy that follows their rise from teenagers to global icons.
