The Story Behind Her First Game
A heroine whose competence is never in question, and a hero whose money never buys him the one thing he wants.
Her First Game opens the Untouched Series, and it sets the pattern the whole five-book run follows: a woman who is extremely good at something difficult, dropped into a world where being good at it is not enough, and a man with more power than her who wants her anyway.
The sports setting is not decoration. She is the team doctor — the person whose job is to overrule coaches and protect players from their own ambition — and the friction of a young woman holding that authority inside a professional football organisation is where the book's tension actually lives.
Chet Blackwood is fifteen years older, disgustingly rich, infuriatingly handsome—and the last man I should want.
I'm the new team doctor for the Dallas Cowboys. My job is to protect the players, challenge the coaches, and absolutely not notice how my boss fills out a suit. I've spent twenty-eight years being the good girl. Straight A's. Medical degree. Zero experience with men.
I don't do complicated. I don't do forbidden. I definitely don't do "ruin me for anyone else."
But Chet doesn't care about my rules.
Push him away? He sends flowers. Keep it professional? He pulls me onto my desk. Tell him I've never done this before? He decides I'm his.
The NFL is a boys' club, and we're breaking every rule. His family wants me gone, and one wrong move could destroy us both.
But what if the man I'm supposed to resist is the only one who's ever seen me?
Her First Game is a steamy standalone novella (~38,000 words) with a guaranteed HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.
Tropes: billionaire boss, age gap, virgin heroine, sports romance, he falls first, forbidden workplace, slow burn
This is the publisher’s official description for Her First Game, as it appears on the book’s Amazon listing.What Happens in Her First Game
She arrives at the franchise with impeccable credentials and immediately runs into the thing credentials do not solve: a locker room, a coaching staff and a front office that were not built with her in mind. Her authority is medical and absolute on paper, and contested in practice every single day.
Chet Blackwood owns all of it. He is fifteen years older, entirely used to being the final word, and — crucially for this book — the first person in the organisation to take her judgement seriously. That is what she notices before anything else, and it is what makes the attraction dangerous rather than simply inconvenient.
Suzanne Hart labels this a slow burn, and it earns the description in a way not all of her catalogue does. The relationship develops against genuine professional risk: her career is the newer and more fragile of the two, and the book is honest that the consequences of exposure would not be distributed evenly between them.
His family provides the external pressure. They want her gone, and their objection is about class and control rather than anything she has done. The resolution addresses both the workplace problem and the family one. Standalone, HEA, no cheating, no cliffhanger.
Why Readers Keep Recommending This One
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The heroine's career is treated as real
She is a physician doing a demanding job in a hostile environment, and the book gives that as much page time as the romance. Her professional wins are wins, not backdrop.
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He falls first, and openly
Chet does the pursuing throughout — the flowers, the persistence, the refusal to be managed. For readers who want the powerful man to be the one visibly undone, this is the appeal.
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A slow burn that is actually slow
Suzanne Hart's later books move faster. This one takes its time, and readers who prefer build-up over instalove tend to name it as their favourite in the series.
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The best entry point to five connected books
The Untouched Series shares a sensibility rather than a plot, and this book establishes it cleanly — capable heroines, older heroes who fall hard, workplaces that complicate everything.
Tropes & Themes in Her First Game
The trope list Suzanne Hart gives for this book is unusually precise. Here is how each element actually behaves on the page.
He owns the franchise she works for, so the imbalance is total — and the book treats that as a problem rather than a fantasy shortcut.
Fifteen years. His steadiness and her caution both come from it, and neither is played for shock.
The risk is asymmetric and the book says so. Her career is what is genuinely exposed.
An NFL franchise setting used properly — the medical role gives her real authority and real conflict with the coaching staff.
Chet is the pursuer from the beginning. Her resistance is the obstacle, not his indifference.
Genuinely slow by this catalogue's standards, with the attraction built over professional proximity rather than a single trapped weekend.
Is Her First Game Right for You?
This is the most workplace-grounded book in the Untouched Series. Who it suits:
Read it if…
- You want a heroine with a serious profession she is good at
- Slow burn matters more to you than instant heat
- He-falls-first is your preferred dynamic
- Sports romance with an actual sports setting appeals
- Billionaire and age-gap tropes are on your list
- You want a standalone with a guaranteed HEA
Maybe skip it if…
- Boss-employee power gaps are a hard no
- You want the couple together in the first three chapters
- Sports settings bore you
- You prefer shorter one-sitting novellas
Book Details
| Title | Her First Game: A Billionaire, Age Gap, Sports, Boss, Virgin Heroine Romance |
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| Author | Suzanne Hart |
| Publisher | Just Love Publishing |
| Series | Untouched Series · Book 1 of 5 |
| Genre | Contemporary Romance |
| Length | 164 pages · Novella — approx. 38,000 words |
| Heat level | Steamy |
| Ending | Happily ever after — no cliffhanger, no cheating |
| Publication date | March 4, 2018 |
| Format | Kindle eBook · free with Kindle Unlimited |
| Language | English |
| Where to buy | Amazon |
Where This Book Sits in the Untouched Series
Five books, five different couples, one shared sensibility. This is the opener and the natural starting point.
- 1Her First GameYou are here
- 2Her First Dance
- 3Her Accidental Wedding
- 4Her Rough Hero
- 5Claiming Christmas
Every Untouched book is a standalone. Read them in any order — the series shares tone and theme rather than plot.
Questions Readers Ask About Her First Game
The questions readers ask before starting the Untouched Series.
Is the Untouched Series connected?
Only thematically. Each of the five books has its own couple and its own complete story. There is no ongoing plot to follow and no required order.
How long is Her First Game?
Around 38,000 words — 164 pages. Longer than a one-sitting novella but comfortably readable in an evening.
Is it a real sports romance or just a setting?
The football world is genuinely part of the plot. Her role as team doctor puts her in direct conflict with coaches and shapes several key scenes.
How slow is the slow burn?
Slow by this author's standards — the attraction builds over sustained professional contact rather than a single event. Readers who dislike instalove usually prefer this book.
Is there cheating or a cliffhanger?
Neither. Suzanne Hart states explicitly that this is a standalone with a guaranteed HEA, no cheating and no cliffhanger.
How steamy is it?
Steamy and open door, though the heat arrives later than in her more recent books because of the slower build.
Is it on Kindle Unlimited?
Yes, currently included with a Kindle Unlimited subscription and available to buy on Kindle.
The Team Doctor and the Man Who Owns the Team
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