Winning the season by Beth Bolden ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A story of second chance love. Scott and Asa have been friends for over twenty years. After realising his feelings for Scott go far beyond friendship, Asa confesses, only to be left with a broken heart.

After seven years apart, Scott and Asa are brought back together again and neither can deny that their connection and love for each other are as strong as they ever were.

Once Asa manages to get past his anger at Scott from what happened seven years ago, and embraces his feelings, they fall seamlessly into a relationship and start to believe they can have everything they both ever wanted together.

I found Winning the Season to be quite sports heavy compared to other books in the same genre. You don't necessarily need to know much about football as the author does a good job of explaining everything, however there is a lot of emphasis on the sport and I did find it detracted slightly from their relationship.

Although this is book 4 in the series and does feature cameos from the mc's of previous books, it can still be read easily as a standalone.

Overall, Winning the Season is a sweet sports romance, interspersed with Christmas cheer and a very satisfying HEA.

CW: homophobia (referenced)