SPOILERS AHEAD.

Second chance romance.
Sports.
Second chance romance can be really good or just not... I find the reasons for the break up can either really work or not.

Wes and Jane.

They are high school sweethearts, Wes goes to college and tries to pursue his football career which is incredibly important to him.
He basically gets so wrapped up in himself, the parties and integrating himself into his new life, although he thinks he loves Jane he leaves her behind.

He makes no time for her, blowing her off, missing phone dates and visits home.
She starts to feel insecure, discovers she's pregnant asks him to come home so they can talk, she is desperate to see him.

He missed the signals and again says no, he's going to some party.
She breaks it off feeling unimportant to him and has a miscarriage.

He goes on to sleep with countless women after the breakup and then falls in love with another woman gets engaged, finds out she's cheating so breaks it off then returns to play for his home team.

Quote from the book by the Hero about his feelings/behaviour.

"That’s a far cry from how I acted when we broke up. I went on a bender all throughout college, girl after girl after girl. It took me six years to settle on Trista, and another three years to propose to her, thinking that I’d finally found my forever. Look how that brilliant fucking idea turned out.
Out of nowhere, Colin asks, “Are you really over her?”
I give him a bewildered look. “Who, Trista? Of course. She—”
“No, stupid. I meant Jane.”
I almost have to laugh. The truth is you don’t ever really get over a woman like Jane. For me, she’ll always be The One Who Got Away."

The heroine is very involved with work so during the 10 year separation she dates but there are not many details.

They get together again, her friend, Alex and her dad talk to him, warning him not to hurt her so he chickens out and breaks her heart again by breaking it off.

For me the Hero was weak. He is very young at the time of the initial breakup but also self absorbed to neglect her.

Then when the 2nd break up happens, he doesn't feel good enough, blah, blah again no spine.

They get back together, he works for it a tiny bit but I felt she was a bit of a doormat, he needed to work for it big time, no enough redemption for me, esp after the recent breaking it off.

Not me, not my kind of Hero.

HEA.
Epilogue.

No cheating.
Separation 10 years.
Hero falls in love with another woman and gets engaged.
Heroine dates but no details.
There are no intimate details of anyone other than the Hero and heroine.
There is a text message which makes the heroine believe he is going to have sex with groupies but it's not from him. ( )

Loved, loved loved!! Great read. Had the right amount of everything!! I love second love story chance books. Tons of steaminess and great plot. Easy to follow fun read!! ( )

Love means never having to say sorry, unless you deliberately break somebody's heart. Wes and Jane knew how to play the game, yet forgot to follow the rules. Ten years later they are still facing the fall out. When the hurt of the past meets the attraction of the present, someone's bound to get burned. Can the key players make their way to a second chance? Ryan keeps the smiles rolling, the heartache thawing and the attraction flowing with a steamy tale of foolish pride and fresh beginnings. Dear Jane is as bittersweet as it is irresistible. ( )