The Windy City isn’t quite ready for Phoebe Somerville—the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars’ head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Calebow is everything Phoebe abhors. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises—a meddling … despises—a meddling bimbo who doesn’t know a pigskin from a pitcher’s mound.
So why is Dan drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach’s good ol’ boy charm leave cosmopolitan Phoebe feeling awkward, tongue-tied . . . and ready to fight?
The sexy, heartwarming, and hilarious “prequel” to This Heart of Mine—Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s New York Times bestselling blockbuster—It Had To Be You is an enchanting story of two stubborn people who believe in playing for keeps.
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IT HAD TO BE YOU is the first of the Chicago Stars books, Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s longest running, most beloved series. It’s funny, heart-warming, heart-breaking, one of my favorites out of a whole writing career full of SEP favorites.
In my top 3 favorite books ever. It’s hard to top this! You laugh from page one and never want to put it down.
Have a hard time putting her books down. To heck with the dishes. Her characters are real people; imperfect and so very human.
The characters in this book are a delight.
I’m prepping for the Super Bowl with this football series. It Had to be You is pure fun and entertainment. Since I lived in Chicago it was fun to be familiar with all the places the characters visited, the things they did and sights they saw. The spirit of Chicago sports was accurately portrayed. There’s a little bit of suspense in this one, but …
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of my favorite authors!
A favorite author. Her books are hilarious!
The 1st in the Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips is an absolute treasure! Phoebe and Dan are thrown together after her father dies and leaves her the football team as long as the team wins the championship. Dan is the head coach and he fights her on everything to do with the team. However; there is something about Phoebe that draws …
One of the best books I have ever read.
I love all of her books!
All this author’s book are a pleasure…easy to read and very entertaining
My all time favorite Rom Com and Sports Romance! It never fails to improve my mood whenever I re-read it and re-read it a lot! SEP delivered a perfect book that proved to be a trendsetter of SR subgenre in Romance!
Fabulous
Love Phoebe, Love Dan. Lots of misunderstandings but true love prevails.
Everyone underestimates Phoebe- thinks she is pretty with no brain. A selfish socialite. The Phoebe/Dan is the love story, with subplots of evil cousins, kinky ex-wives, difficult younger sister and violent dads.
Satisfying ending with lots of powerful women …
This entire series is awesome. Who know the things that go on behind the scenes in a football franchise!!!!!!
Fun read.
She is the best writer. I own all her books.
You can never go wrong with a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. I haven’t read one yet that i haven’t bought both digital and physical copies (in case the electricity is out when i feel like reading)
One of my all-time favorites. Have read this at least four times and will re-read again!
My favorite from my favorite author…