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Bryce Crawford · Quarterback
The golden boy
Legacy name. Camera-ready smile. A lifetime spent making impossible pressure look effortless. Bryce controls every visible inch of his life—right up until Dex gets his hands on him.
The debut novel from Max Harte
Four sacks. One roster. Years of bad blood with a pulse under it.
The Snap is a high-heat MM college-football romance about two legendary rivals who know each other far too well—and are about to get much, much closer.
October 22, 2026 · For adult readers
Book one · Jockstrap Boys
The play call
“He calls the plays.
I call the shots.”
The Snap
He’s been in Bryce’s head for four years.
Bryce Crawford is football royalty: polished, controlled, and very good at pretending Dexter Boyd is only a rival. Dex is the one defensive lineman in Texas who can wreck Bryce’s pocket, his composure, and—more offensively—his ability to think about anything else.
Now the former high-school legends are wearing the same colors. Under brutal training-camp pressure, cameras, and a forced intimacy neither of them can outrun, rivalry turns into obsession. Bryce calls the plays. Dex calls the shots. And the truth between them is getting harder to keep off the field.
About the bookRivals to loversForced proximityBi awakeningPossessive heroCollege footballHigh heatHEA
Meet the rivalry
Two control freaks. Different fucking strategies.
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Dexter Boyd · Defensive line
The problem
Dense, dangerous, and impossible to move. Dex reads bodies the way he reads a protection: pressure, leverage, and exactly where it will break. Bryce has always been his favorite problem.
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