Catching Feelings by Emily Charlotte. Coming Fall 2026 from Simon and Schuster. Friends-to-lovers football romance, small town, from the author of Heart Check.

❤️‍🔥 the “we’re just friends” to “ruin the friendship” pipeline

❤️‍🔥 a found family football team & ride-or-die girl gang

❤️‍🔥 a post-shower meet-cute ☺️

❤️‍🔥 secrets that will definitely not emerge at the absolute wrong moment

❤️‍🔥 “you almost ran the red ‘cause you were lookin’ over at me” vibes

❤️‍🔥 another one of Ryan Thompson’s famous parties

❤️‍🔥 a love interest who invented acts of service

❤️‍🔥 a girl who can no longer escape her feelings with a long enough to-do list

A YA romance in which the head of the spirit committee and the mysterious new football transfer agree to go to Homecoming together to avoid a real relationship, only for their carefully laid plans to fall apart when they start to develop feelings for each other.

Varsity #2: Catching Feelings

Coming Fall 2026

read book one!