This HaBO is from Anna, who wants to find this romance:
I recently came across this scene from a new book an author was self promoting on Instagram and looked it up on Goodreads but I guess I forgot to add it. She’s probably not as well known or maybe an indie author. It was one of those pictures of the excerpts.
The heroine is a transfer student to Eastern or Central Europe, most likely in a college setting (possibly Austria? Switzerland?). From what I remember, a female side character started insulting her or started an argument and the hero publicly defended her.
The trope might be sports romance as well but I could be wrong. I’ve been trying to look everywhere for it.
Sound familiar?
Following…….
Could it be ”Love Requires Chocolate” by Ravynn K. Stringfield (2024)?
Whitney Curry is a theater-obsessed college student who transfers to Paris for a semester. She struggles with homesickness and the language barrier until she meets Thierry, a grumpy French soccer star who becomes her tutor and guide to the city.
Might it be First Flight, Final Fall by C. W. Farnsworth? FMC is an elite American college soccer player who gets into a top flight soccer camp in Kluvberg, Germany and becomes involved with a high level male football (soccer) player.