New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mariana Zapata's most beloved book, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me--now with new exclusive content! Vanessa Mazur refuses to feel bad for quitting--she knows she's doing the right thing. The thankless job of personal assistant to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans for her life, and none of them include washing extra-large underwear one more day for a man who could never find it in him to tell her good morning, congratulate her on a job well done, or wish her a happy birthday--even when she was spending it working for him. The legendary "Wall of Winnipeg" may be adored by thousands, but after two years Van has had enough.…
"It’s about an American football player from Canada who is playing in the US, and his visa is about to expire. He asks his ex-assistant to marry him so he can get his green card. It’s a marriage of convenience, enemies-to-lovers story. She quit because she was sick of how he was treating her. He wasn’t treating her badly, he was just stand-offish and grumpy, and she got fed up and left. And it wasn’t until she left that he realized how much he needed her. This was one of the first ever sports romances I read. My best friend recommended it to me, but I put it off for a long time because it is a very thick book and quite hefty to look at. It’s a slow-burn romance. It takes them a really long time to build their relationship and develop that connection. You see them come to depend on each other over the course of the book. Until she leaves, he doesn’t realize how much he depends on her, but towards the end of the book, she starts to depend on him as well. They’re giving away that control and supporting and leaning on each other. I just think it’s lovely. Yes, pretty much. When I was a teenager, I read a lot of fantasy . My mum loves fantasy, and she used to recommend a lot of books to me. Then, during COVID, my mum and my sister were both key workers. I lost my job just before COVID, so I had a lot of time to myself. I hadn’t read a book in three or four years at that point, so I decided to give it a go. I went into The Works and they had a three books for £6 offer. I wasn’t really into crime books or historical fiction , so I thought I’d give the romance a go. After that, I read a lot of contemporary romance, workplace romance, things like that. But I’ve loved ice hockey since I was a teenager, so my friend, who has always read romance, said, ‘You should read The Wall of Winnipeg and Me.’ I kept putting it off until she sat me down and said, ‘Tegan. You need to read this book. You’re going to love it.’ I was like, ‘Okay, fine.’ I fell in love with it, and was instantly hooked on all things sports romance."
