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He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want.

Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn’t do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter.

Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string of fired nannies in his wake, he has no choice but to hire the last person he wants close to his orbit.

Carina is too stubborn and far too appealing for her own good, but she’s also a natural with his daughter.

And the way his heart skips a beat whenever she’s around? That’s nothing more than a coincidence. He’s sure of it.

***
Carina Vu has a problem. She’s worked multiple jobs and saved up for years to fulfill her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica, but just when she’s close, an unexpected emergency wipes her account clean.

Now, she’s back to square one. The clock is ticking, and she needs another job ASAP. Her best (and only) option is to nanny for Noah, the brooding athlete whom she’s convinced hates her.

But the more time she spends with him and his adorable daughter, the more cracks she sees in his gruff exterior. And the man underneath all that grumpiness? He’s enough to make her rethink everything—including what (and who) it is that she actually wants.

464 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 27, 2026

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May 13, 2026
BLURB REVEAL



Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn’t do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter.

Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string of fired nannies in his wake, he has no choice but to hire the last person he wants close to his orbit.

Carina is too stubborn and far too appealing for her own good, but she’s also a natural with his daughter.

And the way his heart skips a beat whenever she’s around? That’s nothing more than a coincidence. He’s sure of it.

***

Carina Vu has a problem. She’s worked multiple jobs and saved up for years to fulfill her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica, but just when she’s close, an unexpected emergency wipes her account clean.

Now, she’s back to square one. The clock is ticking, and she needs another job ASAP. Her best (and only) option is to nanny for Noah, the brooding athlete whom she’s convinced hates her.

But the more time she spends with him and his adorable daughter, the more cracks she sees in his gruff exterior. And the man underneath all that grumpiness? He’s enough to make her rethink everything—including what (and who) it is that she actually wants.

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August 23, 2026
_Breaking the news 🗞️:Noah is not stern anymore 🤭.

_I really hope this isn't the last book in the series, because I need Adil's story desperately!

_If that book isn't Noah and Carina's, then just bury me now💀

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January 12, 2026
pre-read:
lemme guess. this book's synopsis:

the STAR football player, single dad, noah lastname hired a NANNY😱😱😱😱😱 and it's...... (drumroll)... CARINA!!!! OH NO😱😭 they cant sleep tgt bc he's her BOSS‼️‼️ guess what? THEY DID😱😭 Now everyone's going to find out and she's gng to lose everything... while he struggle with his next big football alpha male match😱😱😱 anyways, still gna read it though😇🫰🏻 bye!

p. s. this is NOT real synopsis lmaooo i was js guessing (im gna be right tho)
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December 9, 2025
I just know that the title of this book is going to be The Keeper, and it's going to be Noah and Carina’s story
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August 16, 2026
After the last two books being so bland, I better not find the penguins to be the best part of this one (iykyk) 🐧
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November 15, 2025
ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🦢་༘࿐ OH MY GOD BE SERIOUS 😭😭 a WHOLE YEAR?! They expect us to just sit here, breathing normally, acting fine, while our brains are melting from anticipation??
I can’t even think straight either, like how am I supposed to function knowing I won’t get answers, scenes, closure, ANYTHING until next year??
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April 26, 2026
the cover omigosh?!!! we have a green one 🙂‍↕️

ana is SERVING us with these 2026 releases omg

✧˖°⚽ ⋆。˚꩜ 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭
⤷ single dad
⤷ footfall goalie
⤷ she's the nanny? (possibly)
⤷ ONS / second chance (most likely tbh)
⤷ tension / yearning
⤷ grumpy x sunshine

like noah was definitely jealous when he saw her dancing with another guy AND carina always going on her phone to ignore him when he's around, something definitely happened in the past


firstly, we have king of gluttony in the may!!!

and then the keeper in the fall!!!


book 4 MUST be adil?!! bc of the vip or wtvr group chat
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August 14, 2026
⥼~-✰-~⥽ ☽ ˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚*☾ ⥼~-✰-~⥽



𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋🍉⋮ ⌗ pre release ⋆˙⟡






OMGGGG ITS HHAPPENINGGG i know book 1 was crap.... sorry Ana LOL i loved second one !! i hope this one will be five stars deffo reading this during goth weekend in october !! lets gooooo
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November 1, 2025
i dont think i have it in me to wait AN ENTIRE YEAR for Noah & Carina.. like, i need it YESTERDAY !!
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October 12, 2025
I’m praying this or the 4th book in this series will be about Adil, cause he’s one of my favorite things about them☺️ He’s literally a ray of sunshine and makes me laugh in every scene of his!☀️
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January 22, 2026
my guess for the plot:

noah hired carina and theres soooooo much sexual tension but oh you cant sleep with your nanny!!! and then they suffer through 30000000 pages of aur naur pls i want u but i refuse to sleep with you and carina bonds with evie. then theres some conflict, probably some miscommunication, then they tell their friends who are promptly not surprised at all. and the moral of the story is the friends we made along the way + a hot goalie. the end.

if im right i claim bragging rights and im never doubting myself again.
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May 16, 2026
𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 ⭐️

𐙚⋆°🐧⋆♡ 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀

⤷ single dad x nanny
⤷ grumpy x sunshine
⤷ age gap (sorta?)
⤷ football romance

𐙚⋆°🐧⋆♡ 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸

❛❛ 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.❜❜
⤷ 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 by 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

𐙚⋆°🐧⋆♡ 𝗽𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

[3:22am — 16/05/2026]

The genuine excitement I have for this book is unmatched. There aren’t many football romance books out there, so I’m taking it all in since it’s the last book in the trilogy. I’m excited, nervous, scared & much more, but yeah. Thought I’d give future me something to read over.

I do have stuff to say about this book lmao. The face cards picked out for Noah Wilson makes me laugh so much. I don’t know who decided on making Karius the face card for Noah, but I love you, and simultaneously don’t, because now I have to see Karius in tears in clips against Madrid in the ucl final ffs. Please, I’ll personally send links to you lot for the edits and stuff so you don’t use that final😭.

Nah though, on a real one, I’m glad it’s a(n ex) liverpool player, I have an excuse to make football edits with my lads included (even though we’re absolute gobshite now) because I’ve been wanting to make football related edits for a minute man.

Plus, with this book coming out, the football just never stops, and I couldn’t be more happier. World cup starting next month and then back to the PL, mixing the build up to The Keeper release in between. I’m a very happy girl (because the season is coming to an end and I don’t have to watch Slot ball for at least 3 months).

Special request!! — I want a scene of Noah winning the Yashin Trophy or Golden Glove (whatever fits best with the plot. I just need more football related stuff mentioned, I just need it okay? That’s enough yapping for now, I’ll be back soon to add more. K, bye for now!! <3

[3:32am — 16/05/2026]

[1:57pm — 12/10/2025]

I’m staking claim on this book. I don’t care. I fell in love with Noah in The Striker. It better be him and Carina. I will rage if it’s not them two. I mentioned it in my The Striker review. Literally what I want below:

“Also. Noah is my man. I’m taking him. HE’S MINE. He’s MINE in this series. Noah Wilson. I want you. Also, Ana, please I beg you PLEASE NOAH AND CARINA. Single Dad x Nanny. Grumpy x Sunshine. Maybe Age gap (not too bothered honestly). Carina’s looking for a job. Noah is a single dad. His daughter’s age is 11 meaning starting secondary school and Carina also is a tutor for Maths. She can tutor her too while babysitting. The Goalkeeper. BANG. My goodness. I NEED this SO DAMN BADLY.”

Okay it’s not The Goalkeeper just The Keeper. I’m used to saying goalkeeper because I am a footie fan. Sue me for making a mistake :(

Anyways, so excited, I can’t wait until next year!!

[2:01pm — 12/10/2025]
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I'M ALL IN FOR A SINGLE DAD GRUMPY×SUNSHINE ROMANCEEEEEE🤧

Just pls don't let it be an age gap romance or nanny×boss trope cuz it gets too cringey🤢
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November 12, 2025
wtf do you mean!!?? this is the last book of this series!?? what about adil maaannnn
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January 6, 2026
i was desperate for adils book, but am so excited for noah and catalinas! i liked the striker, but am not the biggest fan of the defender. however, i religiously read every ana huang book that releases, so will definitely give this a shot 🫶🏻💗
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September 28, 2025
This better be Noah Wilsen's book or I'm throwing hands. GIVE ME THE SINGLE DADDY🤭 RIGHT NOWWWWW. 😩🥲

I'm already calling it 4-5 stars and it BETTER be GOOD!
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November 13, 2025
Ohhhhh mr grumpy noahhhh

What is it with sports romance writers and the grumpy one being goal keeper *cough cough* power play *cough cough*

IF NOAH DOESNT GIVE ROY KENT VIBES I DONT WANT HIM 😤🤚
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𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐮.
Blackcastle Goalkeeper & Noah’s nanny.

❤︎ 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒅 𝒙 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒚
❤︎ 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚 𝒙 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆
❤︎ 𝑨𝒈𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒑
❤︎ 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳
『𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.』
『𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.』
『𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭.』
『𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥.
𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦.』
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May 13, 2026
This book def gonna end with all three of them visiting antartica because ana huang loves to give us classic HEA
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August 23, 2026
noah wilson x carina vu
been wating for noah's book since the first one 💕
#mostanticipatedread
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