Falling for the Lumberjack by Sara Ney
Axes & Endzones #1
January 27, 2026
🍂Small Town
🏈Sports – Football Player x Yoga Teacher
🍂Mistaken Identity, Hiding in Plain Sight
🏈RomCom
🍂Log Rolling Liar
🏈He Falls First
🍂Competent Hero
🏈Golden Retriever vibes
🍂Grand Gesture Energy
🏈Big Foot Moment – Half naked in the woods?
A small-town yoga teacher finds something real with a linebacker posing as a lumberjack in this sharp and spicy romance from USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney.
With rugged good looks and muscles for days, Harris Bennett stops traffic no matter what he’s wearing—flannel shirt or football jersey. So when management sends him to Star Lake, Washington, for a team-building retreat, it’s no wonder a local mistakes him for a lumberjack. And Harris leans right into the misunderstanding. Because that “local” looks amazing in yoga pants.
Lucy LeBrandt is a yoga instructor with trust issues: She doesn’t have time for men. But she’s definitely drawn to the hot, goofy lumberjack who seems to know nothing about, well, lumberjacking. He’s only in town for a week. Maybe she can squeeze him in between classes…
Harris has no idea what to do with an axe, and Lucy has no idea what to do about Harris. But they both know exactly what to do when they’re alone together. Can they split the difference between them, or is their romance just one stroke away from “TIIIIIMBER!”?
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Falling for the Fake Lumberjack by Sara Ney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Falling for the Fake Lumberjack is book one in the new Axes and End Zones series, a small‑town sports romcom.
I really wanted to enjoy this one because it has a cute setup and had plenty of potential. The meet‑cute is entertaining, the sports angle stayed light, and there’s a nice balance of spice and humor that leads into a sweet happily‑ever‑after. But the characters didn’t get much development, and the plot moved slowly (even though it’s a shorter read), so it never really built into something more exciting. There were some enjoyable banter moments, but Harrison’s cocky, immature moments started to feel a bit overdone.
Meet Sara Ney:
Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte’s, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.
Connect with Sara Ney: https://linktr.ee/authorsaraney
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