King Sports Books in Order
Part ofEden Finley Books in OrderFind Eden Finleys King Sports books in order, with series background on the queer sports agency universe, book summaries, reading order help, and where to dive in first.
Last updated: January 12, 2026
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Publication Order
2 books
The Office Bet
by Eden Finley
2025
Fox and Archer are rival sports agents whose careers and egos constantly collide. As the office betting pool on whether they will hook up climbs, snarky clashes and late night strategy sessions start to feel a lot like foreplay.
The Back-up Plan
by Eden Finley
2024
When his dream of playing pro ball dies, Thad takes an internship at King Sports determined not to let bitterness ruin his second chance. Babysitting a hotheaded rookie pitcher tests every boundary he has, especially the one about not falling for a client.
Series background & context
King Sports takes the sports centric storytelling of the Fake Boyfriend series and shifts the focus from the field to the front office. Centred around a queer friendly agency founded by Damon King, these books follow agents, interns and clients as they try to balance contracts, careers and increasingly inconvenient feelings.
A prequel novella, often listed as Rival, shows what it takes just to get a foot in the door at King Sports, pitting ambitious interns against each other for a coveted junior agent role. The first full length novel, The Back up Plan, follows a former baseball player whose pro dreams have crashed as he begrudgingly steps into the agent world. Tasked with looking after a hotshot pitcher who has everything he ever wanted, he has to untangle envy, attraction and the ethics of falling for a client.
The Office Bet leans into workplace rivals to lovers. Lincoln Fox and Archer Holloway are competing associates whose numbers and egos are neck and neck. The rest of the office is convinced that all that bickering is hiding something else, and an unofficial betting pool only makes things messier as professional competition turns into something a lot more personal.
Books like Cant Say Goodbye sit firmly in the King Sports universe even when they step outside the literal office, following the extended King and Miller families, NFL legacies and the public scrutiny that comes with being part of a famously queer sports clan. Other titles, such as Football Royalty, connect King Sports to shared worlds like Franklin U, where the next generation of players is coming up.
These stories keep the on field action in the background and focus instead on negotiations, media strategies and the friendships that form when a group of queer professionals decide to build something that serves people like them. Expect plenty of banter in conference rooms, late night strategy sessions that turn intimate, and cameos from athletes and couples you will recognise from earlier series.
For the clearest arc through the agency itself, start with The Back up Plan and The Office Bet, then branch out into connected novels like Cant Say Goodbye and the Franklin U collaborations.
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