Love and Sports (Robin Covington) Books in Order

Love and Sports brings together professional athletics, performance, family life, and romance. Robin Covington opens the series with His Convenient Husband, a male/male romance about football player Isaiah Blackwell and ballet dancer Victor Aleksandrov.

Isaiah is used to being watched. As an NFL player and single father, he tries to keep his public life manageable while raising his teenage son after the death of his husband. Victor lives in a very different kind of spotlight. He is a visiting principal ballet dancer, outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights, and unable to safely return to Russia if his asylum request fails.

Their connection begins as something temporary.

When Victor's situation becomes more urgent, Isaiah offers a practical answer, marriage. The arrangement may keep Victor in the United States, but it does not solve Isaiah's grief, Victor's fear, or the complicated question of whether either man is ready to build a real future with someone else.

The sports element is important, but the series is not only about game-day drama. It is about what it takes to be seen. Isaiah's professional life comes with fans, sponsors, teammates, and expectations. Victor's art and activism make him visible in another way. Their romance has to make room for a teenager, a lost first love, immigration uncertainty, and two people who approach the world very differently.

It is a story about safety, family, and letting life get bigger again.

The tone is emotional and sensual, with a marriage-of-convenience setup that gradually becomes more personal. Covington gives the characters space to disagree, make mistakes, and work out what love after loss might look like.

Start with His Convenient Husband. It is the core entry for the series and works as a complete romance. Readers looking for an LGBTQ+ sports romance with a family thread, a protective hero, and a dancer who refuses to make himself smaller will find a lot to enjoy here.