Chicago Foxes.
The Chicago Foxes, Meghan French’s debut series, follows the Windy City’s Major League Baseball team, the Chicago Foxes. A series of four interconnected standalones, each book features found family, strong women, and dirty-talking ball players.
Tropes:
Found Family
Mental Health Rep
Cinnamon Roll MMC
He Falls First
No Third Act Breakup
No Miscommunication
Microtropes:
Dog dad/doggie wingman
All the dirty talk
Dominant gentleman
Consent king
FMC swearing all she wants is casual (yeah, right)
Midsize FMC
Tropes:
Slow Burn
Found Family
Mental Health Rep
Forced Proximity
Fake Dating
Reformed Playboy
Roommate Romance
No third act breakup/no miscommunication
Interracial Romance
Microtropes:
Slutty little glasses
Reverse Cinderella (he takes her shoes off)
Planning a whole team dinner just to talk to her
Always cushioning her head when he pushes her against the wall to kiss her
“You can take it.”
Tropes:
Found Family
Age-gap
Black Cat/Golden Retriever
ONS
Single Dad
He Falls First/He Falls Harder
Microtropes:
Tattoos and Dirty Talk
He Begs Her
Chapter Cocktails
He’s Her Biggest Hype Man
*Personalized* Gifts
Tropes:
Found Family
Plus-Sized FMC
Brother’s Best Friend
Second Chance
Virgin MMC
She Teaches Him
Forced Proximity/Roommate Romance
FWB
Microtropes:
He washes her hair
He * finishes * in his pants
They’re not her
Playing guitar for her
Toys as teammates

