Tackling the Fields (Southern Hearts Series Book 3)
- 4.5 out of 5
- 495 ratings
- 268 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This Christian-themed college football novel follows young adults navigating trust, romance, and past trauma. A main storyline involves a woman processing earlier sexual assault and related fears while building a relationship with a teammate who is learning to live out his faith. Secondary plot threads touch on mission work, human trafficking awareness, partying rumors, pornography accusations, jealousy, and sports injuries including concussions. Parents should expect non-graphic but emotionally weighty discussions of sexual assault and exploitation, along with moderate physical fighting and mild crude insults. The book emphasizes prayer, forgiveness, sexual purity before marriage, and support for survivors rather than sensationalizing harm. Several reviewers describe it as a clean romance without bedroom scenes or strong swearing, while still treating serious subjects suitable for thoughtful teens and adults.
Reviews first uploaded September 29, 2026 11:58 pm. Revised October 8, 2026 8:38 am. Page updated October 8, 2026 8:38 am.
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Crude Mild
28Dialogue includes occasional blunt insults about intelligence and mistakes, often in heated moments or self-reproach. A few tough-love phrases urge someone to toughen up. This language is scattered rather than constant.
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Specific words
- stupid: 18
- idiot: 8
- suck: 2
Sex Moderate
10The story centers on healing after past sexual violence, including date-related assault in a heroine’s teen years and broader mentions of trafficking and wrongful accusations. Viewing adult material is referenced as part of a character’s troubled reputation. Reviewers and samples indicate these topics are handled frankly but without explicit on-page sexual acts or graphic descriptions; faith and waiting for marriage in dating are also discussed.
Specific words
- rape: 8
- porn: 1
- rapist: 1
Violence Moderate
13Physical conflict appears in football culture and personal disputes, including fistfights between teammates and a scene where one man beats another while others watch. A woman kicks and claws while trying to break free during a frightening grab. Medical emergencies and concussion risks add tension but are not gore-focused.
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Specific words
- punch: 10
- kick: 3
About this book
Can Cole overcome his bad boy image and start a new life? His reputation and Audrey's past are only the first obstacles blocking their chances at love. Cole Sanders is a changed man. The university quarterback questions his direction in life after serving on a mission trip in Honduras. Things that used to fill Cole’s ego seem empty after witnessing the developing country’s extreme poverty and the death of a precious child. The one glimmer of hope through his confusion is the fresh perspective he now has about his tutor, Audrey. She possesses something beautiful inside and out—something that might help him become the person he wants to be. University senior Audrey Vaughn tutored Cole Sanders for an entire year and never imagined the popular quarterback would see her as anything more than a friend. After partnering with him on the mission trip, they are drawn together. And he appears to have changed for the better. To let Cole into her life, Audrey will have to overcome not only her brother’s distrust, but also the paralyzing fear still lingering from a past she’s tried to leave behind. Cole can’t walk away from Audrey now that they’re back in Oxford. He’ll have to figure out how to keep her giant of a brother, a lineman on his football team, from killing him when the coach has his back turned. But can Audrey trust her heart to a player so similar to the one who stole so much from her in the past? Read more