Rebound Play

A season threatening injury. The lingering effects of a past relationship. One summer to heal from it all.

Naomi Saiki is finally putting herself first. Putting down roots? Check. Making bold career moves? Check. Reclaiming her hobbies? Double check. When Lucy, 31, stands her up on her reluctant first foray back into dating, she's able to brush it off…right up until Lucy turns up at her wheelchair basketball club and doesn't even recognise her. Naomi has no time for the selfish, impulsive, and chronically late Lucy, especially when she has the audacity to smirk after catching Naomi checking her out. But then she makes her laugh, and Naomi's hard edges begin to soften. Naomi had sworn off dating, but when temptation walks through the door like she owns the place, who is Naomi to resist?

Lucy Adams isn't happy if she's not moving forward. Injury rocks her identity and casts doubt over her basketball career. She tries wheelchair basketball and struggles – with no help from the irritatingly sexy club captain, who gives her the cold shoulder.  Determined to prove the snarky Naomi wrong, Lucy goes on a charm offensive, which leads to hopeless romantic Lucy dreaming of more than just flirting at training.

But dreams are easily shattered. With their pasts haunting them and their basketball dreams on the line, they'll have to decide whether love is worth the risk.

Rebound Play is a contemporary enemies-to-lovers sapphic sports romance, with ADHD and disabled main characters, found family, and choosing growth over fearful inertia.