All's Fair in Love and Pickleball
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3.5 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this sweet and steamy romcom, two rival pickleball players find themselves faking a romance—until they start falling for each other for real. Perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Sarah Adams.
Bex Martin’s racquet club is her entire world. But the business she inherited from her mother has started to feel more like a sinking ship. That is, until Nikolaus Karras—a former tennis bad boy with an ego as big as his serve—makes himself at home on her courts.
Niko has something to prove, and a high-stakes pickleball tournament is just what he needs to get back in the game after a career-ending injury. When he is finally able to set his ego aside to ask for Bex’s help, everyone assumes that they are a couple—on and off the court.
She needs the prize money to save the club, and he needs a win to restore his reputation. So now they have a fake relationship as well as a doubles partner that they can’t seem to resist. Game on!
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Doubles partners find love in this sexy sports romance from Spencer (In a New York Minute). When one of Sunset Springs Racquet Club's patrons falls on a cracked pickleball court and breaks her wrist, the club's 26-year-old owner, Bex Martin, must find the money to repair the courts and save her late mother's legacy. Enter tennis pro Nikolaus "Niko" Karras, who's preparing to reenter the public eye after an injury paused his career and asks Bex to be his partner in a pickleball tournament with a lucrative prize. When an L.A. Times reporter who's writing a profile of Niko assumes they're a couple, the pair go along with the mistake to spice up her story. Their fake relationship becomes very real after a memorable night together, but Bex fears for their future once Niko goes back to playing tennis professionally. Sparkling wit and sizzling attraction keep the pages turning, and Niko, whose arrogance hides a heart of gold, proves a dreamy book boyfriend. This is a winner.
