Cleat Cute
A Novel
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4.4 • 153 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup.
Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women’s National Team for ten years, even though she’s only 26. But when she’s sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. 22-year-old Phoebe is everything Grace isn’t—a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace lost somewhere along the way. The last thing Grace expects is to become teammates with benefits with this class clown she sees as her rival.
Phoebe Matthews is too focused on her first season as a professional soccer player to think about seducing her longtime idol. But when Grace ends up making the first move, they can’t keep their hands off of each other.
As the World Cup approaches and Grace works her way back from injury, a miscommunication leaves the women with hilariously different perspectives on their relationship. But they’re on the same page on the field, realizing they can play together instead of vying for the same position. With every tackle the tension between them grows, and both players soon have to decide what's more important—being together or making the roster.
The perfect blend of funny and steamy, Meryl Wilsner’s Cleat Cute is about being brave enough to win on and off the field.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this kicky sapphic soccer romance from Wilsner (Mistakes Were Made), rookie Phoebe Matthews joins the U.S. women's national team in New Orleans to fill in for injured veteran Grace Henderson, and sparks fly as the women challenge each other both on and off the pitch. As the team prepares for the World Cup, brash Phoebe and laconic Grace enter into a teammates with benefits affair. But with the game of their lives approaching, the differences in Phoebe's and Grace's personalities become impossible to ignore. They must work through a series of misunderstandings if they want to get to the World Cup with their team—and their hearts—intact. For the high heat level, the romance is surprisingly wholesome, and the grumpy/sunshine dynamic between the leads is good fun. The characters' wordy internal monologues occasionally get in the way of narratively satisfying developments, but the undeniable chemistry between the heroines does an enormous amount of heavy lifting once the story gets moving. Wilsner makes this sports romance a winner.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t stop reading!
Clearly I have zero self control because I binged this book so fast! This book quickly made my top favorite books EVER! I loved every character, even if they were a side character, the author clearly put a lot of thought into each character’s personality and emotions. The chemistry and relationships are so great and I love the entire plot from start to finish!
good stuff
it’s was pretty good
Ohhhhhh yessssss!!! The author did it again! 🔥🔥
"The corollary to you can be whatever you want is you don't have to be anything you don't want."
Somewhere between my laughter, my happy sighs, and my flushed cheeks- I realized I had arrived at the end of the epilogue. Why, why, why did I binge read this book? I want more! I was way too invested in a sport I have never enjoyed watching and all I could think in the end was DID THEY WIN!?!?!??
I haven't a clue if what she wrote was an accurate representation of the women's soccer scene but it doesn't matter- you are gonna love getting to know all the things. To steal some more of the author's words, "It's competence porn!"
If you are looking for a sapphic, sporty, steam your windows, relatable, lovable, pile of quirky characters- this absolutely has to be on your Must Read list!