Love means nothing in tennis. A steamy New Adult sports romance set at an elite tennis academy, perfect for fans of Challengers . Penny Harrison is a tennis icon in-the-making, with massive sponsorship deals and legendary status on the horizon, if she can just nail the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris. There''s no room for mistakes. When she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, though, she comes face to face with the biggest mistake she ever made: Alex Russell. To keep her head in the game - and her mind off Alex - Penny leans on two of the club''s other rising stars; Jasmine Randazzo and Indiana Gaffney who are both balancing exploding careers with their own off-the-court romances. But as days tick down to Paris, Penny seems to always find herself across the court from Alex. She knows that to win she needs to focus . . . so why can''t Penny stay away from the one guy who could ruin everything?

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Jennifer Iacopelli writes about ambitious girls with big dreams and the boys who love them for it. Her young adult novels include Break the Fall and Finding Her Edge. Throughout her career her books have been published in over a dozen languages, named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard book, a Kids' Indie Next pick, a finalist for the South Carolina Book Awards and featured by the New York Public Library, Bank Street College, YALSA, the Texas Library Association and the Missouri State Teachers Association as a best book of the year. She lives in New York with no plans to ever leave where she also publishes adult romance under the pen name Jennifer Hennessy.

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LOVE NETFLIX'S GLOBAL HIT FINDING HER EDGE? Author Jennifer Iacopelli serves strawberries and steam in this hot New Adult sports romance that's perfect for fans of Challengers and Heated Rivalry. Because l****ove means nothing in tennis. . .

Penny Harrison is a tennis icon in-the-making, and, with the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris, there's no room for mistakes.

But when she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, she comes face to face with the biggest mistake she ever made: Alex Russell.

To keep her head in the game, Penny leans on two other rising stars, Jasmine and Indiana, who are balancing tennis with their own off-the-court romances.

As the days tick down to Paris, Penny knows she needs to focus to win . . . so why can't she stay away from the one guy who could ruin everything?

Sports romance

Second chance

Enemies to lovers

Spice

The first in a steamy duology that's heating up on and off the court - don't miss the sequel WILDCARD, out JUNE 2026!