All's fair in love and pickleball / Kate Spencer.

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Spencer, Kate, 1979- [author.]

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9781538771068
1538771063

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Summary: "When a young woman must win a pickleball competition alongside her longtime rival to save her family's business, sparks fly on and off the court in this charming romcom. Bex Martin's life isn't where she thought it would be at twenty-four. She dropped out of college and moved back home to her small, Southern California hometown to help out at her parents' racquet club after her dad got sick. But over a year later, she's still there, teaching pickleball to seniors, grieving her dad, and trying to help her mom keep the business afloat. Her only distractions are her application to fashion school in Los Angeles and the brooding, grumpy tennis pro, Mateo, who was hired to take over teaching Dad's tennis lessons. The one thing he seems to loathe more than Bex's sunny, colorful presence is the sport of pickleball. When Bex discovers that her mom is way behind on paying her dad's bills, she concocts a plan - compete in and win the amateur pickleball tournament, which comes with a $20,000 prize. But when her best client and potential tournament partner, Loretta, sprains her ankle, Bex has only one person to turn to for help: Mateo. He agrees to play alongside her in the tournament as long as Bex agrees to write him a glowing referral for the prestigious coaching job he's after. Now Bex has to spend every waking moment practicing for the tournament that could save her beloved racquet club with the man she can't stand. But as Mateo starts to open up on and off the court, Bex realizes there's more to his scowling exterior and snobby tennis 'dude. With a delightful supporting cast of hilarious septuagenarians and a steamy send up of all your favorite romance tropes, All's Fair in Love and Pickleball captures the heart, humor, and fun of America's fastest growing sport"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC SPENCER	In-Process	pap ed.		36748002618603

Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Pickleball rivalry? Sure. Falling for your fake boyfriend? Now that's a surprise.

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.

But 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!

"When a young woman must win a pickleball competition alongside her longtime rival to save her family's business, sparks fly on and off the court in this charming romcom. Bex Martin's life isn't where she thought it would be at twenty-four. She dropped out of college and moved back home to her small, Southern California hometown to help out at her parents' racquet club after her dad got sick. But over a year later, she's still there, teaching pickleball to seniors, grieving her dad, and trying to help her mom keep the business afloat. Her only distractions are her application to fashion school in Los Angeles and the brooding, grumpy tennis pro, Mateo, who was hired to take over teaching Dad's tennis lessons. The one thing he seems to loathe more than Bex's sunny, colorful presence is the sport of pickleball. When Bex discovers that her mom is way behind on paying her dad's bills, she concocts a plan - compete in and win the amateur pickleball tournament, which comes with a $20,000 prize. But when her best client and potential tournament partner, Loretta, sprains her ankle, Bex has only one person to turn to for help: Mateo. He agrees to play alongside her in the tournament as long as Bex agrees to write him a glowing referral for the prestigious coaching job he's after. Now Bex has to spend every waking moment practicing for the tournament that could save her beloved racquet club with the man she can't stand. But as Mateo starts to open up on and off the court, Bex realizes there's more to his scowling exterior and snobby tennis 'dude. With a delightful supporting cast of hilarious septuagenarians and a steamy send up of all your favorite romance tropes, All's Fair in Love and Pickleball captures the heart, humor, and fun of America's fastest growing sport"-- Provided by publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

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. Agent: Holly Root, Root Agency. (June)