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Next Best Swing
2026
First Published
4.90
Average Rating
366
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GOLF JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT HOTTER…. NOT SO LONG AGO, BROOKES DEVEREAUX WAS THE WORLD NUMBER ONE GOLFER. NOW, FRESH OUT OF REHAB, HIS COMEBACK IS NOT GOING QUITE ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND HE’S SERIOUSLY STARTING TO WORRY THAT THE OLD BROOKES IS GONE FOR GOOD, AND WHAT’S LEFT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A 32-YEAR-OLD WASHED-UP HAS-BEEN. WHEN FACED WITH THE REAL THREAT OF LOSING HIS TOUR CARD, BROOKES AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE LEFT SCRAMBLING. BUT, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS MEDDLING, 80-YEAR-OLD BEST FRIEND, BROOKES DECIDES THAT POPPY CRAWFORD, THE CURVY CART GIRL WITH ENDLESS SUNSHINE AND SPUNK, MIGHT BE JUST WHAT HE NEEDS TO HELP HIM IMPROVE HIS IMAGE. BROOKES AND POPPY COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT; SHE AGREES TO BE HIS FAKE GIRLFRIEND FOR THE SUMMER, AND HE’LL PAY HER ENOUGH MONEY THAT SHE’LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND'S APARTMENT. IT’S THE PERFECT DEAL; BROOKES ISN’T AT ALL INTERESTED IN HER OR A RELATIONSHIP, AND POPPY NEEDS MONEY TO TURN HER SMALL BUSINESS INTO HER DREAM CAREER. BUT WHEN POPPY HELPS BROOKES FIND HIMSELF AGAIN, AND BROOKES HELPS POPPY FIGHT THE DEMONS FROM HER PAST THAT SHE’S KEPT HIDDEN FROM EVERYONE, THE TWO GROW CLOSER. AND WHEN THE LINES BETWEEN REAL AND FAKE, AND RIGHT AND WRONG BEGIN TO BLUR, BROOKES FINDS HIMSELF WONDERING IF WHAT HE DIDN’T WANT, MIGHT BE EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS. BROOKES IS HOPING TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN, AND RECLAIM HIS PLACE AT THE TOP; WHAT HE WASN’T PREPARED FOR WAS FINDING MORE THAN HIS NEXT BEST SWING…

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Author

Shann McPherson
Shann McPherson
Author · 9 books

With big dreams of being a published author since she was an eleven-year-old girl writing Beverly Hills 90210 fan fiction before fan fiction was even a thing, Shann McPherson has been writing angsty, contemporary romances for most of her thirty-something years. Living in sunny Queensland, Australia, when she’s not writing Shann enjoys making memories with her husband and cheeky toddler son, drinking wine, and singing completely off-key to One Direction’s entire discography.

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