They're playing for keeps …As a romance ghostwriter, Brooke Murphy knows a thing or two about happily ever afters. But following her last breakup, she is feeling fresh out of hot and steamy inspiration – and her next writing deadline is looming. Desperate for inspiration, Brooke says yes to every possible romantic opportunity, including a pickleball game, where she spies a tall, dark and handsome guy taking his pickleball very seriously. A couple of dates with this stranger would be all she needs to crank out her next trope-tastic novel. She just needs to learn how to play. Fast. Enter Owen Miller, aka The Big Gripper, the secret weapon of Manhattan’s most competitive finance bro pickleball players. The surly coach doesn’t look like a former elite athlete – with his bucket hat, oversized basketball shorts, and flip-flops – but the man can move when the ball heads his way. As her game improves session by session with Owen, she definitely finds her sexy inspiration … but not in the way she expected.