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Romance · 2023 · PG-13

The Long Game

by Elena Armas

She was sent to fix his image. He refused to cooperate. Neither of them planned this.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this small-town love story in the vein of It Happened One Summer—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception. Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team’s mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team’s owner—who happens t

For14+GenreRomanceLength464 pagesRead time~12 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Some

Some strong language in a contemporary romance register

Sexual Content

A lot

Explicit romantic and sexual content in the romance-novel standard

Substance Use

Barely any

Social drinking in a small-town setting

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

No significant psychological concerns; a contemporary sports romance

What this book is about

Adalyn Reyes works in PR for her father's MLS franchise and gets sent to a small North Carolina town to rehabilitate the image of a men's soccer club after a viral PR disaster. The head coach, Cameron Caldani — a former star with a gruff exterior and no interest in being managed — is not cooperative. Small town. Forced proximity. Two people trying to control something neither of them can. Elena Armas's sports romance follows The Spanish Love Deception in her connected series, delivering slow-burn tension, humor, and a full-throttle ending.

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explicit sexual content

strong language

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