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Pick Me
Paperback
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9780063444775
Publisher: Avon A
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.37 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
A delightfully sexy romantic comedy about a romance writer determined to learn how to play pickleball to impress her crush, only to fall for her coach.
As a cowboy romance ghostwriter, Brooke Murphy knows a thing or two about happily ever afters. But following her last breakup, Brooke is feeling fresh out of hot and steamy vibes.
With her next deadline looming and desperate for inspiration, Brooke says yes to every possible romantic opportunity, including a mixed doubles pickleball game, where she meets 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. So what if she's the least athletic person alive?
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. With enough shameless begging, she convinces him to take her on.
As her game improves, her muse comes back in a big way. Could it be that her feelings for the grump who taught her the difference between a dillball and a dink shot run deeper than just student and coach?
Perfect for readers who love:
- Grumpy/sunshine
- Opposites attract
- Student/coach romance
- Sports romance
- Forced proximity
- Slow burn
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