Pickleball rivalry? Sure. Falling for your fake boyfriend? Now thats a surprise.

Bex Martins 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 Karrasa former tennis bad-boy with an ego as big as his servemakes 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 Bexs help, everyone assumes that they are a coupleon 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 cant seem to resist. Game on!