Game, Set, Matched
Not all games start at love
Published on 5. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-3985-4688-2 (ISBN)
Description
A tennis-inspired YA romance, perfect for fans of Challengers, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Carrie Soto is Back.
Billie and her twin brother Tom have been playing tennis together since they were kids. The dream: junior doubles final at Wimbledon. But when Tom collapses just before their local qualifier, he insists Billie find a new doubles partner and play on.
Enter Harley, her coach's nephew and the neighbour she's hated for as long as she can remember. Harley is everything Billie won't stand for - a lad's lad and friend to Billie's best friend's awful boyfriend - but right now, he's her only option.
The more they play, the worse things get. Billie despises Harley's lack of work ethic, and the more irate Billie gets, the more Harley digs his heels in, determined to teach her how to relax and (literally) take her eye off the ball. And all the while, the doctors can't figure out what's going on with Tom.
Can Billie and Harley make it all the way when seeing eye-to-eye feels impossible? And might there be something more to the tension that grows between them . . .?
Billie and her twin brother Tom have been playing tennis together since they were kids. The dream: junior doubles final at Wimbledon. But when Tom collapses just before their local qualifier, he insists Billie find a new doubles partner and play on.
Enter Harley, her coach's nephew and the neighbour she's hated for as long as she can remember. Harley is everything Billie won't stand for - a lad's lad and friend to Billie's best friend's awful boyfriend - but right now, he's her only option.
The more they play, the worse things get. Billie despises Harley's lack of work ethic, and the more irate Billie gets, the more Harley digs his heels in, determined to teach her how to relax and (literally) take her eye off the ball. And all the while, the doctors can't figure out what's going on with Tom.
Can Billie and Harley make it all the way when seeing eye-to-eye feels impossible? And might there be something more to the tension that grows between them . . .?
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
f-c cvr
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-4688-2 (9781398546882)
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E-Book
06/2025
Simon & Schuster Children's
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Person
Ivy Bailey the author of several young adult sport-romance novels. She lives in London with her husband, daughter and rescue dog.
Jacqueline Li is an illustrator currently living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has been featured in books, magazines, at events, and on the Toronto subway system. When she's not drawing, Jacqueline can often be found borrowing library books, listening to boy bands, or taking care of her two pet birds.
Jacqueline Li is an illustrator currently living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has been featured in books, magazines, at events, and on the Toronto subway system. When she's not drawing, Jacqueline can often be found borrowing library books, listening to boy bands, or taking care of her two pet birds.