Game, Set, Match
a steamy rivals-to-lovers tennis sports romance and sizzling summer read for Wimbledon and CHALLENGERS fans
Published on 3. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-5101-1415-9 (ISBN)
Description
LOVE NETFLIX'S FINDING HER EDGE? Jennifer Iacopelli serves strawberries and steam in this spicy rivals-to-lovers tennis sports romance and sizzling summer read for Wimbledon and Challengers fans.
Love means nothing in tennis. . .
Penny Harrison is a sports icon in-the-making, and, with the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris, she has to keep her head in the game. But when she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, she comes face to face with the biggest - and sexiest - mistake she's ever made.
Alex Russell has piercing blue eyes and an irresistible charm. Whenever Penny faces him on court the competition is hot - and their chemistry is even hotter.
Penny needs to focus to win . . . so why can't she stay away from the one guy who could ruin everything?
?? Steamy sports romance
?? Second chance
?? Rivals to lovers
??? Spice
?? Elite tennis academy
The first book in Jennifer Iacopelli's steamy sports romance series is a tennis match you won't want to look away from. Don't miss the sequel WILDCARD - JUNE 2026!
Love means nothing in tennis. . .
Penny Harrison is a sports icon in-the-making, and, with the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris, she has to keep her head in the game. But when she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, she comes face to face with the biggest - and sexiest - mistake she's ever made.
Alex Russell has piercing blue eyes and an irresistible charm. Whenever Penny faces him on court the competition is hot - and their chemistry is even hotter.
Penny needs to focus to win . . . so why can't she stay away from the one guy who could ruin everything?
?? Steamy sports romance
?? Second chance
?? Rivals to lovers
??? Spice
?? Elite tennis academy
The first book in Jennifer Iacopelli's steamy sports romance series is a tennis match you won't want to look away from. Don't miss the sequel WILDCARD - JUNE 2026!
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5101-1415-9 (9781510114159)
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Jennifer Iacopelli
Game, Set, Match
a steamy rivals-to-lovers tennis sports romance and sizzling summer read for Wimbledon and CHALLENGERS fans
E-Book
02/2026
Orion Children's Books
€0.99
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Person
Jennifer Iacopelli writes about ambitious girls with big dreams and the boys who love them for it. Her young adult novels include Break the Fall and Finding Her Edge. Throughout her career her books have been published in over a dozen languages, named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard book, a Kids' Indie Next pick, a finalist for the South Carolina Book Awards and featured by the New York Public Library, Bank Street College, YALSA, the Texas Library Association and the Missouri State Teachers Association as a best book of the year. She lives in New York with no plans to ever leave where she also publishes adult romance under the pen name Jennifer Hennessy.