The long game

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childrens team in this smalltown love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and 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 teams mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the teams owner--who happens to be her father--sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where shes tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids. To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cams leg, and Adalyns bumper, hes also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag childrens team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cams help.

Adalyn Reyes a consacré sa vie aux Miami Flames. Pourtant, lorsqu'une vidéo d'elle se battant avec la mascotte de l'équipe devient virale sur les réseaux, son club l'exile à Green Oak, petite bourgade de Caroline du Nord, pour reprendre en main l'équipe locale. Ce coup du sort serait-il l'occasion pour Adalyn de prouver sa valeur ? Ses espoirs s'envolent quand elle découvre que les joueuses portent des tutus à l'entraînement (pas pratique), qu'elles ont des chèvres de compagnie (manque de discipline), qu'elles sont immédiatement terrifiées par leur nouvelle coach (contre-productif) et... qu'elles n'ont que neuf ans. Adalyn pensait avoir touché le fond, jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre son voisin. Ancien gardien professionnel grincheux - voire franchement hostile -, Cameron Caldani a l'air bien décidé à lui mettre des bâtons dans les roues...