A match is a story waiting to be told.
Sophie Berlin's in a fully committed relationship with her career and thrilled to host a charity tennis tournament during winter break from her regular coaching gig, the first move in a multi-step plan to start her own tennis camp. She's convinced there's no room for love in her ambitious future. That is, until the tournament umpire, Max, starts serving sexy vibes.
Sophie struggles to keep her head in the game and the tournament on track while juggling the delicious distraction with her do-gooding ambitions as shadows of her parents' troubled relationship loom in the background and threaten to sabotage her secret hope that Max might be the one man strong enough to support her dreams.
Will this new umpire shake her distrust of love and convince her the right match really can start a fire?

This story first appeared in As the Snow Drifts: A Cozy Winter Anthology, released in November 2024 by And You Press, an imprint of Nicole Frail Books.