J.C. Wylde—The Wylde Man—was on top of the game as a World Series winning pitcher for the Long Beach Herons until a devastating injury sidelined him and just may end his career. Caroline Cleary, a nurse practitioner who grew up competing with two older brothers, is the star quarterback for the Sandusky She-Devils women's football team. Both J.C. and Caroline are competitors—on and off the field. When J.C. returns home to Lakeport, Ohio to recuperate, he and Caro are thrown into an entirely new game that neither one is prepared to play.