Avery Callahan is starting over. After a highly public broken engagement, the elite six-foot-two opposite hitter just wants to blend into her new volleyball team in San Diego and rebuild her career. But blending in is impossible when your new captain is Daniela Reyes. Dani is thirty-seven, fiercely guarded, and the most precise, demanding setter in the league. She’s also the first woman to ever make Avery’s breath catch. Dani has a strict rule: she doesn't do experiments. Burned by the past, the veteran captain refuses to be a phase or a temporary pit stop while a teammate tests the waters. But the on-court chemistry between the new hitter and the seasoned captain is electric, and the physical tension off the court quickly spins out of control. When a corporate sponsor forces Avery into a high-profile, staged heterosexual dating campaign to protect her livelihood, the fragile private truth she shares with Dani clashes violently with a public lie. With her career, her family's stability, and the team's postseason on the line, Avery has to decide if she will keep playing the character everyone expects—or finally claim her starting position alongside the woman she loves.
