Pickleball rivalry? Sure. Falling for your fake boyfriend? Now that's a surprise.

Bex Martin's racquet club is her entire world. But the business she inherited from her mother has started to feel more like a sinking ship. That is, until Nikolaus Karras - a former tennis bad-boy with an ego as big as his serve - makes himself at home on her courts.

Niko has something to prove, and a high-stakes pickleball tournament is just what he needs to get back in the game after a career-ending injury. When he is finally able to set his ego aside to ask for Bex's help, everyone assumes that they are a couple - on and off the court.

But she needs the prize money to save the club, and he needs a win to restore his reputation. So now they have a fake relationship as well as a doubles partner that they can't seem to resist. Game on!

We might not have Nora Ephron with us anymore, but we do have Kate Spencer * Entertainment Weekly on In a New York Minute *
A Kate Spencer book is a guaranteed good read * Elissa Sussman, bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask *
Spencer's driven heroine and competitive hero will delight readers, as will the fine supporting cast . . . This is second-chance romance done right * Publishers Weekly on One Last Summer *
If you're looking for a story that screams summer romance, this is it * USA Today on One Last Summer *

Kate Spencer is the author of the bestselling novel In a New York Minute, One Last Summer, and the memoir The Dead Moms Club. As a former podcaster, she won two iHeart Radio Podcast Awards for her work on Forever35. Her writing has been published by InStyle, Cosmopolitan, the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and numerous other places. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.