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SPORTS ROMANCE 2-Lesbian Novels

Slammed

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Synopsis
A sparkling lesbian tennis tale about rivals and romance and putting everything on the line. 
World No. 1 tennis star Elin Larsson is in hot pursuit of a record number of Grand Slam titles. But between pressing injuries and growing anxiety, it's starting to feel like her heart isn't in it. 
Gorgeous rival player Toni Cortes Ruiz bursts onto the scene chasing her first slam. As their paths keep crossing in big matches, a growing attraction starts to burn between the competitive women. Elin's used to winning - but not when the woman she's falling for is on the other side of the net. 
As scandals, the media, and the world starts closing in on them, Elin and Toni need to decide whether they're competitors or on the same side.


Lucky Loser
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In the high stakes world of women's tennis, Love means nothing. Or at least that's how Sinjin Smythe sees it.  Then she begins to fall for her friend and former doubles partner Laure Fortescue. Having had her heartbroken by one player, Sinjin isn't willing to have it happen again. The talented but oft-injured Brit enters Wimbledon fighting her feelings - and struggling to resurrect her career.
Laure Fortescue has fame, fortune, and ranking inside the top ten. She has everything she ever wanted. Everything except Sinjin Smythe.  As a rule, Laure doesn't date other players. A rule she would gladly break if it means winning Sinjin's heart. 
Both women reach Wimbledon desperate to claim tennis's crown jewel - Sinjin because it would be her greatest victory, Laure, because it could be her last.
Where does love fit in a game that only one can win?


Forty Love
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American tennis champ Julia Ross is at the top of her game and the top of the world. With corporate sponsors and adoring women falling at her feet, the gloriously talented athlete believes she is living her dream. 
And she is - until a career-threatening injury wakes her to the harsh reality that fans are notoriously fickle and fair-weather friends (and lovers)  are a dime a dozen.
Australian painter Eliot Bancroft is wealthy enough to lead a very comfortable life, and her active lifestyle keeps her beautiful body tanned and toned. But for what? Trapped in a loveless marriage, Eliot has wrapped her life around her beloved seven-year-old daughter, ignoring her own inner feelings - and desires. 
A chance meeting between these two women will soon change their lives forever. And one of them will be forced to decide how high a price she dares pay for the embrace of the woman she loves.


Love All 
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Throughout her long career, professional tennis player Jay Pierce has been burned by both players and the press. She's learned the hard way that she can trust no one and nothing, especially her own judgment. So, when she starts one last career comeback, she knows the only hope she has to redeem her legacy is to go it alone.
Sadie Larsen knows virtually nothing about the world of professional tennis when her daughter, Destiny, breaks onto the women's tour at the age of 17. She learned everything she needed to know about single parenting on her own, and she knows she can do the same now that the stakes are higher than ever - all she has to do is stay laser-focused on protecting her family of two.
Neither Jay nor Sadie expects the path ahead to be easy. Each believes she's prepared to face every single challenge with the stony resolve of a woman who has been counted out and bet against her entire life.
As Jay and Destiny fight their battles on the court, Sadie and Jay fight their attraction Off it.  Can they survive the crushing crucible of the competition, press pressure, and parenting, or will love all really mean no one goes home a winner?


Love Match
By: Ali Vali
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Synopsis
Parker "Kong" King is the number one tennis player in the world with a real talent for getting women in her bed. To prepare herself for the one title she's never won - and avoid the press and her ex - she retreats to a secluded home in Press Cove, Alabama. There she'll also be safe from the Soldiers Of God who've threatened to kill her for what they see as her depraved lifestyle.
Commercial pilot Captain Sydney Parish loves the order that comes from a well-constructed plan for everything, her only failure being her personal life. She hopes a vacation will help heal her bruised heart, but soon finds that might not be possible when she discovers she's one house over from Parker King.
When Parker and Sydney meet, sparks fly, but not from attraction. They have the summer to see if they have a love match, or will the Soldiers Of God kill their chance for a relationship?


Beautiful Game
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It's 1991, and Melissa Etheridge is a new brand voice on the radio. In Southern California, it's almost--but not quite--safe to say the word lesbian out loud. 
For Camille Wallace, a sophomore attending San Diego University on a soccer scholarship, life is sweet. She has gay friends, the sport she loves, and a future full of possibilities. Her possible future doesn't include a woman like Jess Maxwell. Potential all-American, star-caliber tennis player and in every way the perfect co-ed, Jess isn't likely to notice Cam's admiring glances. Even if she does, chances are she'll never regard Cam as more than a fan.
The brilliant sunshine might be one reason Cam sees a side of Jess that no one else has realized is there. But it will take more than training and tenacity to find out if Jess wants to be the woman Cam believes lurks within.
Kate Christie looks at love and the pursuit of happiness for two gifted college athletes in the early Gay 90s.


Courted
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What could be a better assignment for a lesbian cop than handling personal security for the hottest player on the women's tennis circuit? 
After just 10 minutes on the job, Officer Wendy Lynn Kotter can think of a million things - like walking barefoot on broken glass or chugging a bottle of Tabasco sauce. It seems that off the court, angel of Wimbledon Alie de Ville is spoiled, conceited, rude, and - to make matters worse - a thousand times more attractive and desirable than any of her Sports Illustrated covers can convey. Tennis isn't the only game Alie excels at. Her winning streak extends to her bedroom - and she's got her sights set on a new trophy. Rich, powerful, and on her home turf, the professional athlete appears to have the advantage. 
But former softball champ Kotter is no stranger to tough competition. Could the champion have met her match?

First published by Naiad Press 1997.


To Have Loved And Lost
Book 1
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Synopsis
When two people's lives are spiraling out of control, can coming together pull both of them back up?
Alexis Woods knows who she is - or at least, she thought she did. She's number 17, point guard, MVP, all-star, co-captain of the Lady Raiders NCAA Division 1 women's basketball team. But there's a darkness growing inside of her, a darkness that started her beloved died in her arms, and if she doesn't turn things around soon, the darkness just might swallow her whole.
Graham Griffin knows a thing or two about darkness. That's been her zip code ever since the car accident that took her boyfriend's life - the car accident she caused. When she meets Alex, she sees a reflection of her own sorrow. And she can't help but want to fix it.


Full Court Pressure
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When Greysen Viola moves across the country to coach a college basketball team, she thought the hardest part of her job would be establishing a winning record. 
Being wrong has never been so challenging. A misunderstanding puts her in a unique position of coaching the men's team,  which is struggling just to be competitive. The last thing this team wants or thinks it needs is a female coach. Together they must find a way to understand and trust each other in order to succeed.
Complicating matters is the lovely and persistent volleyball coach, Darby Evan, a former crush from their college days. Greysen isn't sure starting a relationship with a colleague amidst her job turmoil is the wisest idea, but feelings rarely follow practicality. 
If she can figure out how to handle a team that disapproves of her, then dealing with an unexpected love life should be a breeze by comparison. Or so she hopes.


Romancing The Zone
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Liz Elliott fast approaching forty as a successful businesswoman and single mother to nineteen-year-old daughter, Becca. Becca is a freshman at Ashton, Vermont's Chilton Collage.  She is also a rising star for the Lady Stingers basketball team, just as her mother had been twenty years ago.  But in those early days, a dirty little secret had collapsed Liz's world - a secret she has kept hidden from everyone - especially her daughter.
When Liz accepted Becca's challenge to return to college and complete her degree as well as play her last year's basketball eligibility,  she is met with resistance from the new head coach. Coach Sheridan Ross has no patience for babysitting an over-the-hill athlete - not as long as she has her own plans to move up the career coaching ladder as quickly as possible. Sparks soon begin to fly. 
Then Liz's world begins to crumble when the secret from her past returns to Ashton...


A Perfect Match
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In a game where careers are made or broken in the span of one round, can there be any such thing as a perfect match?
After a high profile break up, professional golfer Tiernan O'Shea blows a considerable lead and loses a major tournament. Soon unable to get her back on track, she is in danger of losing her sponsor. The upcoming Celebrity Pro-Am is her chance of redemption.
Elena Pilar has paid her dues in the boy's club of sportscasting and her career is finally on the upswing. But when she is paired with Tiernan in the Pro-Am, her attraction to the volatile golfer could threaten her success as well as her carefully guarded personal life.




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