A sweet, swoony friends to lovers sports romcom for fans of Lynn Painter, Jenny Han and Alexandra Moody. Welcome to the Carrington Cup - the hottest tournament of the summer, serving up perfect matches on and off the court . When Izzy signs up to be a ballgirl at a prestigious tennis tournament, she's hoping to have some fun and maybe finally find something impressive to put on her uni applications. She's also hoping to avoid Jack Hamilton. He may be tennis's superstar teen heart-throb, but to Izzy, he's just her old doubles partner and former best friend, who forgot all about her once he went pro. But when Izzy's forced to swallow her pride and ask Jack to throw his star power behind a cause she cares about, can they find the spark of their old partnership, or is he about to break her heart all over again? Tropes: * Opposites attract * Childhood friends to lovers * Sports romance - This book brings the popular sports romance trend, which has dominated on Tiktok, to YA audiences - A swoony childhood friends to lover romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Lynn Painter and Alexandra Moody - Publishing just ahead of Wimbledon and the US Open, this book is perfectly primed for the 2026 summer sports season Competition: Rival Darling; Grumpy Darling; Better than the Movies; She Drives Me Crazy; Anna and the French Kiss; The Summer I Turned Pretty; Check & Mate. Alexandra Moody; Tessa Bailey; Lynn Painter; Jenny Han; Ivy Bailey; Esha Patel; Kelly Quindlen; Stephanie Perkins.