The Long Game

In this smalltown love tale reminiscent of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer, a disgraced soccer executive unwillingly enlists the assistance of a former soccer player to coach a children's team. The narrative is written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception.

Adalyn Reyes has dedicated years to honing her daily schedule: get up early, travel to the Miami Flames FC headquarters, make every effort to make an impression, return home, and repeat.

But when a video of her fighting with the team mascot goes viral, her routine is thrown off. Instead of terminating her employment, Adalyn's father, the team owner, sends her to rural North Carolina to turn around the floundering Green Warriors soccer club in an attempt to make amends. Her preparations go apart when she learns that the players are nine-year-old children who practice in tutus (impractical), own pet goats (messy), and are afraid of Adalyn (counterproductive).

To further matters, goalkeeping prodigy Cameron Caldani—whose whereabouts are a little mysterious—is also in town. Although Cam is the ideal person to assist Adalyn, he is also determined to run her out of town after a disastrous first meeting involving a rooster, Cam's leg, and Adalyn's bumper. Adalyn, however, cannot face exile. Never again. Her long game is to help this motley crew of kids who are trying to make their way back to redemption. Whether or not Cam is involved.