A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childrens team in this small-town love story from the New York Times bestselling author. Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn drive to the Miami Flames FC offices try her hardest to leave a mark go home and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the teams mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her the teams owner--who happens to be her father--sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina where she is tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team the Green Warriors as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical) keep pet goats (messy) and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive) and are nine-year-old kids. To make things worse also in town is Cameron Caldani goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster Cams leg and Adalyns bumper hes also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag childrens team is her road to redemption and she is playing the long game--with or without Cams help.
