The Long Game
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Ongoing16h 7m
Last published Tue, Apr 7, 2026
"𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓰𝓪𝔃𝓮, 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓮'𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓼."
"𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓲𝓽, 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮."
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Grace is a sports physiotherapist working for a hospital that hosts the elite athletes of West Hampton. A favor for a friend gets her on the path of being Isaiah King's physiotherapist - the tennis star who suffered a dire knee injury.
At first, she's simply dedicated to healing both his body and mind - and perhaps getting him to believe in God- but things get complicated when hearts start to flutter, lines start to blur, and feelings get involved.
Feelings that are especially not one-sided.
[Clean Romance, Faith-based, Older Woman, BWWM]
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