Breaking the Playbook 🏀
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Ongoing<5 mins
Last published Wed, Jul 9, 2025
Where the coach's daughter and the coach's star player fall in love.
Amanda Auriemma is a freshman with something to prove. Being the coach's daughter has always meant one thing-she's expected to be perfect. But perfection isn't easy when you're falling for someone you know you can't have.
Paige Bueckers is a sophomore battling the worst year of her life. Playing for one of the top women's basketball programs in the country, everything changed when she tore her ACL-along with her love for the game.
What starts as harmless competition turns into stolen glances, late-night calls, 1v1s under gym lights, and tension that refuses to fade. But if anyone finds out, they could lose everything-scholarships, their spots on the team, and maybe even each other.
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