Playing For Keeps 🏀💛
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When love isn't a game, losing isn't an option.
She's eighteen and just starting her life.
He's twenty-two and already on the brink of stardom.
She's the one girl he shouldn't want.
He's the one risk she shouldn't take.
Between college pressures, long-distance calls, and the rising glare of fame, Jade and Xander discover that love isn't the hard part--holding on is.
With everything on the line, can they really play for keeps...
or will choosing each other cost them everything?
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