Rewriting The Game

At seventeen, Tyson Penisini has one goal: make it to the NRL.

Every training session, every sacrifice, every decision is made with that dream in mind. Scouts are watching, opportunities are opening up, and everyone around him knows he has the talent to go all the way-if he stays focused.

Then Mara Vaea crashes into his life.

Bold, stubborn, and completely unimpressed by his athletic ambitions, Mara isn't interested in being another girl cheering from the sidelines. She has dreams of her own and no intention of rearranging her future for anyone-especially not a cocky rugby player who thinks he has everything figured out.

What starts as constant arguments and reluctant friendship slowly becomes something neither of them expected.

As their final years of school slip away, Tyson finds himself torn between the future he's spent his whole life chasing and the girl who's become impossible to forget. But with rugby opportunities pulling him in one direction and Mara's own path leading her in another, first love suddenly feels far more complicated than either of them imagined.

Because sometimes the hardest choice isn't between right and wrong.

It's between the dream you've always wanted and the person who makes you question everything. It's rewriting the entire game to find your person.

A heartfelt coming-of-age romance about first love, family, sacrifice, and discovering who you are when your future is still being written.