DEUCE WITH THE CAPTAIN
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Tennis is my only way out of poverty. My shot at changing my family's life and fulfilling my dream of becoming the next Serena Williams.
So when I get a scholarship to Blackridge, the country's most prestigious sports college, I don't think twice. This is where champions are made.
What I don't expect is for my dream to become a nightmare the second I step on campus.
Blackridge is launching its first mixed-doubles program, and I top the trials to earn the female spot.
One problem.
My partner is Xavier Lazzaro.
Blackridge's tennis prodigy. Team captain. Three-time champion. Campus playboy. The school's biggest star and a future pro who has never had to share the spotlight with anyone.
He thinks I'm here to take his place. I think he's an arrogant jerk who'd rather see me fail than share his court.
The board doesn't care.
Xavier is ordered to train me, and we're forced to live together in the team's off-campus house for the entire season.
If I want to keep my scholarship and my dream, I have to work with him.
I can handle his attitude. I can handle the fights.
What I can't handle is how things start to change.
Somewhere between late-night training, heated arguments, and matches we refuse to lose, my enemy starts feeling like the one man I can't stay away from.
But Blackridge has one rule neither of us can afford to break: athletes in the same program aren't allowed to date.
I came to Blackridge to become a champion.
I didn't expect to fall for the guy who thinks I'm trying to steal his crown.
So when I get a scholarship to Blackridge, the country's most prestigious sports college, I don't think twice. This is where champions are made.
What I don't expect is for my dream to become a nightmare the second I step on campus.
Blackridge is launching its first mixed-doubles program, and I top the trials to earn the female spot.
One problem.
My partner is Xavier Lazzaro.
Blackridge's tennis prodigy. Team captain. Three-time champion. Campus playboy. The school's biggest star and a future pro who has never had to share the spotlight with anyone.
He thinks I'm here to take his place. I think he's an arrogant jerk who'd rather see me fail than share his court.
The board doesn't care.
Xavier is ordered to train me, and we're forced to live together in the team's off-campus house for the entire season.
If I want to keep my scholarship and my dream, I have to work with him.
I can handle his attitude. I can handle the fights.
What I can't handle is how things start to change.
Somewhere between late-night training, heated arguments, and matches we refuse to lose, my enemy starts feeling like the one man I can't stay away from.
But Blackridge has one rule neither of us can afford to break: athletes in the same program aren't allowed to date.
I came to Blackridge to become a champion.
I didn't expect to fall for the guy who thinks I'm trying to steal his crown.


















































