Strike Hard, Love Harder

Strike Hard, Love Harderby Joanne StarrAt Alley Cat Lanes, Thursday nights belong to competition, trash talk, and pride. Judy Voss and Harper Kane are the fiercest captains in the league, leading rival teams and clashing over every frame, every pin, every narrow victory. The whole place knows them for their sharp tongues and colder stares. What nobody expects is the truce they are forced into when league business pushes them to share a table outside the lanes.
One dinner changes everything. The rivalry does not disappear, but the sparks take on a dangerous new shape. Stolen glances turn into secret meetings. Arguments turn into something far more complicated. While they keep battling in public, they start building something private that neither of them planned and neither of them knows how to walk away from. As rumors swirl and the pressure of the league grows, Judy and Harper have to decide what matters more, winning on the lanes or risking their reputations for a relationship that was never supposed to exist.
Strike Hard, Love Harder is a sapphic rivals-to-lovers romance about competition, pride, secret relationships, and what happens when the person you are supposed to beat becomes the one you cannot lose. Perfect for readers who love enemies-to-lovers, sports romance, hidden relationships, and high-tension emotional chemistry.