When the Match Turns
(2026)(The third book in the Cloudrest Recovery Romances series)
A novel by Briar Hope
She blames him for the worst thing that ever happened to her.
He doesn't even know what he did.
When a doping scandal ended her twin brother's career, it took Tara Wagner's identity with it. She's been suspended ever since—too hurt to go back, too lost to move on. The last thing she needs is to spend her recovery at Cloudrest sharing a PT schedule with Spencer Boyd.
Spencer lost his doubles partner and girlfriend in the same conversation. He arrived at Cloudrest to fix his shoulder and stop thinking about everything else. He didn't expect Tara. He definitely didn't expect her to look at him like he's the reason her life fell apart.
He's replayed it a hundred times. He still doesn't know what he did wrong.
But somewhere between contested rallies and conversations that run longer than either of them planned, the rivals they used to be starts to feel less certain. And the anger Tara's been carrying for two years is about to lose its address.
A closed-door, slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance. Forced proximity. Shared recovery. Two people who lost the partnerships that defined them — and have to figure out who they are without them.
Genre: Romance
He doesn't even know what he did.
When a doping scandal ended her twin brother's career, it took Tara Wagner's identity with it. She's been suspended ever since—too hurt to go back, too lost to move on. The last thing she needs is to spend her recovery at Cloudrest sharing a PT schedule with Spencer Boyd.
Spencer lost his doubles partner and girlfriend in the same conversation. He arrived at Cloudrest to fix his shoulder and stop thinking about everything else. He didn't expect Tara. He definitely didn't expect her to look at him like he's the reason her life fell apart.
He's replayed it a hundred times. He still doesn't know what he did wrong.
But somewhere between contested rallies and conversations that run longer than either of them planned, the rivals they used to be starts to feel less certain. And the anger Tara's been carrying for two years is about to lose its address.
A closed-door, slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance. Forced proximity. Shared recovery. Two people who lost the partnerships that defined them — and have to figure out who they are without them.
Genre: Romance