A young adult fake dating romance set in the world of competitive tennis
The plan: spend my senior year dazzling college scouts by playing my best tennis
What actually happens: my tennis academy's head coach, who happens to be my uncle, takes off to Tahiti with the school's tuition money. Now my own classmates view me as a traitor.
My school is desperate for good press, so they partner with a reality show called The Academy. Only they're going to exploit our scandal. Colleges won't bother with my tennis skills when capital D Drama are the primary headlines.
Also not helping? When my wayward forehand shot nails transfer student Shane Wagner in the face on day one. Shane, obnoxiously gorgeous for starters, happens to be the number one nationally-seeded player in junior boys' tennis. Oops.
Everyone at school views Shane as an outsider and fame-seeker. Turns out, he's just as much an outcast as me. Our new plan: band together as the show producers push for drama. We can each get what we want if we play our parts. Pretending to be together, we can control the narrative.
We'll have to play hard to save our school from total ruin before we're outmatched.
