Just six months past her divorce, Meg Bloomberg decides to channel her self-pity in a different, more useful direction: playing pickleball. Actually, her friend Annie Yoon cajoled her into it, but after just a few volleys Meg can\u2019t help but admit that playing pickleball is kind of fun. Meg joins Annie\u2019s Lakeview pickleball league, which boasts a crew of charmingly kooky characters, including a guy known as Reflux Dave, a smack-talking bird-watcher named Jeannie, and the wise, grandfatherly Rooster. But just as Meg\u2019s pickleball love story is beginning, her local court is threatened by environmental do-gooders\u2014and they\u2019re led by not just any earth-friendly consultant, but one specific environmentalist Meg hooked up with a few weeks back. Ethan Fine wants to transform the pickleball court back to its original wetlands state, but that won\u2019t happen if the league has any say in the matter. Meg enters the beginners\u2019 Picklesmash Tournament hoping to use the prize money to save her court, and heads to nearby Bainbridge Island, the birthplace of pickleball, to practice and clear her head of any Ethan Fine distractions. But of course, she runs into the man almost everywhere she goes on the island. She learns that not only is Ethan conspiring to destroy her court, but he\u2019s also competing against her team in the tournament. Can Meg get her groove back and save the Lakeview league while secretly sleeping with the enemy? Long\u2019s sporty romcom is a joyful, slapstick journey about a 30-something woman desperate to reconnect with her true self, full of insight, friendship, and hijinks. Readers will root for Meg\u2019s victory as she volleys for Ethan\u2019s heart, the Golden Pickledrop, and her happily-ever-after.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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