Getting Pickled

Banger? I don't even know her!

Willow Blackburn is an independent, freelance graphic designer, content to keep her small, trusted circle of friends.

Luca Giordano works an unfulfilling corporate job that leaves him yearning for a greater purpose in life.

Both find enjoyment in playing pickleball, and they just so happen to live in the same neighborhood in the city of Athens, Illinois, which hosts a wildly popular mixed doubles pickleball tournament every year called The Pickle Bowl. Unfortunately, they got off on the wrong foot on what Willow calls "the worst Tinder date in history," and the reason she has sworn off dating forever.

When Willow's partner for the tournament succumbs to injury, she finds herself in quite a pickle. Especially when Luca is named as her new partner.

The two of them must find a way to work together as a team if they want a shot at winning. Perhaps they will learn they are not so different after all, and that by opening themselves up to one another their painful pasts do not have to define their future.

Find out what happens in this spicy pickleball romance!