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Love match
349 pages
A classic battle of wits where professional friction inevitably melts into breathless romantic surrender.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage romance feels like stepping onto a sunlit, high-stakes tennis court where every volley of dialogue is charged with unspoken attraction. The narrative moves at a brisk, engaging clip, driven by the sharp, spirited banter between a fiercely independent career woman and an unapologetically arrogant playboy. It captures the glamorous, slightly melodramatic atmosphere of the international sports circuit, wrapping the reader in a tense, emotionally charged mood. The prose is direct and heavily focused on the characters' internal emotional tug-of-war, delivering the breathless intensity that fans of classic category romance expect. It is a perfect, nostalgic escape for readers who delight in the timeless trope of a clash of egos melting into inevitable, passionate surrender.
- Mood
- emotionally charged
- glamorous
- tense
- Tone
- spirited
- dramatic
- wry
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- clash of egos · the playboy tamed · professional ambition vs. personal desire · enemies to lovers
- The writing
- Direct and dialogue-heavy, leaning into the breathless emotional intensity and sharp banter characteristic of vintage romance.
- The arc
- Moves from prickly professional friction and mutual suspicion to a breathless, inevitable romantic surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, fast-paced enemies-to-lovers romances featuring arrogant heroes and the spirited women who challenge them.
Content notes
- dated gender dynamics
- mild emotional manipulation
About the book
The hard-hitting Craig Dickson was as notorious for his games off the tennis courts as he was for those on them, and it didn't take journalist Suzy Bedford long to realise why.
Although no sports fanatic, Suzy had been assigned to write a series of articles on a top tennis personality, which meant she was constantly thrown into Craig's disturbing orbit.
Was he really conceited enough to believe her disinterest in tennis was a subtle ploy to attract his attention? Craig should realise that her career as a writer meant as much to her as his tennis did to him. But what of love? Suzy had already hesitantly let it into her life, but she suspected that Craig's life-style made him incapable of establishing any form of lasting relationship — and why should he when the glossy Elaine Esterson was so obviously available?
Description from Open Library.
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