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The unmissable romance from Elena Armas, bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception and The American Roommate Experiment.

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this small-town love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer.


Adalyn Reyes has something to prove. After years of working at her father’s football club she wants to make a name for herself. But not for the wrong reasons.

When an embarrassing video of Adalyn goes viral, her father sends her to a small town to turn around their struggling soccer team. She arrives armed with plans to kick them into shape only to find a group of nine-year-old girls. One person is there to help: Cameron Caldani, a goalkeeping legend who is also inexplicably in town. After an unfortunate incident involving a rooster, the two find themselves on opposing sides.

Adalyn thinks Cameron is a surly, scowling brute. Cameron thinks Adalyn needs to take life less seriously. Despite their differences, the two need to play nice and remember they’re on the same team. After all, it’s a long game…

About The Author

Elena Armas

Elena Armas is a Spanish writer, self-confessed hopeless romantic and proud book hoarder. Now, she’s also the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Spanish Love Deception, The American Roommate Experiment and The Long Game. Her latest novel is The Fiancé Dilemma. Her books are being translated to over thirty languages—which is bananas, if you ask her.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (September 5, 2023)
  • Length: 384 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781398522213

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Raves and Reviews

'A charming, steamy new rom-com for fans of Ted Lasso' BookBub

'Elena Armas never misses. Armas has given us an entire cast of funny, exciting characters wrapped in the most perfect small town, slow burn bow. The Long Game has everything you could ever want in a rom-com, including goats' Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker

'The Long Game is pure fun with chemistry so palpable it will set your pages on fire while melting your heart. It’s honestly what sports romance dreams are made of!' Sarah Adams, New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect

'The Long Game is utterly charming and gloriously sexy—I couldn’t put it down! Elena Armas write slow burn like a finely tuned symphony, and I wanted nothing more than to be Cameron’s darling by the end' Lana Ferguson, author of The Nanny

'Elena Armas is the queen of steamy, vulnerable, addicting romance. A slow-burn that had me sinking into each page, THE LONG GAME is a love letter to becoming the best version of yourself. I couldn’t get enough of Cameron and Adalyn and the way they made each other shine brighter. And the chemistry? Smoking hot' B.K. Borison, author of Lovelight Farms

'Armas is an expert on what makes a romance reader's heart race' Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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