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PLAY FOR ME

Libby Hubscher

When an athletic trainer loses everything she'd been working toward all in one day, she decides to start over at a boarding school in the new home-run romance from the author of If You Ask Me.
Sophie Doyle has her dream job as the first female head athletic trainer for her favorite baseball team (go Red Sox!), a handsome boyfriend, and easy access to the finest cannoli in Boston. When she loses all three and the World Series to boot, she's forced to apply for the open trainer position at an arts-focused boarding school in New Hampshire. The only available room is a glorified closet in an apartment that's already full of three male faculty: Jonas Voss, the aloof and attractive orchestra teacher, and his two rambunctious roommates. Sophie knew that training a bunch of privileged high school kids whose idea of a play is A Chorus Line instead of a walk-off homer was going to be a big change from the pro athletes she's used to. She wasn't expecting that these students would have big-time talent and even bigger-time problems. Sophie has problems of her own - Jonas is a full-fledged grump who clearly doesn't want her near him or the precious piano he never plays. With sunny optimism, Sophie sets out to win over Jonas and help the kids she's growing attached to. But when her relationship with Jonas moves to the major leagues and plans change at the end of the season, they have to choose whether they are playing for keeps. Libby Hubscher holds a doctor of philosophy in molecular toxicology and, when she isn't writing novels, works as a value communications writer for a health economics research boutique. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, two young children, and a menagerie of pets.
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Published 2023-06-20 by Berkley

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I would say PLAY FOR ME had me at baseball, but really it had me at Libby Hubscher because I love her warm, heartfelt writing. How could I not fall head over heels for this New England boarding school setting, the grumpiest reluctant roommate, and a woman on a mission to prove something to herself? This book is like a cup of hot cider on the coldest day.

PLAY FOR ME is included in Library Journal's "New Romances Featuring the Grumpy Sunshine Trope" One of Hasty Book List's "Most Anticipated Summer Beach Reads of 2023" One of The Every Girl's "8 Books to Read if You Love Ted Lasso"

Outrageously charming and brimming with feisty, lovably flawed characters, PLAY FOR ME is as hilarious as it is tender and will stick with you long after the last page. Libby Hubscher is a master of portraying the messy beauty of emotions and love, every word chosen with care and gentleness. I'll read anything she writes.

Hubscher hits a home run with this sweet opposites attract story of new love healing old wounds.

PLAY FOR ME is absolute perfection! Funny, butterfly-inducing and full of heart, PLAY FOR ME has it all. Libby Hubscher has solidified her spot as one of my favorite authors with this one!

A fun rom-com, that hits all the right notes.

Give Hubscher's latest (after If You Ask Me) to fans of enemies-to-lovers stories and those looking for humor in their romance.