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The Open Era

By: Edward Schmit
Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
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“Heated Rivalry for the tennis set…charming, funny, and big-hearted.”—Town & Country
"[A] debut romance novel that will capture your heart."—Cosmopolitan

Love evens the score between two tennis players in this stunning debut romance.

Recently-turned-pro tennis player Austin Hardy has been out since high school and it’s never been a big deal. That is, until he becomes the first openly gay man to compete in a Grand Slam tournament. Suddenly, being gay is a huge deal, with headlines to prove it.

Unprepared for this new spotlight, Austin’s anxiety disorder hits a breaking point, and he trips and falls at practice. Right next to the very attractive, very talented, and probably straight Diego Cruz, ranked second in the world.

The two professional rivals start a friendship off the court. But between their flirty banter, mixed signals, and looming showdown, Austin is thrown further off his game by Diego.

With the eyes of the world on Austin, the weight of history on his shoulders, and Diego across the net, he must decide whether love means nothing or if it means everything as he battles for the trophy during an electric two weeks at the US Open. LGBTQIA+ Creators Romance Sports Heartfelt
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Loved Austin he’s such a cute MC! Two cute boys meet at the us open Austin is openly queer. Diego is no and is not fully sure what he’s own vibe is. I think Diego deserved a punch for being mean to Austin bc he caused him his panic attack! Good tread the ending not great. Excellent narration!

Cute but I still wanna punch Diego and Emilio

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I liked the story, but I couldn’t believe the ending. I was waiting for more.

Great story, be ready for it to make you cry.

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I enjoyed this book a lot and hope there is a sequel! It was really well written and preformed.

Really heartfelt

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Really fun book! Great characters, and set at the US Open in an authentic and fun way. I loved it.

Loved It!

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This was a nice story about two young tennis players. The book is really about anxiety, mental health issues and how to deal with panic attacks when you are on a world stage. Grief being at the center stage in this book. I did like the story though I felt sad most of it and did find Austin annoying at times with some of his reactions but he is a 20 year old after all.
The narrator was really good and I felt like he was reading the book just to me. Very intimate narration. Despite being a sad story at times I very much enjoyed a tennis player point of view. I thought it was realistic enough. Much more than the book Thirty love by Tom Vellner which was very cute but not very deep.
It has an HEA that is perfect for the story.

Coming of age story

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