Book profile
Long Shot
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2018
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Iris meets NBA prospect August during her last college semester in a charged one-night connection, but she is already with August's longtime basketball rival, sending them on separate paths. Years later, August is living a wealthy all-star life while Iris's seemingly perfect public relationship has curdled into a closed-door nightmare with a controlling partner who refuses to release her. When August re-enters her life, the rekindled bond offers hope, but Iris's darkest trials continue and she must build her own strength to survive, leaning on her enduring connection with August.
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- Forbidden Love: “Iris belongs to another man―basketball's "golden boy" and August's long-time rival.” source
- Second Chance Romance: “When August re-enters her life, the world seems briefly bright again” source
- Love Triangle: “Iris belongs to another man―basketball's "golden boy" and August's long-time rival.” source
- Angst: “Iris's perfect public relationship has become a nightmare behind closed doors. A tarnished dream of fool's gold.” source
- Dark Romance: “Iris's darkest nights are not over yet. To survive, she must build her own strength” source
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