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Winning Match by Gina Azzi Series: League Valencia #1
Published by Three Cities Publishing LLC on August 15, 2025
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He’s Spain’s hottest bachelor, a soccer sensation—and now, my fake boyfriend.
Hours after landing in Valencia, Spain, I’m newly single, tipsy, and stranded at a bar with three declined credit cards.
Enter Ale: a local with a smirk that should be illegal and dance moves that leave me breathless. He covers my tab, takes me to dinner, and somewhere between cocktails and a reckless kiss, I forget about the awful start to my trip.
By the following morning, we’re trending on social media.
Turns out, Ale isn’t just a charming stranger. He’s a European soccer star with a major PR problem.
So, we strike a deal: a fake relationship to rehab his playboy image while I use his connections to expand my family’s business.
The lines blur when kisses stop feeling staged and late-night talks hit too deep. I’m falling for him. For real.
But how do I trust a relationship that's built on a lie?
Gina Azzi’s fresh new soccer series is cozy, sweet and sincere with passion igniting the way! I couldn’t have loved Marlowe and Alejandro more. She’s a sweetheart and stranded in a horrible way when they first meet after a shock no one is ever ready for. He’s a heartthrob but deeply kind and approaches her with only goodness in his heart from the very start. I loved that there was noticeable attraction there from the first second they laid eyes on each other, but a friendship was what they leaned on first as their beneficial fake arrangement began. Both of their back stories were developed fairly well without actually meeting all of the siblings, etc. and the plot was attention grabbing and played out well.
I highly recommend this book to sports fans who love a fake relationship that takes on a life of it’s own as happily ever after comes knocking! The details of the sport are light, but the camaraderie with his teammates is a nice back drop.
