The Harper Effect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781510726659)

A sizzling coming of age story set in the world of professional tennis about a girl who learns to win from a boy who has lost everything.

Sixteen-year-old Harper was once a rising star on the tennis court--until her coach dropped her for being "mentally weak." Without tennis, who is she? Her confidence at an all-time low, she secretly turns to her childhood friend, next-door neighbor Jacob--who also happens to be her sister's very recent ex-boyfriend. If her sister finds out, it will mean a family war.

But when Harper is taken on by a new coach who wants her to train with Colt, a cold, defensive, brooding young tennis phenom, she hits the court all the harder, if only to prove to Colt she has it in her to be a champion. As the two learn to become a team, Harper gets glimpses of the vulnerable boy beneath the surface, the boy who was deeply scarred by his family's dark and scandalous past. The boy she could easily find herself falling for.

As she walks a fine line between Colt's secrets, her forbidden love, and a game that demands nothing but the best, Harper must choose between her past and her future and between two boys who send her head spinning. Turns out, the biggest battle she needs to win, is the one against herself.

Author: Taryn Bashford
ISBN-10: 1510726659
ISBN-13: 9781510726659
Publisher: Sky Pony
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2018
School Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 92
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory