After leaving Bulgaria in search of something more than the life she’d always known, she moves to Long Beach to live with her father and start over. Recovering from a career-changing volleyball injury, she has no intention of getting involved with the sport again—until one visit to a California State University practice changes everything. There, she meets Simeon Nikolov, volleyball’s newest star. Cocky, intense, and annoyingly pretty, he thrives on attention. While she is determined not to be impressed by him, He’s determined to get under her skin. What begins as a rivalry filled with teasing, arguments, and undeniable chemistry slowly becomes something neither of them expected. But with simeons growing fame, demanding career, and the secrets both of them keep buried beneath the surface, falling for each other proves far more complicated than either imagined.