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Isaiah Bryant left five years ago and couldnāt look back. Aurora Matthews has spent those five years wondering if the rest of her life will be spent trying to fill the void. For the most part, Aurora loves her life. Sheās the captain of the Philadelphia Royals, a professional womenās soccer team, with a once in a lifetime chance at selection for the womenās national team. The women she plays with are more like sisters than teammates and her family, though chaotic, is always by her side. Years of hard work, her fathers coaching, sweat and tearsāitās all paid off. Aurora has earned her spot on every team. Has earned her spot in the game. And yetā¦that space will not fill. No matter how many tournament wins, awards won, trophies raisedā¦she cannot deny that she misses him. Isaiah Bryant left five years ago and couldnāt look back. Not if he ever wanted to come back. His brother left without a word. The pressure from his mom was a heavy weight and combined with an innate fear of self-inflicted failure, at eighteen he felt the weight of the world and didnāt know how to escape it. When he returns like a ghost in the night, Aurora is left to decide whatās next. Does she try to rekindle the friendshipāthe loveāthey once shared? Or does she protect the fragile heart sheās had to re-build? Isaiah isnāt one to give up easily. He left and now heās back. For her. The only girl heās ever loved. Can he win her back? Will she let him? Love is a game. Whoās going to win?