She’s playing for profit. He’s playing for keeps.

 

 

         Serial entrepreneur and self-made billionaire Emi Armando is used to the long game. With Major League Rugby hemorrhaging cash, Emi’s purchase of the Denver Rattlers Club is her riskiest bet yet. It’s a cold-blooded business experiment, a placeholder for the windfall she expects once the World Cups and Olympics hit U.S. soil.

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         The fans are speculating, the critics are calling her a vulture, and the locker room doesn't trust a woman who looks at a scoreboard like a spreadsheet. To save the team’s image and protect her investment, Emi proposes a strategic partnership to the Rattlers' recent transfer: Australian rugby golden boy Bodhi Hawkins.

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          The deal is simple: Bodhi gets Emi’s elite wealth and connections to grow roots in Colorado; Emi gets a boyfriend to prove she’s personally invested in the team’s future. One season. No strings. Total deniability—until the first kiss.

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          When an aggressive investor offers a massive buyout to relocate the team, Emi faces the perfect exit strategy. Taking the deal means a guaranteed profit, but it also means destroying Bodhi’s future and the spark she never accounted for. Now, Emi must decide: is she sticking to the plan, or is Bodhi the one investment she can’t afford to lose?