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Hook Shot

Hook Shot

Contemporary RomanceSports Romance
Published
2019
Language
English

Synopsis

Guarded rising fashion designer Lotus and newly divorced NBA veteran Kenan collide over a New York summer in the emotional finale of the HOOPS trilogy. A tender, slow-burn age-gap romance about healing. Handles childhood sexual assault and self-harm.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

EmotionalRomanticHopefulSpicy
Slow Burn

Genres

Contemporary Romance Sports Romance

About the author

K
Kennedy Ryan

Kennedy Ryan is an American romance novelist known for contemporary fiction centering social issues and diverse characters. In 2019 she became the first Black author to win a RITA Award, for Long Shot, and in 2022 the first Black author to win an Audie Award in Romance, for Reel. A New York Times and USA Today bestseller, she studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before working as a ghostwriter and nonprofit writer. Her Skyland series, including *This Could Be...

Characters

Lotus DuPreeProtagonist

A guarded, self-made rising fashion designer and survivor working toward healing.

Kenan RossProtagonist

A divorced single dad and NBA veteran determined to earn his way past Lotus's defenses.

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