On Merit Alone

A heartwarming dual sports romance… Love can be hard, but sometimes it just comes easy. Merit is used to being alone. She made it to the professionals all on her own, made it to the top of her game on her own, and has made it through life—you guessed it, on her own. So why does the city’s star basketball player suddenly keep showing up everywhere she goes? And more importantly, why doesn’t she ask him to stop, but instead does the worst possible thing—ask him for help? After injury steals an entire season of the game she loves, Merit is eager to come back better than ever. But what is she supposed to do if that comeback gets off to a rocky start? Enter Ira. The most legendary player to ever play the game in the Mountaineer Stadium. He’s qualified, he’s confident, and he just so happens to have suffered from the same injury as Merit years ago. But does all that mean he’s fit to become her haven for advice, or more terrifying, friendship? Merit knows it’s dangerous to let herself be close to anyone and yet, with Ira King, she can’t help but do it anyway.