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Let the Games Begin

Let the Games Begin

One sizzling hot Greek summer. Two winners. The biggest competition in the world.

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'A complete delight' Mia Sheridan, author of Archer's Voice
'A beautiful romance' Lauren Ho, author of Last Tang Standing

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It’s the Athens 2024 Olympics and Zeke and Olivia are there to win.

Zeke Moyo is the star athlete of Team GB. He’s in Athens to claim the title of fastest man in the world.

Olivia Nkomo has landed a career-making internship, finally earning her seat at the table.

Then Zeke and Olivia collide – literally – on the first day of the games, and something unexpected begins.

But the competition is stirring up uncomfortable memories from Zeke’s past. And Olivia’s dream job is turning into a nightmare.

Will love become a hurdle? Or could running beside the right person change the whole game?

Set against a sizzling, hot Greek summer filled with sunshine and souvlaki, Rufaro Faith Mazarua’s Let The Games Begin is a page-turning love story that will restore your faith in humanity... and chemistry-filled banter!

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'Rufaro is such a fresh and exciting new voice. If you need me, I’ll be in Athens' Tessa Bickers, author of The Book Swap

'A vivid, moving story of finding love?and yourself?in the exhilarating world of the Summer Games' Katelyn Doyle, author of Just Some Stupid Love Story

©2024 Rufaro Faith Mazarura (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Reviews

  • The most tremendous setting... A gorgeous atmospheric coming of age, love story
    Julie Caplin, author of The French Chateau Dream

About the author

Rufaro Faith Mazarura

Rufaro Faith Mazarura is a British Zimbabwean writer who grew up in Birmingham and studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Surrey. She works as a podcast producer, bringing stories to life through audio, and has written and produced podcasts for the BBC, iHeartRadio and Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books. Let The Games Begin is her debut novel.
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