The Newsletter by Piper Houghes
She Plays Hurt
Notes on women athletes, broken bones, and the romance novels that take both seriously. Dispatches on the slow burn, the third-act breakup, the ACL, and the comeback narrative.
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- Dispatches on women athletes — not the highlight reel, the hard stuff.
- Honest notes on writing a sports romance that doesn't sideline the woman.
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- Occasional deep dives on the injury science behind Breakaway Blades.