Inside Peyton’s rules
The strategy behind every observation—and the blind spots she cannot spreadsheet away.
Coming October 22, 2026
Baller Basics:
The Playbook
In Los Angeles, access is its own currency. Peyton studies the rules of a world where athletes, ambition and relationships collide—until observation becomes participation.
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Book OneThe Playbook
Release dateOctober 22, 2026
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From screen to page
The same world.
More of what they never said.
Inside the friendships
What Olive wants, what Melinda risks and why loyalty gets complicated when access changes hands.
Inside the game
The wives, insiders and players carry histories that a two-minute episode can only let us glimpse.
THE THESIS
Beauty opens doors. Strategy keeps them open.
Next in the Baller Basics series
Book TwoBaller Basics: Leverage
Coming 2027
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