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The Yips
Kelsey Colette is a young, single mother who works multiple jobs to pay the rent and support her infant son. One night, while taking a final call on the ride-share app, she unexpectedly meets Sam Drummond, a Major League baseball player. Sam has just signed a blockbuster contract, only to discover that his pitches are no longer effective. He has yet to pitch well since he misplaced his good luck medallion, the one he's carried since he played in Little League. Kelsey is less than impressed with their first meeting, and Sam is too drunk to remember the beautiful driver, but as fate intervenes, the couple has another chance meeting.
374 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2025
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life-is-too-short
June 28, 2025Weird structure and already ready to complain about editing at 3%
I just want a baseball book, people.
I just want a baseball book, people.
January 28, 2025
If this doesnt make you want to drive an Uber or Taxi or whatever so you can meet your own Sam, I don't know what would! After their little meet cute, Sam really had to chip at that shell Kelsey had built around her heart and her stubborn need I think to make her own way in the world which I am sure a lot of us can relate to. Loved this new book, so glad I got a sneak peek! I loved the details the author really drew you in. I know nothing about baseball and fiercely miss New England, but for a brief minute I was right there in the middle of it with Kelsey. You gotta love her, right? She and Sam have a rocky start but adorable meet cute and little competition it seemed like, who could be the sweetest to the other lol I swear, so considerate. I don't want to give too many details but I loved it, even the sports parts lol, wonderful WONDERFUL weekend read!
May 19, 2025
DNF at 42%. So many typos, and at one point the writing went from 1st person pov, to 3rd person pov, and switched back in the next sentence.
February 17, 2025
The only thing that could have made this better was getting the side characters stories! I want his sisters, his catches/wife story and his parents!!
May 14, 2025
Sam Drummond. Enough said. Can't wait for the next book!
April 30, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
I enjoyed it, it was good but not great. It was kind of predictable. But an easy read.
I enjoyed it, it was good but not great. It was kind of predictable. But an easy read.
June 4, 2025
A chance meeting, a quick glance into baseball and love story.
A single mother trying to get by and a chance connection bring this story together. Also you know how much pressure is put on athletes trying to succeed in pro sports. Throw in an adorable baby and the book becomes very good.
A single mother trying to get by and a chance connection bring this story together. Also you know how much pressure is put on athletes trying to succeed in pro sports. Throw in an adorable baby and the book becomes very good.
May 9, 2025
What a great romance with a backdrop of baseball. Sam Drummond, ace pitcher turns to absolute mush thanks to the cutest baby boy. I loved the growth both characters find - and can’t wait for Tom’s story.
July 5, 2025
All in for The Yips
This was such a fun read! With Kelsey and Sam meeting while he is drunk in the back of her Uber, he looses his lucky charm that his grandpa gave him as a child. But then he meets her again and decides she is his lucky charm and asks her to come to his next game. She attends with her infant son, and he has a career best game and that cements his thoughts that she is his lucky charm.
This has some great build up to the spice, a lot of real life single-mom reality moments and I enjoyed the whole story
This was such a fun read! With Kelsey and Sam meeting while he is drunk in the back of her Uber, he looses his lucky charm that his grandpa gave him as a child. But then he meets her again and decides she is his lucky charm and asks her to come to his next game. She attends with her infant son, and he has a career best game and that cements his thoughts that she is his lucky charm.
This has some great build up to the spice, a lot of real life single-mom reality moments and I enjoyed the whole story
May 8, 2025
The book seemed kinda slow. No real obstacles to overcome.. just kinda like every day life sorta thing. The redeeming quality is Sam. He’s swoon worthy.
This was the first AI narrated audio book I’ve listened to. And it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But it definitely got awkward and flowed weird at some points.
This was the first AI narrated audio book I’ve listened to. And it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But it definitely got awkward and flowed weird at some points.
June 11, 2025
Sweet and Swoony
Who would want a man like Sam? You meet Kelsey a single mom from one night stand who is our uber driving to make rent when she first meets Sam who is drunk and not being so nice.
They come to realize what they are looking for is family. That they need each other.
Who would want a man like Sam? You meet Kelsey a single mom from one night stand who is our uber driving to make rent when she first meets Sam who is drunk and not being so nice.
They come to realize what they are looking for is family. That they need each other.
January 19, 2026
Hooked throughout this sweet story.
I loved all the characters Sam was such a loveable guy, he cared for Kelly and her baby Crew immediately I enjoyed watching their relationship and love grow.
It was refreshing to see such concern over baby crew to find his father Tom and for everyone to get along together blending their worlds no matter how difficult it was he came first.
I loved all the characters Sam was such a loveable guy, he cared for Kelly and her baby Crew immediately I enjoyed watching their relationship and love grow.
It was refreshing to see such concern over baby crew to find his father Tom and for everyone to get along together blending their worlds no matter how difficult it was he came first.
July 18, 2025
Cute
This was a cute story to read. Sam and Kelsey are cute together and Sam is a great partner for Kelsey. She always looked at herself as someone having too much baggage because she has an infant son. Sam accepted both right away and considered her to be his good luck charm.
This was a cute story to read. Sam and Kelsey are cute together and Sam is a great partner for Kelsey. She always looked at herself as someone having too much baggage because she has an infant son. Sam accepted both right away and considered her to be his good luck charm.
January 19, 2026
Great first meet
The meet cute was very entertaining. Both circumstances were very well presented and figured out. I liked their chemistry. It wasn’t preachy on both issues. Waiting for book 2!
The meet cute was very entertaining. Both circumstances were very well presented and figured out. I liked their chemistry. It wasn’t preachy on both issues. Waiting for book 2!
May 20, 2025
Perfect blend of sports and love and spice. Easy read and great characters! Perfect for readers looking to dip into the sports romance genre.
January 19, 2026
Loved it
I'm so inlove with the story and the characters . Amazing . It kept me in the story .. i can't wait to read more from this author
I'm so inlove with the story and the characters . Amazing . It kept me in the story .. i can't wait to read more from this author
August 7, 2025
Beautiful story with a little spice
4.5⭐️
This was. Lot better than I anticipated it would be. Perfect for fans of Abby Jimminez, this story is sure to pull at your heartstrings.
4.5⭐️
This was. Lot better than I anticipated it would be. Perfect for fans of Abby Jimminez, this story is sure to pull at your heartstrings.
January 28, 2025
If this doesnt make you want to drive an Uber or Taxi or whatever so you can meet your own Sam, I don't know what would! After their little meet cute, Sam really had to chip at that shell Kelsey had built around her heart and her stubborn need I think to make her own way in the world which I am sure a lot of us can relate to. Loved this new book, so glad I got a sneak peek! I loved the details the author really drew you in. I know nothing about baseball and fiercely miss New England, but for a brief minute I was right there in the middle of it with Kelsey. You gotta love her, right? She and Sam have a rocky start but adorable meet cute and little competition it seemed like, who could be the sweetest to the other lol I swear, so considerate. I don't want to give too many details but I loved it, even the sports parts lol, wonderful WONDERFUL weekend read!
July 24, 2025
Terrible editing and just not my writing style. I didn’t want to DNF so I powered through. I don’t even think there was a real climax because every problem just kind of got sorted out quickly and easily. The premise was cute and had a lot of potential. I do wish there were real life Sams out there.
July 30, 2025
2.5 stars rounded up. It needs a good edit and a human narrator. Parts of it were sweet and parts of it read like a manual for caring for an infant. It gave good information but felt like it was pushing an agenda… one I agree with, it just felt forced in this context.
May 26, 2025
.5 ⭐️
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May 27, 2025DNF 25%. I even tried to skip ahead and see if it got better. It didn’t. So much over writing and editing needed.
February 15, 2026
The Yips was a good story overall. I enjoyed the plot and was invested in the characters and their development. One of the strongest parts of the book was how it brought to life the very real struggles of being a young single mom.
Unfortunately, the editing issues were pretty noticeable and took away from the experience. Some parts felt like we were given way too much detail that wasn’t really needed, while other important moments were rushed. There were a few pivotal scenes and meetings that were wrapped up in just a few sentences, which made the obstacles feel underdeveloped.
By the end, I found myself skimming instead of fully engaged. The message around the struggles of single motherhood started to feel repetitive, especially toward the end. At that point, it felt like we already understood what the character was dealing with.
That said, I can see a lot of potential in this author. With stronger editing and tighter pacing, this could have been a really great book. I would still be interested in reading more from them in the future.
Unfortunately, the editing issues were pretty noticeable and took away from the experience. Some parts felt like we were given way too much detail that wasn’t really needed, while other important moments were rushed. There were a few pivotal scenes and meetings that were wrapped up in just a few sentences, which made the obstacles feel underdeveloped.
By the end, I found myself skimming instead of fully engaged. The message around the struggles of single motherhood started to feel repetitive, especially toward the end. At that point, it felt like we already understood what the character was dealing with.
That said, I can see a lot of potential in this author. With stronger editing and tighter pacing, this could have been a really great book. I would still be interested in reading more from them in the future.
May 18, 2025
This one follows MLB player Sam, who’s lost his good luck charm and ends up with a case of the yips. Meeting Kelsey he thinks that he’s found his good luck again, but in human form.
Sam has some sweet moments, especially with Crew, and I appreciated how he learned to read Kelsey and support her through her anxiety.
I found Kelsey’s dynamic with her oldest sister a bit confusing, and there’s a moment at the end that I wish had been explored a bit more to build some emotional tension. Her mom’s portrayal felt confusing and a bit inconsistent with her dad’s, and overall the family dynamic didn’t quite land for me (though her middle sister I did enjoy!).
While the potential was absolutely there, and there were things I enjoyed, overall I was left wanting.
Side note: If editing or formatting errors are a turn off for you, this eBook had several that were distracting, even for me.
Sam has some sweet moments, especially with Crew, and I appreciated how he learned to read Kelsey and support her through her anxiety.
I found Kelsey’s dynamic with her oldest sister a bit confusing, and there’s a moment at the end that I wish had been explored a bit more to build some emotional tension. Her mom’s portrayal felt confusing and a bit inconsistent with her dad’s, and overall the family dynamic didn’t quite land for me (though her middle sister I did enjoy!).
While the potential was absolutely there, and there were things I enjoyed, overall I was left wanting.
Side note: If editing or formatting errors are a turn off for you, this eBook had several that were distracting, even for me.
November 29, 2025
The first & second book follows the story of little Crew, conceived from a one night stand. He's mom Kelsey, works multiple jobs to support themselves. Thats when she meets Sam Drummond, hotshot Boston baseball player. Their story unravels in book one. Sam takes on the roll of Crew's dad. However, he hires a private investigator to find Crew's biological dad in hopes that he will sign over his paternal right. In comes Tom Campbell. Crew's biological dad and Colorado hockey player in his rookie season and anything but a dead beat dad. In order to make both Sam's & Tom's hectic travel schedule work, the 3 of them work to hire a nanny that will be able to travel with Crew between both parents. Insert the talented Calliope Douglas. Aspiring marketing executive and amateur musician, betrayed by her boyfriend and left jobless. She takes on the roll of Crew's nanny. Tom & "Kiwi's" story unravels in book two.
January 19, 2026
It's rare that I'm miserable while reading a book. Even books that are objectively poorly written- I can appreciate for the vibes but if I cringed any harder while forcing myself through this I might have died.
Started with the audiobook- the AI narration is horrible. It's better to have no audiobook available than to use that. It was worse than bad. The emphasis would be placed in weird places in the sentences, the pacing of the speech was weird. It was just entirely off-putting.
The concept was cute though, so I switched to reading and that didn't do it many favors either. The writing is not good. The dialogue is so unnatural and robotic- just not at all how people would speak to each other. The spicy scenes are extra cringe-worthy as they continue the theme of awkward uncanny valley-ish dialogue that would never exist in the real world.
Pacing is weird. Interactions are weird. Typos and editing issues everywhere.
Save your time, honestly.
Started with the audiobook- the AI narration is horrible. It's better to have no audiobook available than to use that. It was worse than bad. The emphasis would be placed in weird places in the sentences, the pacing of the speech was weird. It was just entirely off-putting.
The concept was cute though, so I switched to reading and that didn't do it many favors either. The writing is not good. The dialogue is so unnatural and robotic- just not at all how people would speak to each other. The spicy scenes are extra cringe-worthy as they continue the theme of awkward uncanny valley-ish dialogue that would never exist in the real world.
Pacing is weird. Interactions are weird. Typos and editing issues everywhere.
Save your time, honestly.
November 1, 2025
Oof. To be fair it’s more of a 3.5 stars.
I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t get hooked. There was no yearning, no real build up, just nada.
I love the idea of having a book be majority of the couples life together but I felt like there could have been more done there too. We could have gotten more about them learning to adjust or something that made it feel more real. It was just sunshine and rainbows and felt so unrealistic because of it.
Plus the structure was weird. There were a couple mistakes that should have been caught and weren’t? Like at one point we chance from first to third person then back all within a page or two?
*also this is not really the authors fault but AI should NEVER be used to narrate.
I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t get hooked. There was no yearning, no real build up, just nada.
I love the idea of having a book be majority of the couples life together but I felt like there could have been more done there too. We could have gotten more about them learning to adjust or something that made it feel more real. It was just sunshine and rainbows and felt so unrealistic because of it.
Plus the structure was weird. There were a couple mistakes that should have been caught and weren’t? Like at one point we chance from first to third person then back all within a page or two?
*also this is not really the authors fault but AI should NEVER be used to narrate.
June 26, 2025
Cute story
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I really loved reading The Yips by Emma McCoy! Sam was an incredible character — everything you’d want in a partner: patient, supportive, and genuine. Kelsey was sweet and relatable, though I wish her personality had been a bit stronger at times. I appreciated how they figured out how to co-parent with Tom, which felt realistic and heartwarming. That said, I did feel like the storyline missed an opportunity to explore her relationship with her sister Kendra more deeply. Still, I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it
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I really loved reading The Yips by Emma McCoy! Sam was an incredible character — everything you’d want in a partner: patient, supportive, and genuine. Kelsey was sweet and relatable, though I wish her personality had been a bit stronger at times. I appreciated how they figured out how to co-parent with Tom, which felt realistic and heartwarming. That said, I did feel like the storyline missed an opportunity to explore her relationship with her sister Kendra more deeply. Still, I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it
January 20, 2026
I sort of started this as a guilty pleasure to palette cleanse after reading extensive fantasy. I should have read the reviews or found some spice warnings because it felt like this was written as spice being the main driver. There really was no plot and no tension. Everything just went well for everyone. The struggles weren’t truly struggling, and there was no side plot happening. I did actually DNF. I’m back to my epic fantasy
October 28, 2025
As a very superstitious hockey lover I GET this book!
I’m always up for a bit more fun and a bit less angst, but the second half had more spice and I loved Kylie’s lack of filter when it came to her sister.
I’m a sucker for texting/group chats so that’s definitely a plus here.
Curious to see how this actual and found family develops 💜💜
I’m always up for a bit more fun and a bit less angst, but the second half had more spice and I loved Kylie’s lack of filter when it came to her sister.
I’m a sucker for texting/group chats so that’s definitely a plus here.
Curious to see how this actual and found family develops 💜💜
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