Beauty and the Ballplayer

All Is Fair In Love And Baseball #2

by Arlene Hittle, Suzanne Barrett (Editor)

Spunky, independent graphic designer Meg Malone finds herself pregnant soon after her no-good boyfriend abandons her for the professional poker circuit. Glad to be out of that mess, she swears off relationships. Then she meets Matt Thatcher, a solid, stable man, who throws her plans a curve. Matt, an up-and-coming minor league catcher burned one too many times by women who see him as their ticket to the good life, carefully guards his heart against “baseball babes.” He’s drawn to Meg for many reasons, chief among them she has no clue what he does for a living. Will it be game over when their secrets come to light? Or is their budding relationship strong enough to win the World Series of love?

199 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Arlene Hittle is a Midwestern transplant who now makes her home in northern Arizona. She suffers from the well-documented Hittle family curse of being a Cubs fan but will root for the Diamondbacks until they run up against the Cubs. Longtime friends are amazed she writes books with sports in them, since she’s about as coordinated as a newborn giraffe and used to say marching band required more exertion than golf. Find her at arlenehittle.com, on Twitter or on Facebook.

Reviews

[shelia harman · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This book was great and the characters will keep you turning pages quickly until the end.The characters are quirky and complex in this book.

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[Susan Haught · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 2 in Ms. Hittle's Love and Baseball series is another major league hit. Of course, I'm partial to romance, and as the wife of a former high school baseball coach, I love the game of baseball. Though I wish there was more baseball in her novels, the novel stands alone as a wonderful story of two people who face some incredible odds, yet are solid enough to realize they belong together and can work through whatever curve-balls life throws at them.

I'm finding through Ms. Hittle's stories that I am very drawn to her male characters. They're sexy, strong, and ultimately do the right thing because beneath their tough exterior, they are harbor a good set of morals. And what can I say? There's just something about a man in a pair of baseball pants that is just plain sexy!

I'm anxiously waiting to read Sliding Into Home.