Book Blurb:
I hired a single mom to help make my small town fall in love with a baseball team. And now I’m the one falling in love…with her.
Buying a small town baseball team might seem an odd choice for a millionaire tech developer, but I welcome the challenge.
Moving back to my hometown and reviving the once-beloved Cedar Creek Thunder is an impulsive attempt to find a deeper purpose, and a life that is measured in happiness rather than dollars.
A chance encounter with the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen has my temperature rising from more than the tea she’s spilled on me. When she walks into my office for an interview later that morning, it quickly becomes clear there’s no one better suited for the job .
Isla Forrester should be off limits, but with a smile that pierces my soul, the single mom is fire wrapped up in sweet temptation.
I’ve always had thick walls around my heart, but Isla and her son are breaking them down.
Now my sole purpose is getting her to believe that loving her is no challenge at all.
Tropes:
*Hambright PR ARC/ALC *sports romance (Baseball) *work place romance *Single Mom
*disability representation *cozy read *Boss/Employee *Age Gap *wealthy MMC
*small town romance *Spice *Forbidden Romance *slow burn
*Green flag book boyfriend *HEA *low angst
Thoughts:
Thank you to Julia Jarrett and Hambright PR for this ARC/ALC copy of the book.
I listened to most of the book and the narrators were amazing Connor Crais & Heather Firth did a great job bringing these characters to life!
Isla (FMC) is a single mom she has been out of work for a few months and thru a friend finds out a baseball team is in need of a marketing manager it is short term and a few hours away but she knows she can do this she loves baseball and is good at her job... unfortunately prior to the interview she runs into a super hot guy and tea gets spilled all over both of them... thankfully she has a spare shirt in the car after a change she arrives on time for her interview only to find that Mr. Handsome that she just spilled tea on is the owner and one she is interviewing with... not off to a good start.
Luca (MMC) was intrigued by the beauty who he ran into earlier and he knows she is fully capable of doing the job, the only bad part about this whole situation really is that as an employee she will be off limits... so why can't he get her out of his head?
Isla makes the move with her soon to be teenage son. She has been so focused on being a mom and making a life for herself and her son that her love life has been on the back burner... like not even a thought up until her hot boss comes into the picture but she can't go there what would everyone think if she was with the boss? Also it's not just her own heart she would have to worry about if things didn't work out she has her son to think about.
As Isla and Luca work together to revive this small town team and learn more about each other they can't help but cross further over the line until there is no going back.
Luca is so sweet with Isla's son and it turns out they have more in common than Isla ever would have expected since they have a similar disability.
Luca is an engineer and created a sensor chip for prostethic legs so that they fit and work better with the individuals body, selling this invention but keeping partial ownership rights in the company he has been able to support his dream of building up his home town minor league baseball team.
Luca even though he is handsome and successful he does struggle with his own thoughts of self doubt and worries over how people will receive him and his disability.
This was a lower stakes, low drama cozy read it was sweet to see these 2 come together, work thru their own insecurities and learn that its ok to rely on each other and let down their guard because love is right in front of them they just need to reach for it. I really enjoyed this one and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series!
I liked this one but here are some negatives from other peoples reviews:
* sexual encounters are unequal between partners FMC only having had a few encounters and the MMC at least coming off a longer term relationship (more experienced). While I also found this to be a bit on the unbelievable side it didn't bother me too much.
* Luca knows that Isla's son is missing a limb but with holds this information from her for awhile and continues to have conversations with others about how she probably wouldn't want to be with him if she knew he was missing a limb. --> I found this to be more his insecurities showing as he was not only older but also coming out of a failed relationship he was nervous about starting over with someone new especially knowing that he was in a position of power as her boss so perhaps this was just a way to talk himself out of pursuing her, I also don't feel there was anything wrong with him not telling her about this until he was ready they were not together at the time she was his boss.
*boring
*the couple was so mature and communicated so well there was not much angst
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