AUDIOBOOK

An Unexpected Catch

Abbey Downey
4.3
(25)
Duration
8h 49m
Year
2025
Language
English

About

Can she count on the pitcher to save her dream, or will his secret destroy their futures?

Bea Curran has forged a career as an umpire in Chicago's semi-professional baseball league, and now she's ready to move toward her dream of leading the women's athletic department at Western College. With her reputation on the line, the last thing she needs is a romance with a player known for his womanizing ways. But when her women's baseball team desperately needs help, she can't ignore the one man who could save them.

Emmett Worland, a talented new pitcher in the Chicago City League, has been keeping a painful secret that could end his baseball career for good. While he tries to hide his worsening illness, Emmett agrees to help coach Bea's struggling team in hopes that it will be a step toward redeeming a bad reputation he didn't earn.

Bea and Emmett's undeniable attraction deepens the more time they spend together, but with so much at stake, can they afford to let their hearts lead the way? Or will the shadows of the past and the uncertainties of the future destroy their chance at a happily ever after? Can she count on the pitcher to save her dream, or will his secret destroy their futures?

Bea Curran has forged a career as an umpire in Chicago's semi-professional baseball league, and now she's ready to move toward her dream of leading the women's athletic department at Western College. With her reputation on the line, the last thing she needs is a romance with a player known for his womanizing ways. But when her women's baseball team desperately needs help, she can't ignore the one man who could save them.

Emmett Worland, a talented new pitcher in the Chicago City League, has been keeping a painful secret that could end his baseball career for good. While he tries to hide his worsening illness, Emmett agrees to help coach Bea's struggling team in hopes that it will be a step toward redeeming a bad reputation he didn't earn.

Bea and Emmett's undeniable attraction deepens the more time they spend together, but with so much at stake, can they afford to let their hearts lead the way? Or will the shadows of the past and the uncertainties of the future destroy their chance at a happily ever after? Abbey Downey started writing inspirational romance stories during naptime when her kids were babies and found she couldn't stop. She is the author of the Adventurous Hearts series from Wild Heart Books. She also works with Spark Flash Fiction producing a quarterly digital magazine that contains love stories under 1000 words.

A life-long Midwestern girl, Abbey lives in central Indiana with her husband, two kids, and one rather enthusiastic beagle. She loves watching her kids play sports and fixing up a 1900 farmhouse with her husband.

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