Boys of Summer (McLaughlin)

From the New York Times bestselling author of “Forever My Girl”. EVERY GAME HAS RULES. HE'S ABOUT TO BREAK THEM... Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking... and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her, sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me, and I just had to meet this girl. Now I know that Daisy Robinson has her secrets, but there's something about her that drives me crazy. Maybe it's her innocence, her absolutely amazing knowledge of baseball, or just the fact that she is so unbelievably beautiful. I have to take it slow. Prove to her that the rumors about me are just that, rumors. Daisy might be my ultimate lifetime win... if I don't get hit by the curveball that's coming my way.

I've given up everything for the chance to play major league baseball. Everything. Now I'm so close I can practically hear the crowd chanting my name. There's nothing that could take my dream away from me... Unless I lose focus. And Ainsley Burke is the most beautiful, distracting woman I've ever met. When I'm with her, I can't think of anything else. But no matter how much I want Ainsley, there's no room for love in my game plan. I can give her a quick tour of the bases, but that's it. Then I have to let her go. If she wants to think I'm a love 'em and leave 'em player, fine. All dreams require sacrifice. I just wish this one didn't mean tearing out my own heart.

It's another season of Renegade baseball and, as they say, the boys are back in town. All except for all-star pitcher, Hawk Sinclair, who has returned to his hometown and back to the ranch he grew up on to rehab after shoulder surgery. Real estate agent, Bellamy Patrick, feels like she's failing at being a single mom. Her son is having a hard time fitting in and she's hoping that playing baseball will be the answer. When he doesn't make the team, she's willing to do anything to help him . . . except that! And that's exactly what the little league coach expects. When Hawk's asked to coach a team of misfit kids, he balks . . . until he sees how the program is run and how boys are left out. That's when he knows he has no choice but to do the right thing and turn these boys into the players he knows they can be . . . and while he's at it, convince Bellamy they're meant to be. Contains mature themes.