Others: Positive My name is Ace Watson, and I’m having an existential crisis. I finished last season as one of the league's best pitchers. Baseball’s smooth-talking boy wonder. The future of The New York Lions. I'm starting this season as the worst. And I don't want to sound dramatic, but the fault lies entirely with Payton Lopez. She walked into my life with her mile long legs and dark brown waves, and threw me the curviest of all curve balls. Overnight my ability to pitch disappeared with my ability to charm, and I found myself riding a one way ticket to being the most expensive bench warmer in the M.L.B. The only solution: to get Payton to fix what she broke, something she agrees to on one very easy condition. Before long, what started as a way to get my pitch back, soon turns into any excuse I can find for us to spend time together. Before long I have everything I didn't even realize I wanted. Now I just need to prove to her that while I exist without baseball, I can’t live without her. Payton Lopez might have thrown me a curve ball, but I’m pitching it right back.
Genres: romance
Lists: …
Meg Cabot
1999 · 336 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveA stormy heart Adventurous, outspoken, Payton Dixon has two passionate dreams...a clipper ship of her own and the love of Captain Connor Drake. But both seem impossibly out of reach, since her beloved captain is about to marry another, and worse, he's been given her ship as a wedding present from her traitorous father. A thwarted love Out to prove she has right on her side, Payton manages to unleash a scandal and ignite all sorts of trouble. As for Drake, he can't decide whether to throttle the girl he's grown up with, or make love to the beautiful woman she has become.
What made the match, strongest first
Nikki Sloane
2020 · 323 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveNothing says happy birthday like catching your husband in a compromising position with his boss. His male boss. Why, hello, midlife crisis. I’m starting over, but this time I’m doing it right. Or at least I’m doing what I want. Taking the day off from work to hang out poolside? Yup. Do I leave the swimsuit in my house? Sure. Does my very hot, twenty-something pool boy happen to catch me naked? Oh, yeah, he does. And he likes what he sees… a lot. My best friend keeps telling me to have a fling and get back out there. But I’m not so sure she meant for me to do it with her son.
What made the match, strongest first
Elsie Silver
2022 · 454 pages · 5 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveI'm the golden boy of professional bull riding. Or at least I was until it all blew up in my face. Now, my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I'm stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my "full-time supervision." But I don't need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running . . . A mouth I can't stop thinking about. She says this means nothing. I say this means everything. She says there are boundaries we shouldn't cross. That my reputation can't take any more hits-and neither can her damaged heart. I say I'm going to steal it anyway.
What made the match, strongest first
Lauren Asher
2024 · 250 pages · 9 reviews
Others: Leaning positiveA small-town Christmas novella by the New York Times bestselling author of the LAKEFRONT BILLIONAIRES series that will make you want to pack your bags and spend the holiday in Lake Wisteria. Catalina Playing the part of my sister’s maid of honor is easy even if she’s marrying my ex. But playing nice with the best man? An impossible task given our history. Sure, Luke Darling may be suspiciously kind, incredibly handsome, and stubborn to a fault, but regardless of how hard he tries to make me see otherwise, I’m not interested. It’s on me to remind him that he’s my ex-boyfriend’s best friend. And the one I’m secretly starting to wish I met first. Luke My job as the best man is a simple one, except for one minor issue. I’ve spent so much time avoiding my best friend’s ex that I didn’t consider what could happen if I started craving Catalina Martinez’s company instead. She is only in Lake Wisteria for the winter wedding, but her January departure date won’t stop me from pursuing her. Getting her to date me would be nothing short of a Christmas miracle, but I’m determined to make her mine. ‘Tis the season to fall in love…even if I’m the only one taking the risk. My December Darling is a 50,000 word, Christmas-themed romance between a grumpy maid of honor and an outgoing best man who chases after what he wants.
What made the match, strongest first
Lulu Moore
2024 · 1 review
Others: PositiveA swoony, age gap, boy falls first, sports romance from best selling author, Lulu Moore. My name is Lux Weston and I’m currently on the national security list. All I did was meet a beautiful girl in a bookstore and attempted to rescue her from a stalker. The problem? The stalker turned out to be a Secret Service Agent, and the girl… well, she’s Radley Andrews - the President’s daughter. We are opposites in every way. She’s a college student. I’m a Major League baseball player. She’s trying to hide from the spotlight, I’m standing underneath it. Not to mention I’m in no position for a relationship, and Radley is still battling the demons from her last one. As our friendship turns to more, staying away becomes impossible. Soon we’re sneaking around to avoid the media and public speculation. But when her hesitation and anxiety keep her from living her life, I show her she’s more than her past. And that I want her to be my future. Can I convince America’s Sweetheart to take a chance on this New York Baller?
What made the match, strongest first
Rebecca Grace
2022 · 7 reviews
Others: PositiveWhen Marianne Lopez arrives in the small Colorado town where she was born and raised, she knows she must face Brad Calhoun, the man who once broke her heart. Rancher Calhoun has never forgotten the special time he spent with Marianne, but he also knows they want different lives. Deserted by his mother and an ex-wife, Brad wants only a calm life to raise his children. Both carry memories of a night of stolen love… and a special connection that draws them together. But there is something…or someone…watching them…Do the secrets of Sara hold the key to their future?
What made the match, strongest first
Loved itThis one is really fun. So, she is actually older than him and they hook up and she is not impressed. She's like, 'Wow, that was bad.' And so, he ends up having bad luck and like really bad mojo going into pitching... And it's so fun. I really like this whole series.
