Title: Home Run
Series: The Boys of Summer #2
Author: Heidi McLaughlin
Release Date: Jan 17, 2017 (ebook)
(Paperback to be published June 6, 2017)
Source: Received an egalley through Netgalley to participate in the blog tour and give my honest review.
Publisher: Forever Romance
Number of Pages: 288 (Paperback)
Synopsis:
LOVE ISN'T A GAME . . .
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.
Author Info:
Heidi is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.
Originally from Portland, Oregon and raised in the Pacific
Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and
two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper
Beagle/Jack Russell, Buttercup and a Highland Westie/Mini Schnauzer,
JiLL and her brother, Racicot.
When she isn’t writing one of the many stories planned for release,
you’ll find her sitting courtside during either daughter’s basketball
games.
Heidi’s first novel, Forever My Girl, is currently in production for a major motion picture.
REVIEW
I first came across The
Boys of Summer series when I read an excerpt for the third book, GRAND
SLAM, which won't be out until May, but once that caught my interest, I
knew I had to go and read the other two books! I came across the
opportunity to join the blog tour for HOME RUN and I jumped at the
chance! I'm so glad that I did!
I really, really loved Cooper,
and I thought that his relationship with Ainsley was adorable! I did
think that it could've been flushed out a little better. For example, we
were told that they were talking on the phone late at night a bunch of
times rather than getting to experience it firsthand, and I felt like
Cooper's attitude was a bit flip-floppy at a couple of moments in the
book, but other than that, I really enjoyed HOME RUN! I loved their
chemistry, and I really loved the moments when they talked and weren't
afraid to share their feelings with each other. The romance itself was
adorable, and it had a great HEA!
Now I can't wait to go back
and read the first book in the series, THIRD BASE, featuring Ethan and
Daisy!! I'm sure their story will be just as, if not even more, adorable
than HOME RUN was! Overall, I thought that this was a very solid romance. The characters were pretty well developed, their chemistry was definitely there and very steamy, and all in all, I was extremely happy with how this story turned out! I'd definitely recommend HOME RUN and the rest of The Boys of Summer series to contemporary romance fans, especially if you've got a soft spot for sports romances like I do!
AUTHOR PLAYLIST
Into You by Ariana Grande
Don't Let Me Down- The Chainsmokers & Daya
Animals- Maroon 5
Treasure- Bruno Mars
This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A Motherfucker- Maroon 5
Want To Want Me - jason derulo
Where Are You Now - Skrillex & Justin Bieber
Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Dancing On My Own - Calum Scott
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes
Let Me Love You - Ariana Grande, Lil Wayne
Constant Crush - Verite
Something to Believe In - young the giant
Can't Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake
Boyfriend - Tegan & Sara
The One - Kodaline
House Party - Sam Hunt
Sippin on Fire - Florida Georgia Line
Smoke - A Thousand Horses
Wild Child - Kenny Chesney
Girl Crush - Little Big Town
Humble and Kind - Tim McGraw
Break Up in a Small Town - Sam Hunt
I Met A Girl - William Michael Morgan
Die A Happy Man - Thomas Rhett
Record Year - Eric Church
TEASERS
What do you think?
Do you want to read
HOME RUN?
And if you've read it already, what did you think?
Because Saylor Blackwell is the kind of woman who haunts a man. Smart, sexy as hell, and one of the best managers in the business. She's every ballplayer's dream woman. And I'd do anything to make things right with her.
