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Title: HOME RUN
Author: Heidi McLaughlin
Series: The Boys of Summer, #2
On Sale: January 17, 2017
Publisher: Forever
eBook: $4.99 USD
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.
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“Can I call you, sometime?”
Ainsley looks down at the ground and crosses her
arms over her chest. “Listen, I’m sure you’re a nice guy and all, but I don’t
date baseball players. You guys all come in here, acting sweet and caring about
the kids, but will be gone in two months. We’re forgotten all about until next
spring training.”
From her spiel, I can tell someone has hurt her
in the past, but I’m not willing to give up. There’s no way I can now. “Whoa,
why the one-eighty?”
“Excuse me?”
“I mean, a second ago I sort of thought… never
mind.” I shake my head and start to walk away, only to turn back. “I don’t know
about the other guys. I only know me, and I’m not like that. I’d like to prove
myself. Just one date to show you that I’m genuine?”
She shakes her head no again, but there’s a
glint in her eye that tells me she’s thinking about it. “I’m sorry I can’t.”
Ainsley is walking away before I can even think
to form a rebuttal. Our left fielder is there to pick up the pieces and remind
me that I just had the first strike out of my major league career. Wonderful.
I drag my sorry ass out toward the waiting bus
with my head hanging in shame. I thought for sure I’d at least get her number
and be able to convince her that I’m not an epic douche like some of the other
guys.
Just as my foot touches the bottom step, my name
is called from behind. In a heart-stopping moment, I think it’s Ainsley, only
to find another female worker running toward me. I step away and wait for her
to get to me.
“Here,” she says, slipping a piece of paper into
my hand. When I look at what’s written on it, I’m surprised to see Ainsley’s
name and what I’m assuming is her number. “She’ll kill me if she knew I did
this, but it’s her cell. Sweep her off her feet. She deserves it.” The woman
winks before running back toward the zoo.
Our catcher slaps me on my shoulder. “Well, you
lucky dog.”
THE SERIES
THIRD BASE, #1
HOME RUN, #2
GRAND SLAM, #3
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heidi McLaughlin is a New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author. Originally from 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 West/mini schnauzer, Jill.
When she isn't writing stories,
you'll find her sitting court-side during either daughter's basketball games.
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