Publication Date: June 2025

Blurb:

Danae Collins’ stable, quiet life as an elementary school librarian is upended when she becomes the guardian for one of her students in foster care. She carefully plans for every contingency on the road to permanent adoption—every contingency except crossing paths with a famous baseball player.

Griffin West is the star shortstop and “darling” of the Kansas City Crowns baseball team. Everything is on the line as he returns to the major leagues after a season-ending injury. When Danae brings her new son to Griffin’s baseball camp, the tug he feels toward her is a curveball he never saw coming.

On paper, their lives seem incompatible. But as they spend time together, the safety they find in each other only deepens. Will real obstacles ultimately break or bond them forever?

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a closed door sports romance with mental health & dyslexia rep plus a love for baseball.

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Content Warnings:

Language: None

Sexual Content: Closed Door – Passionate kissing and mention of attraction but no open door content

Violence: Neglect, childhood trauma

Substance Use: Mention of death from overdose, addiction, drinking

Prejudices: Some prejudice against fostering without being married

Religious Themes: None

Other Topics: Foster care, toxic family relationship

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