Playing Hardball, Baseball Romance series by Sharon Cummin (#1-5)
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Overview: The company I worked for had been bought by who I later found out was my best friend’s ex. That was one crazy story. He ended up being a retired Pittsburgh Pirate. I was just as shocked when I found out. He’d gotten three of his ball playing friends to agree to do some promotion for the company for practically nothing.
Genre: Romance
Playing Hardball, Part 1: I was going to be the one to get them everything they needed while they were there. Out of the three of them, I was sure there would be at least one sexy man that would have the need to release some stress, and I was all for helping him. You see, I didn’t do love or relationships. That part of my life was over. I was all about having fun with no strings attached. There were only three rules I lived by. Don’t get close, never fall in love, and always have fun. Life was short, and it wasn’t to be wasted. When he walked in, I couldn’t help but notice his sexy muscles, perfectly placed tattoo, earrings, and tight ass. He was the one I wanted to relieve my stress. Then he opened his mouth and everything changed. He was cocky. He was arrogant. He was not going to make it through the day. I made a promise to my friend that I’d do my best to behave. There was no way he was going to make it easy on me. Little did he know, I wasn’t going to make it easy on him either.
Playing Hardball, Part 2: I’d had one night with that baseball player. It was one crazy, drunken mistake. I was right about one thing, he didn’t make it easy on me. The man drove me crazy. Just when I thought I was rid of the hot, sexy Pittsburgh Pirate, he’d appeared again at a party. My best friend Carrie thought the party was to thank everyone at the company for all of our hard work. She had no idea that the love of her life and owner of the company was going to propose to her. It was something I wasn’t missing for the world. That was my plan anyway. That was until that darn ballplayer threw me over his shoulder and carried me away like a caveman. I tried to get rid of him. I really did. He just wouldn’t go away. My best friend was moving two states away, and I was going to help her. When she called all excited to let me know we were going to have help, what was I supposed to say? Of course he volunteered to help too. Why wouldn’t he? It wasn’t like a star professional pitcher had anything else do with his time. I could do it. That was what I told myself over and over. All I had to do was get through packing, travel for over five hours, stay the weekend, and travel back alone with him. Then I’d get rid of him for good. There would be no reason to ever see him again. No problem. It was going to be a piece of cake. When would I ever learn that nothing was that easy when it came to Lance Smith?
Playing Hardball, Part 3: We made it through the trip. It wasn’t easy though. You remember me saying I’d be rid of him, right? It didn’t happen. I don’t care what I did, he was still there. For one reason or another, he was there. My best friend and his friend decided to get married. They called to let us know. Of course they couldn’t make it easy. We had to be there the next morning. Ugh! Talk about notice. We made it in time for the wedding. It only made sense to drive together. I ended up so glad we did. Something happened and I’d gotten sick. The man had to make things even more difficult for me. He took care of me the entire time. He lost time with his friend to take be there for me. Once we’d gotten back home, I told him to go. Did he? Of course not. He was right there until he had to leave. I know that sounded sweet of him. It was. I had never been taken care of like that, not ever. He had to make it that much harder for me to follow my rules. Those three I’d been following for years. Don’t get close, never fall in love, and always have fun. I had to keep following them for his safety and mine. It had to be that way. They couldn’t be broken. I had my reasons. I was still sick two days later. That crap wouldn’t go away. My friend’s mom suggest I take a pregnancy test. Yeah right! There was no way that was possible. I was never having kids. Did I say never? I meant never ever. Those days were over. That would never happen. I went to the store and got the test just to prove her wrong. I did my job. Then I waited. When I lifted that stick, my entire world changed. It couldn’t be. There was no way. It wasn’t possible, was it?
Playing Hardball, Part 4: Things weren’t going exactly as I’d planned. I was still following my three rules. Don’t get close, never fall in love, and always have fun. It was just getting a bit harder to follow them. I’d had plenty of fun with the ballplayer, but it needed to stop. My life was changing, and it was time for me to come to terms with a few things. There would be no more having fun for us. I would not be having fun with anyone. Too many things were happening, and I needed time to think. I was pregnant. It happened the very first time we were together. When I say very first time, I mean the day we met. What were the chances? Could it really happen? It sure could. I was a perfect example of that. Imagine telling that one to the baby one day. Neither of us wanted love, and we surely didn’t want a relationship. He had a career that was not even close to being over. The man was the star pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I was a girl with a past. There was no way our worlds would ever fit together. I just had to figure out what to do. Would I tell him? Of course I would. I just wasn’t sure how I was going to make that happen. I also had no idea how he was going to react to the news. Just when I thought I could do it, I opened the door to the biggest sign and reality check ever.
Playing Hardball, Part 5: Lance took the news of my pregnancy much better than I thought he would. He was awesome and totally into the idea of being a dad. He’d even bought us a house and taken over my apartment. Everything our baby needed was bought. We were ready and still had a month to go. Don’t get me wrong, we definitely had some ups and downs along the way. When I say ups and downs, I mean more like a roller coaster ride. Just when I thought things were getting back to normal, as normal as things ever were for us, something happened that changed everything. Our baby was in danger. Would everything be okay? Our little one had to be fine. My world was crashing down around me. There was only one person I wanted to be there with me through it all. It was the man I loved. Yep, I loved him. There was just no way I was going to let him find out. You see, I didn’t deserve love. I didn’t deserve a happily ever after. I just had to figure out how I was going to convince him of that.
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