First Base

Fans of The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams and The Fake Out by Stephanie Archer will absolutely love this cute and wholesome sports romance with your favourite tropes: - Dual POV - Fake dating - He falls first - Workplace romance It was just a game... until the rules changed. Photographer Maggie Redford is happy to watch life from the stands. She‘s already met and lost the love of her life and would rather spend her time snapping shots of Chicago‘s MLB team. But Maggie‘s thrown a curveball when the team signs Tommy Mikals, a tattooed hotshot whose talent for making plays is matched by a playboy reputation. Tommy knows he‘s on the brink of losing his baseball career for good and that the Cougars are his last shot at redemption. Vowing to give up his party-boy ways, he can‘t afford any distractions - including one gorgeous team photographer. When a wild team outing leads to a compromising photo between Maggie and Tommy going viral, suddenly they‘ve become the hottest new celebrity couple. With his reputation and her job on the line, they have no choice but to go along with PR‘s plan of faking a romance to the world. But as their pretend relationship plays out in the spotlight, real feelings come into play. Maggie‘s already loved and lost; Tommy‘s never learned to commit: can they even make it past first base?