Romance level: Kisses only
Language: None
Content Warning: past child abuse and neglect, ptsd, past loss of a parent, grief
Genre: Contemporary romance
Lily’s verdict: Absolutely adored

Series: Kansas City Crowns

MY REVIEW: I think this story healed a little piece of my heart.

I don’t even know how to put into words how much this book meant to me. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it reminded me why I fell in love with reading in the first place.

Adrian Ortiz… oh my goodness. He has officially claimed a permanent spot on my list of favorite book boyfriends. The way he loved Samantha, with so much patience, gentleness, and unwavering support, completely melted my heart.

Samantha’s journey was one of the most beautifully written healing arcs I’ve ever read. Watching her face her past, work through her trauma, and slowly learn to hope again was incredibly moving. I found myself crying right alongside her more than once.
And can we talk about Griffin and Danae’s wedding? Jason? My heart absolutely could not handle those moments.

Adrian and Samantha were simply beautiful together. Their relationship felt so genuine, so tender, and so full of grace. They reminded me that healing doesn’t happen overnight, and sometimes the right person simply walks beside you through it.

By the time I reached the last page, I was smiling through tears. This is one of those stories that lingers long after you close the book.
I know without a doubt this will be one of my favorite reads of the year, and a story I’ll carry with me for a very long time

Sports Romance 
Brother’s Best Friend
Friends to Lovers 
He Falls First 
Golden Retriever MMC
Mental Health/Healing Journey 

“We can grieve the lives we should have had even while we’re grateful for the lives we do have.”

BLURB: She thinks her past left her too broken to find love. Her brother’s best friend thinks she could be the one he wants to love forever. 

Adrian Ortiz lives at the top of the world. He’s the star third baseman for the Kansas City Crowns and a favorite player of baseball fans everywhere. His contagious energy and playful approach to life have opened up one amazing opportunity after another. But after watching his best friend and former teammate, Griffin West, fall in love last year, Adrian realizes he’s missing the most important piece—his person to share those experiences with. And he thinks he knows who he wants that person to be.

Griffin’s younger sister.

Sam West has been around the professional baseball world—and Adrian—for years working as Griffin’s personal assistant. Now, she’s pursuing her own passion in cosmetology school, carving out a corner of the world for herself. She’s almost wholly content, until Griffin’s approaching wedding stirs Sam’s longing to find a love of her own. There’s just one problem—Sam buried that desire a long time ago. Her difficult childhood and time in foster care prior to joining the West family left her feeling too broken to experience a healthy relationship.

Will Sam choose the chance at love right in front of her? Or will she let her past dictate her future?

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MY REVIEW: Wow this book was absolutely amazing! 
It checked all the boxes to make up a perfectly written story! It was just so beautifully written
It will have you laughing at cute funny moments one second and then crying and having all the feels and next moment 
This book is definitely going on my top 10 list 

Opposites Attract
Bookish Heroine
Strangers to Lovers
Foster Care Rep
Single Guardian 
Baseball Romance
Sports Romance

OVERVIEW: Opposites may attract, but their differences could turn the relationship into a strikeout instead of a home run.

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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