Baseball Fiction

Auf die Baseballer der High Society Philadelphias wartet die große Liebe … Die Neuaufnahme von Band 2 der erfolgreichen Sports Romance Reihe Baseball Love! Kaylie hat nur zwei Regeln. Schlage jeden, der dich Masseuse nennt, und date niemals einen Baseballstar. Auf Sportler kann man sich nicht verlassen. Das hat die Physiotherapeutin bereits früh gelernt und sie wird ihre Regeln nicht brechen. Schon gar nicht für einen gewissen Spieler, der sich ihr als Patient aufdrängt. Dexter hat keine zwei Regeln. Eher Richtlinien.

I wasn't looking to change my "bad boy of baseball" reputation. At least not until my dream girl, Pop Princess Alexis Bodega, stepped foot in my clubhouse to sing for the stadium on opening day. There's just one problem, and it's a big one. Her manager is also her boyfriend, and her father is her agent. She's kept on a tight leash with her incredibly busy schedule, and I'm at the start of a new baseball season with a new team. It's the worst time to explore this attraction with the wrong girl, but that doesn't stop me from fighting my way backstage at her surprise performance in Vegas.

From number one New York Times best seller Mike Lupica! Nick Crandall feels like he doesn't belong anywhere. He doesn't fit in with his new foster parents. They don't know the first thing about sports - and he's not exactly the model student they want him to be. It's only a matter of time until they realize he's not the right kid for them. And Nick certainly doesn't belong playing varsity baseball. He's only twelve years old! His teammates want a catcher their own age. But Nick needs to prove that he belongs - to his parents, to his team, and to himself.

He does not want his pop star daughter or her brand associated in any way with the bad boy of baseball. I make it my mission to prove to her father that I'm not the bad guy he thinks I am. But he takes things a few steps too far, causing major issues that will affect my upcoming baseball season. It's going to take a grand slam to make everything right again, but I will not give up on the woman I've fallen for.

Heiraten will gelernt sein – denn ganz so einfach ist das nicht … Die Neu-Vertonung der Novelle aus der erfolgreichen Sports Romance Reihe Baseball Love!Eigentlich sollte ein Heiratsantrag nicht so schwierig sein. Das denkt sich Emma zumindest. Warum zum Teufel braucht Luke dann so lange, um ihr die eine Frage zu stellen? Den Ring hat sie doch sowieso schon gefunden. Lukes Plan ist simpel: Er fragt Emma, ob sie seine Frau werden will, sie sagt ja. Doch er hätte ahnen sollen, dass selbst die unkompliziertesten Dinge bei einer Frau wie Emma nicht leicht sind.

I had the perfect bachelor's life. No obligations. No commitments. The greatest job in the world, all while being paid millions to do it. Until I became a dad overnight. My world turned upside down, I went from ballfields and bars to dirty diapers and bottles. I turned to my best friend for help but ended up with his little sister. Now, all I want is the one woman I can't have. She's the curveball I never saw coming. The one woman I'm willing to commit to and change my old ways for. I just have to show her that we can be a family.

As any true sports fan will tell you, once you have an allegiance to a team it's set in stone. It's unwavering. It's finite. You never leave. Yet somehow, I've been asked to do just that. To set aside my love for The Yankees and take ownership of The New York Lions—the worst team in Major League Baseball. Oh, yes, and turn them into winners. An impossible job I don't want, from a gift I couldn't get a refund on.

Summer is around the corner, and Little League first baseman, Billy Kramer, is looking forward to playing another year with the LA Southgate Sharks. His plans are uprooted when his mother announces an unexpected move to rural Bennington, Nebraska. Billy's world is turned upside down.

Maggie doesn't know why she's in the small mountain town of Starrycard Creek. After a blow to the head leaves her with amnesia, all she has left is her name stitched onto an apron. And then there's him . . . the man who saved her life. Christian Starrycard was trying to drown his sorrows after an injury ended his baseball career. The last thing he expected to become was a woman's hero. But Maggie isn't just any woman. She's the woman he's been dreaming of—his dream girl he thought existed only in his mind.

When her father orchestrates an engagement for business purposes, Alexis is forced to say yes publicly. Now I'm the other man in this equation, and despite my reputation as the bad boy of baseball, I learned long ago to stay away from married women. But not everything is as it appears, and she isn't married yet, which forces me to confront my own morals and fears when it comes to relationships. And when she spends time with my family, we both feel how easy life would be together.

Baseball stories never before published in book form by legendary Hall of Fame New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, transcribed and edited and narrated by Mathewson biographer and historian Eddie Frierson.

Dieses Baseball Team lässt alle Herzen höher schlagen: Die Neu-Interpretation der erfolgreichen Sports Romance Reihe Baseball Love! Luke hat ein Problem. Die Presse denkt, er sei ein Womanizer und das findet das Management des Baseballspielers überhaupt nicht lustig. Eine prüde, langweilige und durchschnittliche Freundin muss her ... und wer würde sich da besser eignen als die süße, deutsche Eventplanerin, der "normal" praktisch auf der Stirn geschrieben steht? Emma hat kein Problem.

When a family emergency reminds us all how short life can be, Alexis's father moves up the wedding date. She's forced to wrestle with her father's emotional manipulation as we fall harder and harder for one another and her wedding day moves closer. We're keeping a huge secret from her father and her rabid fan base, and we both feel the walls closing in on us. And then my father shows up out of nowhere. He's set on ruining my life the way he says I ruined his, and he has the evidence to do it.

Play ball! Jack and Annie aren’t great baseball players... yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps to a special ballgame in Brooklyn, New York. The magic tree house whisks them back to 1947! When they arrive, Jack and Annie find out that they will be batboys in the game - not ballplayers. What exactly does Morgan want them to learn? And what’s so special about this game? They only have nine innings to find out!

Cole Anders is in his last season at Fullton State. If he doesn't get drafted this year, he'll be forced to hang up his cleats for good. It's not something he's ready to do. To prove he's serious about his final season, he's given up girls. No more casual hookups, dates, or one-night stands. But there's one girl who has always refused to give up on him. One girl who has been there since the start of freshman year. One girl he stupidly assumed would always be waiting for him when he got off the field, no matter how long it took.

Gabrielle Boudreaux, the youngest of the Boudreaux clan, is a single mother of her young son, Sam. Running a bed-and-breakfast at the family plantation house at the edge of the Mississippi River, Gabby loves her inn, her boy, and her family. She meets new people every day and takes pride in the house and land that has been in her family for more than five generations. Blessed beyond measure, she's also lonely, although she would never admit that to anyone, until Rhys O'Shaughnessy walks through her door.

Daphne Brink doesn’t follow baseball, but watching “America’s Snoozefest” certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize . . . but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message.

Jerry B. Jenkins, the author of Hometown Legend and co-author of the Left Behind series, returns with the story of a boy who has been bestowed a gift that presents the challenge of a lifetime, and of the mother determined to help him become The Youngest Hero.

It’s the bottom of the ninth, bases are loaded, and your team is down by three - who do you want coming up to bat? Baseball Biographies for Kids answers this question and more! Bursting with statistics and impressive feats from the greatest players of the last 60 years, this lineup of inspirational baseball biographies shows you what it takes to be a real MVP. Discover the ultimate dream team as you explore the best pros for each position. You’ll also get quick looks into some truly legendary baseball players and lots of fun facts!

When Christine, an idealistic young American teacher, meets and marries Hideki Yamada, an aspiring Japanese high school baseball coach, she believes that their love with be enough to sustain them as they deal with cultural differences. However, Hideki's duties, and the team of fit, obedient boys whom he begins to think of as a surrogate family, take up more and more of his time, just as Christine is struggling to manage the needs of their multiply-disabled daughter and their sensitive son. Things come to a head when their son is the victim of bullies.