Curve Ball is the third story in the Curvy Girl series. It is a short, steamy, standalone story with a curvy heroine, a sexy hero, and an HEA.LucyMy teacher life is my only life. Every day I’m pleasant, logical, and respectable except for one night when I let my passions free.Now it’s back to the real world, and I’m determined to leave it—and him—in the past.But that becomes impossible when he … past.
But that becomes impossible when he shows up at the school where I teach. Rhett Hartigan is everything I’m not. He’s popular, outgoing, and a player, literally.
A secret part of me wants to award his buns in those baseball pants my personal cuma sum laude.
The other part of me worries—do I let fear win and stick to my boring life, or do I take a chance on love?
Rhett
As a pro baseball player, I’m used to living a big life. After an injury benches me for a year, I take a temporary job as a coach in my old home town. My plan is to get better and get out.
But life throws me a curve ball when I discover my high school crush works at the same school. Lucy Santarosa is sweet, sexy, and has no idea her bases are loaded.
When I get an unexpected offer, do I go back to my “big life” or do I try for a home run here in Fairview?
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This was my first reading experience with this author, and I absolutely LOVED it! It was sweet and sad and steamy – the perfect emotional combination!
Lucy and Rhett have known each other for years. He is one of her best friends’ brother. They kissed in a tree house when they were teenagers, but he then left to play pro baseball.
They hadn’t seen each other for ten years until they’re at a rehearsal dinner for her other best friend’s wedding. He saves her from an uncomfortable situation with another pompous douchebag, trying to hit on her. Rhett got extremely protective, and those instincts kicked in.
They have what Lucy assumes will be a one-night stand after the wedding, and she leaves him in the morning before he’s even up. She does this thinking he’s going to up and leave anyway, so she’d save herself the inevitable heartache. However, that was NOT the case for Rhett. He wants to reconnect, but she’s not giving him the chance.
As time goes on, they see each other again, in a very different and unexpected setting. While she’s still uncertain what he wants, his perseverance slowly etches away at those feelings of doubt for her. It’s a somewhat sweet and romantic courtship, but there are some dramas along the way. Will this wonderful couple find their HEA together? You’ll have to read it to find out!
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Sweet yet Steamy 2nd Chance at Love HEA Novella. Completed in under 2 hours.
There’s nothing I love better than an InstaLove Novella length read and CL Cruz delivers quite nicely on that front. In her latest addition to her Curvy Girl Story collection, we get an InstaLove Sister’s Best Friend/Second Chance/Sports romance. Rhett is a sexy major league baseball player suffering from an injury. He’s home recovering when he gets close and dirty with Lucy – the one that got away. Lucy is beautiful and curvy, she’s also closed off and runs away from the sexy man who gives her the night of her life. No worries, Rhett is not a quitter and he pursues her and does not take no for an answer. A sexy, short read. TBR and enjoy.
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