Wes Martin gave up a career in the major leagues to be with Kristin, the small-town librarian, and the two have been living a happy life in Chandler ever since. That is until spring rolls around, and the familiar itch of spring training makes Wes wonder if he gave up on baseball too soon. Should Wes stay in Chandler? Could he make it in the big leagues again? Would their newly forged relationship … forged relationship survive?
The complications quickly build for both Wes and Kristin – careers, family, friends, relationships, secrets – Is their desire for each other strong enough to overcome it all?
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Wes and Kristin’s story in Balk, will grab a hold of you from the opening line and take you on an emotional ride that with each turn of the page. The storyline will keep you so captivated that you will have a hard time putting it down.
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In this story we get more of Wes and Kristin from Change Up their story in the Single Dad anthology. Wes has retired from baseball, but he is stuck asking himself is this what I really want or do I have more baseball left in me? So, he goes into a depressed state and pulling away from his family and friends not knowing how to deal. Kristin is busy running the library and loving her life with Wes and Izzy but she notices the changes in Wes and she doesn’t know how to help him because he never wants to talk about it. I don’t want to give too much away but there are a series of events and drama that have them questioning if their relationship can handle all these changes. I felt bad for Wes because he wanted more baseball in his life but I didn’t like how he didn’t include his family in his decisions and ended up hurting them, also I didn’t like how Kristin in a way gave up on talking to him making sure he was ok but she did her best. I did love how things turned out and these two found a way to work it out. A great follow up on a great story.
Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters are interesting. Once I started I could not put the book down. Wes and Kristin decide to live in a small town. Wes gave up his baseball early but does not know if it was to early. With twists and turns, hot and steamy with emotions that makes you want more with the chemistry and romance.
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While this is book 2 in a series you do not need to read the first one to follow the story. I was well into the story before I realized there was a previous story. Characters are believable as well as the story line. This story shows that life can throw us a curve ball but how we react to it is completely up to us. We may think we make the right decision, but later wish we had followed our hearts. If we work hard enough we can have a second chance at doing the things we love. This story is a great representation of that.
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3.5 Stars
This is book 2 in The Home Stand series and it features Wes and Kristen. If you read book one in this series you’ll remember that Wes quit baseball during his last season to spend more time with his daughter and his girlfriend. This book takes place right before the next season starts. Wes thought he was done with baseball. It turns out that’s not quite true but fails to talk to Kristen about any of it. Wes has been a bear to live with lately and she knows exactly why. These two are great together. Their chemistry is sizzling. The communication however, is sorely lacking.
This book has the potential to be longer with a deeper story line. There was a lot of repetitive home life and a lot of unsuccessful baseball happening. I wish we could’ve seen deeper into their relationship.
I was so excited to read more of Wes and Kristen’s story in Balk. I loved Change Up (The Home Stand Series Book 1) where we met them and see their relationship start. However, this book gave me a complete 180 in my feelings for Wes. I loved him before but I felt in Balk he was a big baby. His behavior was juvenile and if I was Kristen I would have kicked him to the curb and moved on. I still loved Kristen so much. She continued to be amazing, smart, strong and stood up for herself. Maybe a little too forgiving in my opinion…I wanted to tell her to make him beg for forgiveness and grovel some more. Again, I know Wes isn’t a bad guy at all but he lost a little bit of my heart here. .
I did enjoy this story even though I disliked Wes so much and he did semi redeem himself at the end but I’m still mad at him for his behavior for 75% of the book. However, I was still totally invested in their story and needed to see what happened to them. I was happy with how the story ended (no spoilers, don’t worry!)
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Balk is a story about relationships, dreams and forgiveness so I did like reading a story that I felt was so realistic. It always makes me happy to see the road to HEA paved with bumps in romance books because I can understand and have lived that myself. Love is not always easy but it’s worth it and Balk gives us this story. Ireceived an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Omg, the book is not what I expected. It’s wonderful. The suspense that had i couldn’t believe it, just wow. I love Wes and Kristin together but by far my favorite one is Wyatt. A perfect sequel for the first book.
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I loved this book from beginning to the end it’s characters are well developed and engaging and they have loads of chemistry throughout the storyline which made it an easy read.
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This book was not what I was expecting and not in a good way. I thought that there would be more chemistry between Wes and Kristin even outside of the like two or three times that they make love to each other. Overall, the story and plot were ok, but there could be more. I found it hard to believe that Wes and Kristin would end up getting engaged because they barely did anything with each other throughout the book and even when they did, there was no passion. However, it was kinda predictable that they would end up together by the end.
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This book is fantastic, an absolute must read! Spring is on it’s way and Wes is starting to get the itch to play ball again. The only problem is that at first, he doesn’t tell Kristin and when he gets hurt in his own batting cage, he starts to get moody and irritable. It causes friction in the house until finally Kristin sets him straight. In the meantime, Kristin’s best friend Karen gets engaged and Wes’s daughter Izzy tries out for and gets the lead in the school musical. Just when things start getting better, Wes’s agent Randy, finally finds him a ball team that is willing to take a chance on him. It’s an Independent team but Wes feels he has to give it a go and he tells Randy to let them know he’ll take the job without talking to Kristin first. This causes problems between the two and when he leaves, he’s worried about how things will work out. Baseball doesn’t seem to be working out for him either as he starts out not doing well in training and when the final cuts come, he’s sure he’s the one that will be cut. That’s not the case though, as the team owner plans to use Wes’s professional career to try to bring in more fans and money to the team. On the road, Sabrina, who works on the team keeps making advances towards Wes. It all comes to a head when they return home and Sabrina shows up in his hotel room where Kristin is waiting for him to return from his food run. Sabrina tells her all kinds of things about how Wes is only using her and she’s not what he needs and Kristin leaves the hotel in tears. When Wes returns to find Sabrina there and Kristin gone, he’s furious and throws Sabrina out of his room. His search for Kristin leads him to Karen’s house, where Karen promises to help him fix it. Meanwhile, the new library board member, Richard, tries to take advantage of Kristin and then threatens her when she tells him she’s going to the police. In the end, Wes returns and tells Kristin the truth about Sabrina and that Kristin is the only one for him. At Karen’s wedding, Wes proposes and Kristin says yes and gives him some wonderful news that makes his heart soar.
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