We can see how stressed he is, how his brain is on this constant loop of “must win.” And for Jake, we can see his leadership, the way he watches everything and guides the team and helps the pitchers focus and stay on track (I had no idea what a key role the catcher plays in baseball!) Andrews really uses the game as a way to highlight these men and what is driving them. With Nico, when we watch him pitch, we can feel his anxiety and his drive for perfection.

While Andrews has the story rooted in the game and the men’s experience as pro athletes, the sports side really serves as a vehicle to showcase their characters and personalities. It is a sports story, but it is also so much more, and I think even people who aren’t fans of baseball can find so much to enjoy here. I really enjoyed this baseball romance and think Keira Andrews has done a wonderful job building some great characters in Nico and Jake. But as the relationship grows from casual to more serious, Nico and Jake have to figure out if they can have the relationship and the future that they want together. As professional athletes and with Nico’s family, however, coming out doesn’t seem to be an option. Soon the attraction between them is too much to resist for both of them and Jake and Nico begin an affair that fulfills both of them, in particular Jake’s desire for control and Nico’s for light submission. Despite that, his attraction to Jake continues and soon it is clear Jake feels the same way. But Nico knows he can never come out - according to his dad there can be no gays in baseball. As a teen, Nico fantasized about being with Jake and now as an adult, the attraction is still there.

When Nico was younger, Jake was his brother’s teammate and Nico still remembers the summer Jake spent with them. For Nico, nothing less than perfection will do if he has any hope of making his family proud. Both Nico’s father and brother played professional baseball and he feels incredible pressure to live up to their legacy. Jake has been brought in to help with their pitchers, particularly young sensation Nico Agresta who has the talent, but not always the temperament, to be a star. But Jake’s world gets shaken up when he is unexpectedly traded to a new team in Ottawa and he suddenly must not only relocate, but get used to an entirely different team. He has lost a lot of his love for the game and is pretty much just riding out the next two years until he retires. Buy Links: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UKĬatcher Jake Fitzgerald is heading toward the end of his baseball career.

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